Older Athletes Sports Health, Lonely Seniors Turning to AI Bots for Companionship, AI Diagnoses 2-17-26
In our 2-17-26 News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club episode we discussed the benefits of sports for older adults, emphasizing the importance of gradual participation and touched on updating equipment. The conversation also covered the use of AI in healthcare, with examples of AI outperforming human doctors in diagnoses and the potential of AI to reduce social isolation.
Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, CAPS, Life’s Encore Planning
Washington Post 8-13-25 Older Athletes Sports Health by Bob Brody
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/08/13/older-athletes-sports-health
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We referred to:
Various Leisure-Time Physical Activities Associated With Widely Divergent Life Expectancies: The Copenhagen City Heart Study 2018
Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International
Forbes 10-18-25 Lonely Seniors Are Turning to AI Bots for Companionship
by Rashi Shrivastava, and Richard Nieva, both Forbes staff
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2025/10/18/lonely-seniors-are-turning-to-ai-bots-for-companionship/
Related:
2-12-26 ElliQ on front page of NYTimes by Eli Saslow
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html
Presented by Benjamin Surmi, Senior Living Expert and Social Gerontologist
The Free Press 2-11-26 The Nurse Told Me I Had Gout. Then I Sent Feet Pics to ChatGPT by Maya Sulkin
https://www.thefp.com/p/the-nurse-told-me-i-had-gout-then
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Discussion hosted with commentary by: Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon and Debbie Howard
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