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Future News - Health care of the elderly is predominantly IT-based

Health care of the elderly is predominantly IT-based

Health care of the elderly is predominantly IT-based

Originally submitted by Martin Fatun
last updated by Rafael Popper

Wild Card's progress: fully-fledged

This Wild Card came from: 
Workshops/Meetings

The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card: 
Czech Republic

The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card: 
March 2010

Likelihood timeframe and scenario features : 
now-2025

Wild Card's description 
Currently state budgets on health care for the ageing population are rising. This wildcard revolves around robots and technology being used more in caring for the elderly, especially to save on costs.