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A new device can detect Alzheimer’s disease in the blood up to 17 years before any symptoms start to show. The device uses immune-infrared sensors that detects the protein biomarker amyloid-beta misfolding. Amyloid-beta plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer and has been postulated as a potential biomarker for the disease. The study, [...]
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) platform now identifies which age groups are exposed to bad air at any given hour in a country. The platform, developed in collaboration with Swiss technology company IQAir, uses real-time crowd sourced data from public governmental sources, citizens, research and satellite data to deliver estimates of localised air quality of [...]
AgeTech World meets sector experts to predict the trends we are likely to see in 2023, as pressure on the healthcare sector rises. Our world is going through an unprecedented demographic shift as we’ve never seen so many people reaching old age. According to the annual State of Ageing report by the Centre for Ageing [...]
The study, called Improving Care for Older Adults, provides policymakers and care providers with guidelines for reform. The guidelines focused on five essential themes that are care settings, better integrations for long-term care into communities, family caregivers, direct care workers and funding. The study assembled nearly 60 experts on long-term care to brainstorm in a [...]
A new study shows that the English healthcare system does not do enough for the care of frail older people. Researchers from the University of Leicester and from University College of London found that clear and timely explanations of what’s happening and what’s wrong and a treatment with dignity and respect seem to be missing. [...]
MedMinder, the company that focuses on polypharmacy and senior patients, has closed a US$35m fund to invest in at-home treatments for elderly people. The funds, provided by SWK Corporation and by its already equity partner Accelmed Partners, will build virtual care, and clinical and technological capabilities for older people. MedMinder provides connected pill dispensers, pharmacy [...]
A new study suggests that amino acid taurine could be employed in anti-ageing therapies. Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo analysed data from 24 female volunteers aged 55 to 70 who were randomly separated in two groups. One group consumed three 500 mg capsules of taurine per day for 16 weeks while the other [...]
The care and housing providers have been awarded £440,000 to involve older residents in shaping digital services. Bield Housing & Care, Haringey Council, Platform Housing Group, Pool Group, Southend Care and Wiltshire Council will each receive funds between £65,000 and £75,000. The money is provided by the TAPPI ‘technology for our ageing population: panel for [...]
TakingCare Personal Alarms has launched a new digital alarm to help elderly people in the wake of the digital phone line switchover. The digital alarm is the first in the UK with two multi-network SIM cards to ensure instant connectivity in case of a mobile network outage. The device uses a roaming algorithm to automatically [...]
Agetech World explores how effective bed alarms are for preventing falls in elderly people. While there is no proof that bed alarms prevent falls, they are an important part of digital tools used in home-care services. People aged 65 and older have the highest risk of falling with around a third of people aged 65 [...]
