Australian and Japanese researchers will come together to examine the ways in which robotic technology and artificial intelligence (AI) can deliver greater efficiencies in care and the role societal attitudes play in their adoption, as part of a new research ...

The experts behind a Victorian telemedicine program that delivers acute stroke care to regional Victoria want the intervention to go national. Professor Christopher Bladin, program lead of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine (VST) project at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & ...

Video games are often in the news for negative reasons but one academic has urged health professionals to be open to the potential improvements the technology can make to the lives of people in their care. Stuart Smith, professor and ...

Older Australians who use the internet daily are less likely to experience feelings of loneliness than those who peruse the web less often. This was one of the key findings the Whiddon Group has highlighted from its Social Isolation and ...

Australian researchers have put claims made by the companies behind brain training programs to the test and have found some may not be backed up by trials into their effectiveness. Researchers from Edith Cowan University examined the scientific claims made ...

An Australian aged-care provider has set up a technology hub where staff and residents can play with and test out new devices and systems. The Feros Care hub, called The Experience Centre, was officially opened on Monday 30 January 2017 ...

A Kinect for the Xbox One might be on the Christmas list for some Central Coast families, following Anglican Care’s use of the gaming technology as a way to encourage physical activity amongst its residents. The Life in Motion program was recently ...

Epicor has released a web-based administrative software specifically for residential aged-care facilities called Senior Living Solution. This SLS is aimed at facilities with up to 300 beds on three sites with 50 or fewer users. It has been designed for the ...