McKnight’s Senior Living November 20, 2023
Although many wearable devices aimed at older adults have features to detect signs of specific diseases such as Parkinson’s, new research shows they also could screen for more broader chronic conditions such as frailty.
By analyzing older adults’ patterns of sleep and exercise, data collected from wearable devices could help demonstrate a risk of frailty more than six years before its onset, a new study shows.
“Our study demonstrates that wearable devices could represent an important tool for long-term health monitoring in older adults,” study lead author Ruixue Cai said in a statement. “Frailty can reduce quality of life and detecting it early or predicting who is at risk could help us intervene to promote healthy aging.”
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