Digital avatars and AI could get seniors talking … especially those who can’t now
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 26, 2024
Using AI could help create a digital avatar of someone and their voice to assist seniors whose language abilities were damaged by a stroke.
Seniors don’t want AI caregivers; but tech giants are betting on them anyway, reports show
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 26, 2024
As one company launches a new “AI healthcare agent,” investors believe virtual caregivers can fill staffing shortages in LTC.
New tech can help stop healthcare-associated infections from spreading, study suggests
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 15, 2024
AI can be an important component of surveillance against infection outbreaks in healthcare settings, researchers have found.
Tiny throat patch turns muscle movement into speech for seniors with speaking disorders
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 15, 2024
A new throat patch tool combines AI with electrical stimulation to assist those with voice disorders to regain their speech.
New AI tools can help with hiring, property analysis, senior care analytics giant says
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 08, 2024
NIC MAP Vision AI has been launched to help streamline or expedite a variety of tasks typically considered time-consuming for LTC operators.
AI-powered workout program helps seniors maintain more active lifestyles
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 27, 2024
Developers of an AI-enabled fitness machine have completed a pilot program with an assisted living and memory care community in Florida.
‘Smart’ glasses, mobility tools part of dynamic slate of senior tech getting seed funding
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 21, 2024
Eleven senior tech projects will receive funding and support from the Design Age Institute in London, from apps to mobility solutions.
Staff training and sales support among best uses for AI in LTC settings, expert says
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Aaron Dorman
Jan 19, 2024
A new overview of artificial intelligence in long-term care from LeadingAge highlights some of the most valuable new AI tools and reaffirms AI’s role in admin work.
Machine learning provides early insight into why seniors develop blindness, new research shows
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Aaron Dorman
Jan 10, 2024
New research suggests that machine learning and AI tools could be used to provide early detection for blindness in older adults.
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.