October 2024

Concerns about AI are all around, but its future role is inevitable.  There it is, one consumer well-publicized survey after another, whether it is the WSJ,  Pew Research or AARP,  even as adoption in business, healthcare and other industries grows.  Consumers continue to express worry – but in the meantime…82% of companies are either using or exploring use of AI today. That parallels the senior living and care organizations interviewed for this new report – there is a combination of evaluating, limited use, and actually in use with benefit. Interviewees contributed ideas, actual projects and concerns, helping to shape the new report, The Future of AI in Senior Living and Care.

It’s that awful time – the hurricane season. The time when the national hurricane center forecasts, repeated ad nauseum, are destined to frighten everyone, no matter how far from affected regions. The same broadcast can dwell on cones and paths, shout at those in beach areas that the evacuation instructions are meant for them – “IF YOU STAY, YOU WILL DIE!” Mapping the cone of the hurricane and talking constantly about evacuation sounds like a plan – but some observe that the distance required to evacuate to safety could be long – and thus talking about availability of shelters makes more sense. So residents who will 'shelter in place' stock up before stores begin closing, and gas stations run out of gas . Then they watch the 24-hour source of all fear – cable news, looking for guidance from Jim Cantore, that icon among storm trackers.