The global care food market, valued at $7.5 billion in 2025, is entering a structural growth phase as aging populations and chronic disease drive demand for specialized nutrition.

As Singapore enters a super-aged society in 2026, preventive healthcare, AI-enabled monitoring, and extended working years form the country’s core strategy to sustain senior health and independence.

After two decades of optimization-driven growth, the $6.3T wellness industry is correcting itself—shifting capital and culture away from data obsession toward neurowellness, female longevity, and emotional regulation as its next core infrastructure.

CES 2026 marks the moment HealthTech shifts from lifestyle gadgets to essential aging infrastructure—using AI, ambient monitoring, and familiar devices to detect decline early and help millions of digitally savvy octogenarians age independently at home.

At its core, the repeal shifts responsibility for nursing home quality away from federal mandate and back to markets, states, and providers—without resolving the workforce crisis that made regulation necessary in the first place.

The $25B medical suction devices market is expanding beyond hospitals as aging populations and decentralized care drive demand for portable, battery-powered systems across long-term care, emergency services, and home healthcare.