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Think young, stay sharp? Positive aging outlook tied to improved cognitive self-perception Older adults' expectations about aging affect their physical, mental, and cognitive health. Positive aging expectations are linked to healthier behaviors, like physical activity, leading to better outcomes. Negative perceptions of aging can result in faster physical and cognitive decline and increase the risk of dementia. Positive expectations can motivate actions that improve health and reinforce optimistic beliefs. Negative expectations may lead to less proactive behaviors and poorer health outcomes. Self-perceptions related to aging include attitude toward one’s aging and subjective age. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/48PVtIG

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Revolutionize Brain Health: Pro-Social AI For Alzheimer’s Prevention November is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month, a time to reflect on how emerging technologies can address the urgent need for brain health and dementia prevention. The latest advancements in AI for Alzheimer’s research are promising. AI models now achieve over 90% accuracy in detecting Alzheimer’s from brain scans, and even predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear. Speech recognition technologies also show potential for early risk detection. But there is more. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3UMjASy

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COVID Levels Are "Very High" and "High" in These 6 States COVID-19 cases are on the rise with the holidays quickly approaching, per a new update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although a joyful time of the year, the colder months are when respiratory viruses like COVID and the flu are most likely to surge due to low, dry temperatures and an increase in traveling and large gatherings. Ahead of Turkey Day, the CDC is urging folks to stay up to date with their vaccines. To help prevent a potential nationwide spread, the agency has also released a list of U.S. states where COVID levels are the highest. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3Z3uKoK

With new AI technology, Northside assisted living home can track senior residents falling As Joanna Dumdey walked into her private room, a camera sat fixed above her head. The new equipment inside the Via Elegante Tucson Foothills Assisted Living And Memory Care Community uses artificial intelligence to track if or when 84-year-old Dumdey and her neighbors ever fall. Every year, the CDC says more than one in four older adults fall, and about 41 thousand older adults die as a result of a fall. Via Elegante managers said they decided to start using a brand called 'Safely You' — a camera scanning the floor for anything but feet and looks for falls. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3Z3s8XZ

New AI phone conversation tool QuikTok is getting people talking According to the National Institutes of Health, 24% of adults over 65 are socially isolated and another 10% of America's 60 and older self-report as lonely. Across health care, social isolation is linked to a multitude of poor outcomes, including dementia, heart disease, and an increased risk of premature mortality from all causes. To combat this, the CareYaya team envisioned a new use of the company’s existing conversational LLMs. The QuikTok(TM) service delivers human-like speech with AI voice generation tools, engaging callers with chat therapy. Conversations by phone present a lower barrier to use for those without internet access or facing technological obstacles. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4hxqOUn

Age is just a number: New study shows older adults' decision strategies are just as complex as younger adults As we navigate through life, the way we manage our money and make financial decisions naturally changes. Previous research has shown that when making financial decisions, older adults are sometimes more willing to take risks than younger adults. But what are the cognitive processes behind these age-related changes in risk taking? Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/40Bsoym

First-Ever Images of Brain’s Secret Cleaning System Unlocks New Hope Against Alzheimer’s Scientists have long speculated on the existence of a network of pathways in the brain designed to clear metabolic proteins that might otherwise accumulate and lead to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. However, this network had never been definitively observed in humans — until now. A new study involving five patients undergoing brain surgery at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has provided the first images of this network of perivascular spaces — fluid-filled structures along arteries and veins within the brain. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/40tDkhz

Older travelers embrace technology when traveling but remain cautious, study finds A new survey shows a large number of older adults are putting travel on their "to-do" list. Many of them want to use technology to make their trips easier to take but they're also afraid of someone taking advantage of them. According to a new survey by AARP, more than 60% of adults 50 and older planned to travel in 2024. "The good news is a lot of older people are traveling. Over 90% say they're using some kind of technology and have some comfort level with it but we also found some real gaps," said Tom Kamber, Executive Director of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/40yNTjn