Early cancer detection a focus of responsible AI research, companies promise
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 09, 2023
Several tech companies are partnering to create a forum dedicated to “the safe and responsible development” of AI.
Smartphone apps validated as method for detecting Alzheimer’s, new study shows
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Aaron Dorman
Apr 02, 2024
A smartphone app with memory tests did just as well detecting MCI as when seniors took an in-person medical examination, new research shows.
ASA teases launch of new institute; will offer virtual programming for agetech orgs, senior living
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Aaron Dorman
Apr 01, 2024
A new tech institute will unfold in multiple stages, with the goal of bringing technology and senior living and care organizations together to collaborate.
New partnership gives CCRC residents virtual live-in caregiver
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 10, 2023
A select number of continuing care residents in Iowa will have a special new virtual live-in caregiver that’s able to give them wellness surveys and provide customized reminders.
$1 billion contract supports veterans’ telehealth, tech-enabled care
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Aaron Dorman
Jun 23, 2023
AI-giant Iveda, in partnership with Movement Interactive, announced Thursday that it had received an eight-year Veterans Affairs contract worth just over $1 billion to use IvedaCarea and IvedaAI for telehealth...
Virtual reality helps diagnose Alzheimer’s disease earlier, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 28, 2019
Virtual reality can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than cognitive tests currently considered to be the “gold standard,” suggests a new study published in the journal Brain.
Upcoming dining software platform puts meal-service innovation on the long-term care menu, companies...
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Aaron Dorman
Jan 25, 2024
A new LTC dining operating system aims to combine tools like menus and nutrition with delivery logistics, all onto one platform.
Rural seniors to receive health tech training from OATS, T-Mobile
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 14, 2023
A new partnership between T-Mobile and Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) will offer tools and training to 100 select long-term care providers in 15 states in the rural south.
Robots to combat loneliness? Researchers propose ethical limits.
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 21, 2023
A new study on AI aims to provide metrics for determining whether robots can help with loneliness, a “Companion Robot Impact Scale.”
Virtual community of long-term care and other providers commits to ‘age-friendly’ care guidelines
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 03, 2023
Recruiting has begun for providers for the fifth iteration of an ‘age friendly’ network who will have access to webinars, coaching and more.