AI-monitoring company offers training sessions to reduce assisted living residents’ stress about new...
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 05, 2024
One company is offering training and Q-and-A sessions to help ease assisted living residents’ concerns about AI-enabled monitoring.
Accelerated pace of change will continue for senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
The senior housing and care industry has experienced an accelerated pace of change over the past decade — particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic — in areas including technology adoption, workforce...
Fewer meetings, AI use could boost workplace productivity: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2024
Using artificial intelligence and cutting back on meetings are two ways to help improve workplace productivity, according to the company behind recent research.
Senators expand appeal to FTC on AI threats to elderly
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 07, 2023
A group of four US senators is urging the FTC to take action against artificial intelligence and scam threats aimed at older adults.
Swift Medical wins Gold for use of AI in wound care
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 06, 2023
Thanks to its use of artificial intelligence in wound care, the organization was awarded Gold in the Tech Partner of the Year category at the 2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards.
AI accurate in diagnosing suspicious skin lesions
Nov 29, 2023
AI may be less accurate than clinicians in usage for management decisions.
AI-shortened nursing home stays fuel drive for potential class action suit against insurer
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 17, 2023
The nation’s largest insurer is illegally using AI to wrongfully force seniors from nursing homes, a potential class action lawsuit alleges.
Artificial intelligence ‘amplifying’ effect of scams against older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Last year, older Americans reported losing more than $1.6 billion to fraud. And increasingly, scammers are using artificial intelligence to make their schemes more effective.
End-of-life digital tech tools must maintain ‘warm’ touch to be effective, experts stress
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 09, 2023
The need for technology to maintain the “human” or personal dynamic in palliative and hospice care was highlighted in a new report.
AI-powered analysis of coughing episodes delivers new insight on seniors
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 06, 2023
AI-enabled analysis has gleaned new insights into chronic coughing, which disproportionately afflicts elderly women, researchers said.