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Applied Innovations and Technologies for the Ageing Society

Name: Applied Innovations and Technologies for the Ageing Society
Price: 1461 SGD

Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences

Course Reference: TGS-2024049487

S$1,461

About This Course

Explain the concept and trends of innovations and technologies in an ageing society.
Relate how innovations and technologies can improve the outcome of healthcare for older persons.
Outline the challenges and opportunities of person-centered care in an ageing society.
Recognize the latest developments in technologies and innovations which can be applied in present active ageing setting.
Able to cite, relate and outline the major technologies in creating interactions with the older persons.
Explain the key and relevant privacy and ethical issues in the use of health care technologies and innovation for older persons and their carers.

What You'll Learn

GER201 students are introduced to the opportunities for innovation and technologies in the Ageing Society. In this course, we will introduce the state of technologies in the care of older persons in the community. The field of technology has rapidly evolved to provide person centered approach in improving the quality of life and independence for older persons and their family members. Using innovative thinking tools, students can be better equipped to perform their viable role in the ageing community and empowered by conducive technologies in Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT, and more new possibilities to reduce the barriers and improve acceptance to technologies. AI excels in pattern recognition and has successfully broken new grounds in health screening, diagnosis of condition and pharmaceutical support. Ageing is multi-factorial and multi-dimensional over a period of time. It can benefit from fields of informatics in home environment, integrated healthcare systems, consumer level health informatics, nutrition and medication. This course will provide an overview of the expanding field of health informatics to support interdisciplinary needs of researchers, clinicians, carers and policy makers for the ageing community.

Entry Requirements

GCE 'A' Level with two passes (prior to 2006) or two H2 passes (from 2006); or local Polytechnic Diploma; or International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma; or NUS High School Diploma; or equivalent*