McKnight’s Senior Living October 17, 2023
As artificial intelligence and other data-tracking technologies improve the ability to predict and forestall health emergencies, startups are creating new monitoring tools for long-term care operators.
One healthtech company, Butlr, has released a new device that relies on thermal sensors, whereas another startup, BioSensics, received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health to test a new wearable sensor that captures sound.
Both sensors are intended to track issues related to cognitive and physical decline, including falls risks and excessive wandering.
Falls prevention is a crucial component of senior care, as both incidents and fatalities have risen among older adults over the past few decades. The number of self-reported fall incidents in healthcare facilities rose 27% in...
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