McKnight’s Senior Living January 5, 2024
Aaron Dorman

Many older adults might be uncomfortable talking to caregivers, or even clinicians, about an overactive bladder. But they might be willing to discuss the issue with a digital counterpart, one new study showed.

Study participants who used Cece, a “digital conversational agent” that focuses on bladder issues, were able to reduce their symptom severity and improve their emotional health, the results indicated.

Overactive bladder, or OAB, symptoms increase significantly as adults age, studies show: 40% of men, and 30% of women, over the age of 75 have the condition.

While OAB itself is more of a nuisance than a life-threatening emergency, it can indirectly lead to more dangerous situations, as most falling emergencies in senior living communities...

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