Integration of Smart Elderly Care and Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities, Challenges, and Development Trends

As the population ages, traditional elderly care models struggle to meet the growing demand for care. Smart elderly care has emerged as a new approach to address traditional issues. Research shows that smart elderly care can improve the quality of life for the elderly but also faces challenges such as technology and application maturity, data security and privacy protection, and legal and ethical issues. This paper aims to explore the integration of smart elderly care and artificial intelligence, analyzing the opportunities, challenges, and development trends in elderly care services, with the goal of addressing traditional elderly care problems. To this end, the paper proposes solutions including technological innovation, policy and social driving forces, cross-sector collaboration, and international cooperation, and looks ahead to future research directions.