Camanio Care - the future of care is at home
The future of health and social care will increasingly take place at home. When care moves into the private home, technical support - welfare technology - is needed to make it work with robots, sensors and security alarm solutions.
- "Camanio Care is building a digital infrastructure for care and rehabilitation at home," says Catharina Borgenstierna, CEO of Camanio Care.
IT&Telekomföretagen meets Camanio Care's CEO Catharina Borgenstierna at the company's premises in Nacka. The place feels like a showroom for future care solutions in the home - it is undeniably fascinating how fast the technological development goes and what opportunities are available.
- I am convinced that the future of health and social care will increasingly take place at home. We will have hospitals in the future, but we will not be there as long as we are today. That's why it's important to have new, functional solutions for home care," said Catharina Borgenstierna.
Home care is cost-effective without compromising on quality
It's no secret that the cost of health and social care is rising every year. And in the news, the headlines are black as night - staff shortages, lack of beds, expensive and inefficient care. The examples are many.
- It's an equation that doesn't add up and we need to have sustainable care solutions that actually work. It is about reducing costs and finding more efficient ways while never compromising on the quality of care. This requires smart digital solutions for care at home that are at least as good for the user as today's care solutions," says Catharina Borgenstierna.
Efficient care solutions are the future
Recently, Catharina Borgenstierna was in Brussels at the AI in practice seminar day organized by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and IT&Telecom companies and presented one of Camanio Care's future solutions for home care - Giraffe.
- Giraffen is built for digital supervision where you as a patient can both see and hear the healthcare staff. By constantly developing this product and constantly getting more users, more people can get more frequent supervision in, for example, aftercare. This approach is effective, especially in rural areas," says Catharina Borgenstierna.
She continues:
- There is a human aspect built into this too. A lot of calls to the health service are social calls from people who are feeling lonely. If you can then see someone via Giraffe - a healthcare professional or a relative - and have a reassuring conversation, it can be very worthwhile. And without taking up time and resources from emergency care.
Evolution - what will the Giraffe of the future look like?
- The giraffe has been an EU research project for around 10 years and much research is still being done. The giraffe of the future will be even more autonomous. Thus, no one will have to call it up to make sure everything is okay, but it will act more like a digital support assistant. You will be able to ask it different questions, it will be able to identify different objects and perform services. The giraffe can also be your security," says Catharina Borgenstierna.
- But one thing is important to us. The giraffe and our other products are robots and will never look or behave like a human being. Somewhere it's about respect for the individual," she says.
What is your general view of the welfare technology market?
- I believe in additional AI competences. More digital intelligence in healthcare will be needed and available. The future of healthcare will need to adapt to the fact that we are living longer and longer. And much of that care will take place at home.
