With the ongoing development of demand for elderly care and advancements in information technology, smart elderly care emerges as a crucial solution to address the challenges posed by an aging population. The integration of digital twin technology into smart elderly care can facilitate overcoming the technical bottlenecks associated with implementing elderly care services. This paper explores the synergy between digital twins and community-based elderly care service systems, examining the functional mechanisms of digital twins across various practical entities within these systems. A comprehensive system architecture is proposed structured around five levels: sensing layer, communication layer, data processing layer, application layer, and display layer. This framework aims to address critical pain points and difficulties inherent in traditional community elderly care service systems—such as limited resource allocation, inefficient demand matching, lack of precision in service delivery, and delayed monitoring—and offers innovative pathways for enhancing intelligent elderly care services through the utilization of digital twins.

Xin Ye. Research on community elderly care service system based on digital twin. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 12: 40-46. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2024.061207.

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