The Department of Social Services in Sharjah is preparing to launch new smart rooms for senior citizens residing in its Elderly Care Home, especially after the success of the first experiment, which included equipping a small number of smart rooms, leading to the transformation of all 22 group and individual rooms into smart rooms. . Attractive environment Mariam Al-Qatari, Director of the Elderly Care Home, says that our goal is to provide an attractive environment for senior citizens in the home, in all social, health, recreational and other aspects. It was approved as one of the important initiatives that provide physical and psychological comfort for the elderly, as well as harnessing technology to serve senior citizens. 6 services, she adds: The smart room provides 6 services, including turning on and off the air conditioning, turning on and off the lighting, opening and closing the curtains, opening and closing the door, opening and closing the TV, in addition to controlling the room closing system from all of the above, and keeping the air conditioning open during sleep or relaxation. And all of these services are done by using a tablet (iPad) and pressing the specific buttons shown in the pictures. Al-Qatari tracked, the elderly did not face difficulty in using technology because most of those in the home have iPads, and they use them to provide other services. “Jaber” smart service, and Al-Qatari continues her explanation, saying, “The house began working more than a year ago to transform some of its services and programs into smart programs and services, especially with the Corona pandemic, and we had to close the house and not receive any guests or non-virtual events to preserve the health of senior citizens from Corona infection, and we have reduced the number of employees, content with the number we need. We replaced regular meetings with friends and relatives with remote meetings, and launched the smart “Jaber” service, through the father feature, which enables those calling the elderly in the home to call him through one diversion, which allows calling the number of the elderly and communicating with him in voice and image through a large screen that was placed in the hall The house because we noticed that the elderly did not like to stay in the smaller meeting room. Indeed, the Jaber service has pleased senior citizens, and the capacity of Jaber is 4-5 calls at the same time, during which each of them uses headphones. It also provides a sports program with a realistic coach for an hour for the elderly, as well as an hour for the employees of the home, who in turn do not leave the house so as not to transmit the infection to the elderly.