16-Aug-16 Saensuk Smart City in Thailand, developed with Dell and Intel, is a Thai municipality with 46,000 local residents, 15% of whom are 65+. It is a three-year public-private partnership with the first aim of supporting older people in their homes through IoT-powered applications including monitoring of vital signs, fall detection, emergency notifications, environmental monitoring and safety tracking. [image: Dell]

15-Aug-16 CT Asia Robotics is one of many Thai firms investing in healthcare for the aged in a country where the working-age population will decline this year. Diaper maker DSG International has seen adult diaper sales grow 30% this year. Another company seeing opportunity in the demographic change is Samaphan Health, which sells mattresses and respiratory products to aid sleep. [image: Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha]

11-Aug-16 Ho Chin Minh City in Vietnam plans to spend more than USD254 mn on three general hospitals in the city’s outlying districts. The construction of the hospitals, which will help reduce 80-90% of patient overload at city or central-level hospitals, is expected to start in 2017. [image: Vietnam Net]

11-Aug-16 Elderly healthcare in Vietnam has yet to meet the needs of aging patients due to lack of medical staff and resources for geriatric wards. Only 36% of provincial hospitals have geriatric wards. The Ministry of Health plans to enhance the capacity of geriatric wards, aiming at comprehensive health care services at hospitals. [image: The Voice Of Vietnam]

10-Aug-16 Government hospitals in Malaysia need 16,000 more beds, especially in the Klang Valley, to cater to the increasing number of patients. Malaysia now has a ratio of 1.85 hospital beds per 1,000 population, which does not reach the international standard ratio of 2.50. [image: Berita Daily]