‘Gossip bots’ one day may serve as personal caregiver assistants to older adults with dementia
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2020
A robot named Pepper is being eyed as a solution to addressing overwhelmed frontline healthcare workers and older adults living in assisted living communities experiencing loneliness due to the COVID-19...
Holiday season brings new wave of tech toys, games, aimed at older adults, memory care
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 22, 2023
New tech, as well as updated versions of classic games, are being marketed to older adults as offering more than just entertainment.
Game theory
By
John Hall
Feb 02, 2019
Do brain games and other fun-based approaches to mental stimulation help reduce Alzheimer’s? Some interesting findings are beginning to emerge.
Memory care app arms caregivers with tool to better bond with dementia patients
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 11, 2023
A new AI-enabled app is so effective in helping aid dementia-related challenges that it could reduce the need for psychotropic drugs, developers said.
Green House 2.0 offers memory care approach outside of network
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2019
The 15-year-old Green House Project will make its “Best Life” dementia care training and education program available to memory care, assisted living and skilled nursing providers operating outside...
Flight risk no more
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2016
One elopement is one too many for busy tech innovators.