Made In China: Robot Companions For Chinese Seniors
July 13, 2017
You may not realize it but China faces a greater crisis of an aging population than nearly any other nation on earth. The one-child policy of China has meant that as seniors age out of the workforce, there are fewer younger people to enter fill in the gaps, or help care…
Controversy Abounds: Transgender Seniors in Nursing Homes
May 26, 2016
Recent news stories have highlighted the challenges that transgender persons face in going about their everyday lives. For seniors who are transgender, and already vulnerable from the usual sorts of challenges older persons face, the barriers to health, well being and safe living conditions can be enormous. Most transgender seniors…
View Finder: Virtual Reality Headsets In Nursing Homes
May 19, 2016
Imagine spending months or years confined to an assisted living facility, with little stimulation and few outside visitors. Then imagine how it would feel to suddenly travel to Paris or back to your childhood home? Unbelievable? Exciting? That is the possibility opening up with the introduction of virtual reality headsets…