Understanding the ethical and other implications of leveraging digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable compassionate care in support of healthy ageing
Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (DT/AI) have considerable potential to revolutionize healthcare, but also have the potential to cause harm. Numerous organizations worldwide are developing best practices and guidelines/policies for the safe adoption and deployment of these powerful technologies; yet older adults are often not considered. Samir’s study endeavors to enhance the delivery of compassionate…
Read MoreDesigning compassionate AI for use in dementia care
Many technologies are being developed for long-term care settings to improve safety and quality of care, such as behavioural health monitoring technologies to support the assessment of responsive behaviours in dementia. We need to make sure that these technologies are designed in a way that promotes compassionate care of people with dementia and avoids stigma.…
Read MoreEnhancing compassion in technology-enabled care: Training and guidance for practitioners supporting autistic children and youth
Tech-supported therapeutic tools and AI solutions are actively being created with aims of enhancing services, independence and overall well-being for autistic children and youth, often without careful consideration of if the solutions attend to the heterogeneous nature of autism, or align with autistic preferences and needs. To maximize benefits and minimize potential harms (e.g. overgeneralization,…
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