Ulju-gun Prevents Solitary Deaths of Elderly Living Alone Using AI Speakers

Agreement Signed for 'Single-Person Household AI Speaker Smart Care Project'
Ulju-gun introduces 24-hour AI speaker care to prevent solitary deaths among elderly living alone

Ulju-gun, Ulsan, is starting this month to prevent solitary deaths among elderly living alone by using AI speakers that provide 24-hour care.

On the 14th, Ulju-gun announced that it signed an agreement for the ‘Single-Person Household AI Speaker Smart Care Project’ to prevent solitary deaths among elderly living alone with the Ulsan City Welfare Family Promotion Social Service Center at the Ginkgo Hall of the county office.

This project involves installing AI-equipped speakers in 100 households of elderly living alone aged 60 or older within Ulju-gun, after which the ICT Care Center will provide 24/7 care services 365 days a year.

The AI speakers engage in conversations with users to provide emotional and psychological care and support emergency rescue if a crisis occurs. Previously, during a pilot operation of AI speakers in Ulju-gun in 2023, there was a case where an elderly person requested help and received assistance.

Additionally, the speakers are equipped with functions that offer customized lifestyle information such as programs like Brain Tok Tok, News Tok Tok, memory tests, as well as music, weather, news, and horoscopes.

County Governor Lee Soon-geol said, “We expect the AI Speaker Smart Care Project to greatly help prevent solitary deaths among elderly living alone,” and added, “We sincerely thank the Ulsan City Welfare Family Promotion Social Service Center for actively participating in social contribution activities.”

Ulju-gun is making various efforts to solve the serious social problem of solitary deaths by promoting Ulju-type solitary death prevention projects, including this project, the ‘Hope Delivery Check-up Project,’ and the ‘Happy Village Care Project.’

Ulju-gun signed an agreement with the Ulsan City Welfare Family Promotion Social Service Center for the 'Single-Person Household AI Speaker Smart Care Project' to prevent solitary deaths among elderly living alone and is taking a commemorative photo.

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