Alexa-enabled alarm system helps staff respond to emergencies
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 21, 2023
A new call safety system uses Alexa to enable voice-enabled requests and clarify when such calls are an emergency.
Senior living community’s tech investments paying off, increasing resident safety
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 25, 2023
LTC residents were recently able to receive assistance within minutes after falling, thanks to the recent integration of safety tech.
AI-driven speech analysis firm working to diagnose Alzehimer’s, Huntington’s
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Aaron Dorman
Jun 27, 2023
A speech analysis software company is using Voice AI to diagnose depression and anxiety, and diseases like Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s could be next.
Flagging patients’ excessive alarm use can help reduce alarm fatigue, study suggests
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 03, 2023
A study on how to reduce alarm fatigue at long-term care facilities involved changing alarm durations and thresholds.
New AI brings Joy to seniors via TV-screen avatar
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 16, 2023
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
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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
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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.
New aphasia therapy app helps people recover speech after stroke
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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.
AI, seniors’ virtual reality innovations honored with Hillman Foundation grants
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 25, 2023
A nurse-moderated VR program for seniors with kidney disease and an algorithm project for care planning just received a funding boost.