New app puts popular cognitive assessment tool onto smartphones
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 23, 2024
A new app allows users to take a rapid version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment on their smartphone, for early warning signs of dementia.
Seniors in need of more virtual mental health services, ‘telemental’ program developers say
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 01, 2024
A telehealth provider has created a new program for seniors and their specific challenges with mental health, depression and anxiety.
South Dakota campaign joins state and federal efforts to expand rural telehealth access
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 12, 2024
South Dakota is working on legislation to grant $5 million to long-term care facilities in the state to implement telehealth and telemedicine access.
Light-powered pacemaker uses optic fibers to control heart rhythms, researchers show
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 26, 2024
A new lightweight, light-powered pacemaker tool could provide a minimally invasive way to regulate proper heart function, researchers show.
Too much data? Wearables for senior care have value but providers must know how to parse their output,...
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 27, 2024
A high volume of data from wearable devices could make it more difficult, rather than easier, for care teams to monitor seniors’ conditions.
Medication management cabinet provides high-dose efficiency for nurses and caregivers in LTC
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 15, 2024
Using an automatic medication dispensing cabinet at long-term care facilities cut down medication retrieval time by more than 50%, according to the results of a new study.
AI scam-busting tool gives seniors a way to fight back against swindlers
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 05, 2024
A newly launched online program is designed to address the threat of AI scams and teach older adults about how to “distinguish truth from fiction.”
Light and sound therapy may fend off memory and cognitive damage for chemo patients
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 08, 2024
A combination of light and sound therapy may be able to counteract the problems in the brain caused by chemo, new research shows.
$4.1M to see if artificial intelligence can treat sleep apnea
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 14, 2024
Researchers at Mount Sinai in New York received a $4.1 million grant to study how AI can predict the progression of prolonged sleep apnea.
Telehealth, monitoring tech, make a meaningful difference in helping seniors with hypertension: study
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 21, 2024
Digital health interventions make a positive impact in managing hypertension among seniors, according to a study released last week.