# Designing AI tools for elder care

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-ai-tools-for-elder-care/680817>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [April 24, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-ai-tools-for-elder-care/680817 "2026-04-24T23:00:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![WaffleFries](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wafflefries/32/31185_2.png) [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-ai-tools-for-elder-care/680817/1 "2026-04-24T23:00:22Z")

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this piece looks at how AI could change elderly care, mostly by handling routine monitoring, reminders, and support tasks so caregivers can spend more time on the human stuff.

[https://uxdesign.cc/how-ai-may-reshape-elderly-care-c5ca4d7f32ee?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4](https://uxdesign.cc/how-ai-may-reshape-elderly-care-c5ca4d7f32ee?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4)

this image gives you a pretty clear look at the kind of AI-assisted elderly care setup the article is talking about.

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/9/5/95d32773518df1f9df298dc6343b0c4c35e360f0.jpeg) ](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1024/0*72sQyY9iB00hbS0h)

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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-ai-tools-for-elder-care/680817/2 "2026-04-24T23:42:18Z")

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That “AI-assisted setup” image is the bit that makes me twitch. It’s a lot of sensors and “helpful” automation, and I just see a dozen failure modes where the system quietly stops working and nobody notices until someone’s on the floor.

Look — reminders and routine monitoring are fine, but only if there’s a boring, tested fallback when the Wi‑Fi drops or the device battery dies. Otherwise you’ve just moved the risk around and called it innovation.

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-ai-tools-for-elder-care/680817/3 "2026-04-25T02:14:11Z")

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Yep

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**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-ai-tools-for-elder-care/680817/4 "2026-04-25T04:49:14Z")

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elder care “AI tools” feel like a sidequest that either gives you a huge buff or just adds another menu to click through lol

if it’s not saving caregivers time in week one, it’s basically dead on arrival.