POSTS TAGGED AS elderly

Pain Management Guidelines

CMS released, on April 10, new standards for pain management in elderly patients that nursing homes and assisted living facilities [MORE]

Motion Monitoring Dementia

RFID Shows Walking Patterns
Researchers at the University of South Florida are using a real time location system to test movement [MORE]

Bedsores on the Rise

In the wake of Medicare’s new rule that it will no longer reimburse hospitals for patients’ pressure ulcers acquired during [MORE]

Three New Texts on Medical Automation

Systems Engineering Approaches to Medical Automation, Robin Felder and Majd Alwan, Editors (ISBN 978-1-59693-164-0, from Artechhouse.com, 2009);
LifeScience Automation Fundamentals and [MORE]

Eldercare Data

The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging is a project funded through the National Institute on Aging.  It acquires [MORE]

Nursing Home Evictions

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Eldercare Technologies: Vision, Challenges, and Possibilities

This presentation puts forward a CAST’s vision for technology-enabled care. The presentation will review classes of enabling technologies, discuss problems [MORE]

Non-Intrusive Health Monitoring for Post-Battle Wellness Management

AFrame Digital is an early-stage company that is developing an innovative end-to-end wireless, mobile health monitoring system.  The system consists [MORE]