This month, we’re gearing up for the LeadingAge Annual Meeting + EXPO, to be held Oct. 27-30 in San Diego, CA. We’ll feature 17 sessions on aging services technology, plus a Start-Up Garage that lets new businesses pitch their products and services. We’ve also updated the CAST Medication Management Selection Tool and honored a new tech lab and resource center. We present a list of current tech innovations, show you how artificial intelligence can prevent falls, and introduce you to a new luxury community full of smart home tech. Let’s get started!
17 Tech Sessions at LeadingAge Annual Meeting
Please join us for the LeadingAge Annual Meeting + EXPO, which features 17 aging services technology sessions and the Start-Up Garage. The meeting will be held Oct. 27-30, 2019, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Register today!
Aging services technology sessions cover everything from telemedicine to workforce issues, voice-first technology, cybersecurity, trends, and more. At the Start-Up Garage, you can meet one-on-one with technology innovators and learn about their products firsthand. The 2019 Start-Up Garage is sold out, but valuable booth spaces are still available. Contact sales@leadingage.org for more information.
The full meeting includes more than 150 sessions, excellent networking opportunities, and plenty of potential business partners in the EXPO hall. Register today!
CAST Updates Medication Management Technology Tool
CAST has just released an updated Medication Management Selection Tool, which helps you choose and implement the best solution for your organization. The updated tool features two new products and an updated Product Matrix. The Online Selection Tool now has 17 products.
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Aging Services
In a recent article in Engage by LeadingAge California, I attempt to demystify artificial intelligence (AI), as a better understanding of AI can help us better serve older adult populations. The article provides an overview of AI’s history and evolution and distinctions between terms that we often inaccurately use interchangeably. I then share areas where applied AI may help us address issues relevant to older adults and aging services in the short and medium term.
Check out the article to explore ways AI is serving older adults through electronic health records, workforce applications, voice recognition/voice assistants, facility automation and management, smart home, service robots, assistive and rehabilitation robots, self- and assisted-driving cars.
Maple Knoll Communities Named LeadingAge Catalyst
Maple Knoll Communities has been named the LeadingAge Catalyst for August 2019, honoring a new technology lab and resource center and an open, innovative approach to technology. Its new ServUS Lab & Resource Center helps residents and staff learn about, try, and buy devices.
Emerging Technologies
Read about some of the latest tech innovations that are coming to assisted living facilities and nursing homes nationwide—and attracting investors.
AI Solutions Reduce Falls
Learn how artificial intelligence (AI) technology is reducing falls and emergency medical services calls at research facilities, hospitals, and senior living facilities nationwide. Technologies such as virtual reality, predictive analytics, sensors, and other(as we already have the first reference above): AI solutions are helping keep older adults safe.
New Luxury Community Plans High-Tech Suite
For inspiration, check out excerpts from an interview with Brian Geyser, who explains the smart-home technology planned for a new luxury senior living community in Manhattan. Senior Living’s Inspir Carnegie Hill, a $300 million community, will include Amazon’s Alexa, virtual reality, and fall-detection capabilities.
CAST Member News
Please join me in congratulating Caremerge, our latest CAST Supporter, four new CAST Business Associates, and other members in the news.
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