Delivery of health and social care for lower-income older adults in communities: Does technology help?
H. Kim (Convener)
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AbstractParticipants H. Kim (Korea), T. Lee (Korea), E. Kim (Korea), and Y. Kim (Korea). ISSUE South Korea faces rapid population aging and an increased burden of healthcare costs and institutionalization. Policy initiatives that promote community-based integrated care have been launched since 2018, and various research and demonstration programs have been launched and executed. Technology is a known key to the success of such large system change, and it has been widely adopted in many demonstration programs and related research projects. Limited evidence and strategies have been reported, however, on how technology can contribute to reducing inequalities in health and care. CONTENT Our symposium is based on two government-funded projects aiming to advance health- and social-care delivery for low-income older populations. One is a machine learning (ML) prediction modeling project using nationwide integrated care management databases for social services, and the other is an ongoing health equity intervention project, a health and wellness program (HWePS) for community-dwelling seniors that has used a mobile app and other technologies since 2019 and continuing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We will highlight 1) the policy and social contexts of these technology-enhanced senior health and care projects in communities in Korea, 2) the development and validations of the technology (the mobile app and ML algorithms) in meeting specific project goals, and 3) the implementation process and (early) findings as well as policy and practical lessons from three case studies on the use of these innovative tools for design and delivery of integrated health and social care.Keywords: community care, health and well-being, health equity, m-Health, AI
H. Kim (Convener) (2022). Delivery of health and social care for lower-income older adults in communities: Does technology help?. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.750.sp3