Smart Triaging and Wellbeing in Aged-Care

The Challenge

Recent reports indicate that the proportion of the Australian population aged 60 or over is projected to double by 2031 and the cost to deliver aged-care services to our ageing population is expected to grow beyond $40B. Against a backdrop of a Royal Commission that has underlined under-performance and excessive workloads in the aged care sector, the potential impacts for this project stretch well beyond purely financial metrics. To deliver sustainable high quality aged-care, we must digitally transform our system and simultaneously enable elderly people to stay in their homes for longer.

The Solution

Vlepis aims to build an integrated smart triaging platform that leverages data science and new Australian-manufactured sensing technologies to automatically identify health and wellbeing events that notify the relevant care staff. The project develops and then leverages low-cost, unobtrusive wearable sensors that will actively monitor the users’ wellbeing biomarkers such as heart rate, blood oxygenation and temperature. The technology will use real-life data for optimal detection and triage. It has a clear target of improving the well-being of at-risk Australians and reducing hospital admissions, saving lives and improving access to care in remote communities. Meanwhile, the collaboration will grow Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capability and directly addresses care providers’ compliance risk through ongoing health and wellbeing monitoring.

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