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Innovation contest highlights VR, app-powered training for dementia caregivers

By Dave Muoio 03:16 pm February 19, 2018

Virtual reality and mobile app-enabled caregiver screening were among the winners of the Caregiving for Dementia Innovation Challenge, a recently concluded contest run by AARP Services, Inc. (ASI) and UnitedHealthcare. After receiving 254 contest entries, participants attended three in-person events run by design challenge company OpenIDEO in which they fine-tuned a product designed to support...

Survey: 70 percent of caregivers say tech plays no role or a minor role in their work

By Jonah Comstock 05:29 pm June 27, 2017

A new survey of 700 non-professional family caregivers finds that just 30 percent say technology plays a major role in their caregiving. Forty-two percent say technology plays a minor role, and 28 percent says it plays no role at all. The survey was conducted by the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) to provide some guidance for digital health companies looking to $470 billion per year home...