The share of older adults living alone has been steadily increasing since 1996, from 14.6% to 20.2% in 2011, according to Statistics South Africa. That’s close to 1 million seniors ageing alone. When you couple that with studies confirming seniors who live alone have a lower life satisfaction, it’s a crisis we must tackle.
Innovative Caregiving Around the Globe - South Korea
Interested about innovative ideas within the home based care market? In this new series we look at innovative health care solutions all over the world. At CareChamp we advocate the use of technology making care more efficient. The solution of South Korea’s aging population comes from an unexpected telecom giant.