- Explain clearly about AgeTech companies for chaos map
- Downloadable table summarizing companies’ details
- What kind of AgeTach companies are there?
What is AgeTech？
AgeTech is a generic term for technology designed for the elderly.
Age + Technology = AgeTech
Especially in Japan, the population is aging society and known worldwide as a country where AgeTech is obviously spreading.
The following article provides more information about AgeTech. Please refer to them as well.
AgeTech by Categolies
“AgeTech” have various services which depend on the situation and purpose.
Japan where the population is aging society has a lot of AgeTech companies. GoldenYears organized those companies by categories using chaos maps.
- Health
- Mental and physical ・improve QOL
- Independence support
- Social participation
- Organization management
We will look a little more closely at the following by categories.
1. Health
In the health category, cover many companies that provide online health consultation, medical care, and medication guidance services using smartphones and tablets and other devices are featured.
Many of these services are recommended for people who have difficulty going outside or are worrying about nosocomial infection because people can use them from home without visiting a hospital or other facilities.
- Medley Corporation : Cloud Medical Support System「CLINICS」
- Caradamedica Corporation : Online Medical Examination「CARADA」
2. Wellness
In the Wellness category, cover many companies that provide services to improve the daily lives of the elderly, both mentally and physically are featured.
As a small category, there are various grouping such as Family Connections/ Fall prevention/ Clothing Type Devices/ assets management. As can be seen from this, there are many services that improve the quality of life of the elderly not only physically, but also through the reduction of the burden of caregiving and the DX of assets and inheritance.
- Moff Corporation： Wearable terminal capable of motion recognition in three dimensions「Moff Band」
- Hubbit Corporation ：Tablet device for elderly with concierge「Carebee」
3. Independence support
In the independence support category, cover many companies that provide services to support the independence of the elderly are featured.
There are many services that support their daily lives by providing monitoring services, counselling for their concerns, IT literacy support, and transportation in order to realize a society in which the elderly themselves can do many things according to their wishes.
- Infic Communications Corporation：Indoor monitoring sensor「LASHIC」
- WHILL Corporation ：Dismantlable next-generation electric wheelchair「WHILL」
4. Social participation
In the Social participation category, services are provided for the elderly population, who often have difficulty getting out and about and tend to participate less socially as they age.
There are many AgeTech companies which are contributing to the social participation of the elderly with services such as communication robots and support for job seekers.
- MJI Corporation：Communication robot with human intelligence「Tapia」
- Senior Job Corporation ：Job Matching Support for over 50-year-olds
5. Organization management
In the Organization management category, cover many companies that provide services to support reducing the workload of nursing care offices and job recruitment are featured.
- Welmo Corporation ：Artificial intelligence care planning service「Mirumo Plan」
- SMS Corporation：Recruitment information for nursing care profession「Kaigo Job」
AgeTech Chaos Map Download
The chaos map is introduced above by category however, you can download the entire PDF HERE.
If you would like to enlarge the image to see more details or save it, you can download and use it.
Download the list of AgeTech companies
There are various AgrTech companies In addition, focused on companies introduced in this article.
In the GoldenYears, We have compiled a spreadsheet in both English and Japanese with the name of the company, business details, categories, and website URLs of the approximately 90 AgeTech companies listed in the chaos map.
You can download the spreadsheet for free from the below.
We hope this will be useful for you.
Conclusion
Even though the life of the elderly, depends on the person who wants ideal health conditions and lifestyle.
It is important to choose the best service for your parents’ life and IT literacy.
Regarding the service for wheelchairs and other services, we recommend checking products’ Websites carefully because when requiring long-term care use some services, they might be able to use the national elder-care insurance system.
In addition, Hubbit Corporation, the operator of this GoldenYears, provides the aforementioned “Carebee” tool for bridging the digital divide.
We are confident that we can help any person. So, if you are interested in our company, please contact us. We are available not only for those who are blind but also for those who are hard of hearing or have difficulty speaking clearly.
Please feel free to ask us.
>>Click here for an introduction to the Carebee service, a tool for clearing the digital divide
We will continue to practice diligence to be the No.1 AgeTech company with Hubbit Corporation’s mission is “to realize better the end of their lives with IT”.
