Othelia Lee provided comments for ‘How AI ‘kids’ are becoming South Korea’s unexpected answer to elderly suicide’

Source: The Independent Singapore

Othelia E. Lee, a professor of social work at UNC Charlotte, has spent years studying isolation among older adults in South Korea.

The country is now a “super-aged” society, with more than 10 million people aged 65 or older—roughly one in five citizens. “The change happened so fast,” Lee explains, “that the government didn’t have time to build a strong pension or care system, but leaving seniors to fend for themselves is not an option.”

Read the story at https://theindependent.sg/how-ai-kids-are-becoming-south-koreas-unexpected-answer-to-elderly-suicide/.