CAST Members in the News

December 13, 2024

BY CAST

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Congratulate CAST members for new partnerships and spotlighting AgeTech innovations.

AARP Showcases Pioneering AgeTech Innovations at CES 2025

AARP recently released several tech-related announcements via PR Newswire. AARP will return to CES 2025, to be held Jan. 7-10, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV, to spotlight the leading trends in AgeTech and showcase the latest innovations from the startups and companies in its AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP. The AARP Foundation is a LeadingAge CAST Patron.

Newly appointed AARP CEO Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan will join industry thought leaders in sharing insights on key topics and innovations shaping the future of care and healthy aging. The AgeTech Collaborative will help lead the Digital Health Summit, where experts will explore the role of technology in transforming healthcare for older adults.

At the AgeTech Summit from AARP on Jan. 8, 2025, thought leaders, industry experts, and advocates will gather to explore the transformative potential of technology for aging. The AgeTech Collaborative from AARP will showcase startups in the CES 2025 exhibitor space.

AARP also presented its 2025 Tech Trends survey results, finding that two-thirds of adults ages 50 and older (66%) see technology as a means to enrich their lives by making daily tasks and aging easier. Nearly half of adults (46%) recognize technology's potential to enable a healthy life, with strong interest in brain health technologies such as brain training exercises and wearables to track sleep and stress levels.

Rose Villa Partners with HealthyLifetime to Offer Independent Aging Program

Rose Villa Senior Living, a nonprofit, single-site continuing care retirement community and LeadingAge member, in a PR Newswire release announced a partnership with HealthyLifetime™, a research-based independent aging program developed by researchers from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. HealthyLifetime is a LeadingAge Corporate Partner.

The eight-week HealthyLifetime program offers personalized one-on-one coaching to support a person's independent aging journey. The program is available exclusively to Committed Tier members of Rose Villa's Take Root program, its future resident program scheduled to launch in February 2025.

In the HealthyLifetime program, nurse coaches work one-on-one with participants virtually to identify the unique issues affecting their independence and to create a personalized independence-strengthening action plan.

Nobi Joins Forces with Frontier Senior Living to Save Lives in 56 Communities Nationwide

Following a highly successful trial that delivered life-saving results, Nobi, a worldwide leader in innovative AgeTech solutions, has announced a transformative partnership with Frontier Senior Living, one of the largest senior-housing operators in the United States. This collaboration will bring Nobi's AI-powered Smart Lamps to 56 Frontier communities, spanning 3,700 living units, redefining fall detection and prevention to enhance safety and save lives in senior care, according to a PR Newswire release. Nobi is a LeadingAge Corporate Partner.

In June 2024, Nobi conducted pilots at two Frontier memory-care communities, installing Smart Lamps in 31 units. The results were transformative, reducing unwitnessed falls to zero; eliminating long-lie falls, with an average intervention time of under four minutes; and reducing average intervention times by 84% and maximum intervention times by 95%.

Said Frontier Senior Living Regional Vice President Jennifer Moody: "Privacy was a key factor in choosing Nobi. Their technology processes all data locally on the Smart Lamp, and real-time anonymization ensures that sensitive data never leaves the room. This aligns perfectly with our commitment to respecting and protecting our residents' dignity."