
Healthcare to Homecare
Using advanced devices, wearables, and data to help assess, prevent and treat causes of frailty amongst seniors.
Project Overview
The Problem
More than 1.5 million Canadians are living with frailty, with that number expected to grow by 33 per cent over the next five years.
As older patients grow increasingly frail, they are unable to handle many daily tasks, leading to a need for elevated care, admission to long-term care homes or hospitalization. The centralization of healthcare delivery within acute care facilities is increasingly costly, amounting to $125B in Canada.
In response, digital health company XCO is partnering with the Ontario Brain Institute, the University of Victoria and other diverse organizations from across Canada on the Healthcare to Homecare project. The team is developing a frailty care system (FCS) to help frail individuals remain safely in their homes and provide them with essential support.