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Innovative New Wearable Can Track Subtle Activity Changes And Provide Personalized Voice Reminders

Digital health company CarePredict is slated to introduce CareVoice to its line of wearables for older adults called Tempo. The new feature allows families...

National Institute on Aging Grants $2.5M to Hello Robot

https://youtu.be/2msVU0ygrqM Hello Robot, which creates assistive mobile manipulator robots that aim to help aging adults with cognitive and physical impairments, was recently granted a Phase...

Amazon’s New Aging-In-Place Service: Alexa Together

Aging in place is commonly viewed as the best option compared to moving into an assisted living facility, and it's also what most older...

Thinking of Fostering? Here’s What Type of Personality Makes an Ideal Foster Parent as an Older Adult

With your life experience, emotional maturity and wisdom, you could potentially have a great impact on a foster child. While not everyone is well...

How You Can Be Your Own Advocate To Get Timely Osteoporosis Assessment And Diagnosis

At age 58, Denise Gibbons lost her balance and fell. At the hospital, doctors ordered an X-ray, MRI and ultrasound and determined she had...

Boomers Are Poised to Change the Long-Term Care and Senior Living Industry

Senior living and long-term care is going to change significantly, and the industry is not ready to handle the number of baby boomers entering...

Technology Has Proven to Be An Especially Crucial Support For Older Adults and Their Caregivers Through the Pandemic

How does a self-proclaimed "technological tortoise" become someone who uses her computer or smartphone to do everything now? The pandemic was a big factor...

New Smart Mobility Device for People With Dementia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJxwowtCOc&t=28s In the U.K. an industrial design student has designed a smart mobility device for people ith dementia that will allow them to live independently...

Caregiving During the Pandemic Has Taken a Toll on the Sandwich Generation

Caregivers in the Sandwich Generation (that is people who have kids under the age of 18 who are also taking care of adult loved...

5 Tips for Traveling Safely With Someone Who Has Dementia

Is it possible to travel safely, while maintaining your own sanity, with someone who has dementia? While people with dementia commonly rarely travel, given...

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