Online recruitment agency 104 Job Bank is developing new businesses to address the needs of an aging society, with people aged 65 or older expected to account for 20 percent of the population by 2025, a company executive said.
Shelly Wu (吳麗雪), chief operating officer of 104’s new business unit catering to the demands of an aging society, said the nation’s workforce is set to shrink because of a lower birthrate and people leaving their jobs to take care of older family members.
She cited the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics’ projection that 20 percent of the nation’s population would be 65 years old or older by 2025, and that 8 percent of the workforce is expected to leave their jobs to care for them.
The job listing and service site has therefore begun developing new businesses to meet working people’s demands for care for their families and the demands of older people, Wu said.
The company in April started a trial run of an online service in New Taipei City and Taichung to match caregivers provided by the Suang-Lien Elderly Center and the Hondao Senior Citizen’s Welfare Foundation for people with long-term care needs, Wu said.
It also plans to launch an app on a trial basis next month to train professional caretakers and a training program for senior citizens who want to stay in the workplace, she added.
In addition, 104 will introduce another app in August that allows people and doctors to monitor older family members with the help of wearable devices.
These health and home-care services will be integrated, and the company will adopt big data and the Internet of Things technologies to provide a comprehensive long-term care service that will be launched in January next year, Wu said.
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