# Current application and future pathways of smart older adult care services in China

## TL;DR

This paper explores how AI is being used to improve elderly care in China and suggests ways to make these smart services more effective and user-friendly.

## Contribution

The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of AI applications in elderly care and proposes actionable pathways for improving smart care services.

## Key findings

- AI is being applied in health monitoring, smart homes, emotional companionship, and medical services for elderly care.
- Challenges include the need for simplified interfaces and stronger data privacy protections.
- Standardization and improved user experience are key to fostering healthy development of AI-enabled care services.

## Abstract

The aging problem in China has been more and more severe so that traditional older adult care service models are difficult to meet the growing demands of the older adult population. Smart older adult care, as an emerging service model, integrates artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to provide more personalized, convenient, and safe living services for the older adult. This paper analyzed the applications and development trends of AI in health monitoring and management, smart homes, emotional companionship, and medical services for older adult care and proposed some pathways to foster the healthy development of AI-enabled older adult care services by simplifying technological interfaces, enhancing user experience, strengthening data privacy protections, promoting industry standardization and so on.