A new generative-AI “friend, confidant and companion” named Joy will interact with users via a television screen.
‘A-list’ investors to award AI-monitoring, transport solutions for seniors at conference next week
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 21, 2024
This year’s AgeTech Challenge Innovation Showcase is highlighted by several AI-enabled monitoring systems and transportation options.
CC Young’s TV studio, tech courses, a hit with residents
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 05, 2023
Volunteers at a continuing care retirement / life plan community’s working TV studio are hoping to take content live onto a YouTube channel after producing internal programming for several years.
Closed senior living community, state face multi-million dollar lawsuit over resident’s death
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2024
An Oregon senior living community and the state agency that oversees long-term care facilities were hit with a $41 million wrongful death lawsuit in the death of a memory care resident who wandered out...
Symptoms, negative life impact seen during, after benzodiazepine use
Aug 08, 2023
The authors dub the term benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction to describe neurological complications.
AAN: Three pesticides linked to risk for Parkinson’s disease
Mar 11, 2024
The highest versus lowest decile of application of simazine, lindane atrazine were linked to increased relative risks for Parkinson’s disease.
Mobility in older adults tied to higher income, more working years
Oct 31, 2023
Interventions such as exercise may have an enhanced return on investment.
Women less likely to get CPR for cardiac arrest in public place than men
Sep 21, 2023
No difference in findings was seen by age of women experiencing cardiac arrest.
One in four older transgender adults contemplated suicide in last year
Nov 21, 2023
Facing more adverse conditions has an additive effect on the risk for contemplating suicide.
New aphasia therapy app helps people recover speech after stroke
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 23, 2024
A new app to help with aphasia was able to improve users’ spontaneous speech and recall of commonly used words, according to a study.