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Help Yelp serve families with information about nursing homes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

USC researchers looked at Yelp reviews – and noted that the intangibles matter to families. category tags: SNF , senior living , seniors and aging policy , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Over at Yelp – it is all about feedback. No kidding. And that what Nursing Home Compare measures may be necessary, but not sufficient.

Nursing 79
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Health-Care tech for seniors – not well served by the Wall Street Journal

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Says USC researcher, Maja Mataric : "Robots give patients the illusion of having a physical companion…it isn’t actually very hard to project empathy (Mabu).Empathy category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , dementia care , social isolation.

Nursing 75
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Aging in Place Technology – Five Blog posts from May 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Says USC researcher, Maja Mataric : "Robots give patients the illusion of having a physical companion…it isn’t actually very hard to project empathy (Mabu).Empathy category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , voice/AI technology , senior living , robotics. Empathy is what you do, not what you feel." Really?

Nursing 60