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Can AI keep Alzheimer’s patients safe at home?

Can AI keep Alzheimer’s patients safe at home?

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How AI‑powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and ease caregiver burden for people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia

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In this episode of Science Quickly, multimedia journalist Meghan
McDonough explores how emerging artificial-intelligence‑powered
“smart home” tools are helping people with Alzheimer’s disease and
other conditions that cause dementia stay safer at home while
easing the load on caregivers. And McDonough examines the key
ethical, privacy and access questions that come with relying on
these technologies. Recommended Reading: Meet Your Future Robot
Servants, Caregivers and Explorers The Heartbreak and Hazards of
Alzheimer’s Caregiving E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you
have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!
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