New app will help seniors get the best care
SAP SE, Sierra Solutions, and ACE Seniors teamed up to produce an app that will help senior citizens in Singapore to receive the best care.
The Networked Care application called eCareApp, built by Sierra Solutions on SAP’s HANA Cloud Platform for iPhones, is similar to a private social network. The app, which will be available on the App Store, helps carers and their families connect with advocacy and healthcare programs, which provide best practices in self-care and caregiving.
The app’s pilot test will include participants from local care organizations including Alzheimer’s Disease Association Singapore (ADA), Centre For Seniors (CFS), AWWA, and Metta Alumni Care (Metta).
For the first half of 2016, five to 10 family groups from each of the local care organizations will trial the app which provides Singapore-specific resources, expert content and family-centric insights on age-related illnesses such as dementia.
“Innovations like Networked Care can empower family members to better care for patients affordably and efficiently,” said Andy David, Director for Healthcare in the Asia Pacific region at SAP.
“The Networked Care pilot brings the care network onto a single online platform where users can gain instant access to expert opinions, best practices on caregiving, as well as share their experiences with other family members who are faced with the same situation. More importantly, it assists our seniors to age in place” said Dr. Bee Wan Tan, Executive Chairman, ACE Seniors.
Networked Care helps people learn about a family member’s condition, share knowledge, and track daily progress. The app also provides a platform to publish best practices and allows people to collaborate through a private journal to take preventative action and track daily progress.
“As a Singaporean company, we’re especially excited to pilot the Networked Care app in the city state first…Moving forward, we look forward to working with our partners to extend availability of the app to additional countries across Asia including India, Thailand and Japan” said Ranjan Vaswani, CEO, Sierra Solutions.
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