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Amethyst Care: AI assistant to help older people live at home for longer
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Founder and commercial lead Rebecca McManus. Image: Amethyst Care
Based in the SFI Adapt research centre at Trinity, Amethyst Care is led by Rebecca McManus and Prof Vinny Wade.
Rebecca McManus is no stranger to the many challenges and complexities of being a caregiver, having assumed the role for both her parents at various stages of life.
With both dementia and Parkinson’s in the family, she saw first-hand how mobility-related illnesses can drastically reduce the chances of people living independently at home for longer.
“Problems older people living alone face include loneliness, remembering to take medications on time and cognitive decline,” McManus [...]
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