EP128: Nurse Innovation: Robotics with Pamela Cacchione, PhD, RN, FAAN

<p>As the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, people aged 60 and over will make a massive impact in just 35 years - from only 12% to 22%. </p> <p>With so many countries having to face up to this colossal shift in their health services' longevity planning, they are turning tech-savvy. From AI robots that can interact more like humans than ever before, populations globally may find themselves facing far fewer issues associated with aging as healthcare gets smarter too!</p> <p>Prepare to get all the tech-know about Nurse Innovation, Robotics style! We've got Pamela Cacchione, PhD., RN., FAAN, with us on <strong>This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World</strong> - and she's ready to show you how healthcare can be taken up a notch.</p> <p><strong>Key points covered in this episode:</strong></p> <p><strong>✔️ Achieving Amazing Possibilities: Combining Hearing, Vision and Robotics    </strong></p> <p>Pamela Cacchione, PhD, RN, FAAN, believes that improving vision and hearing directly impacts older adults’ cognitive impairment and mortality risk. Sensory impairment has become a significant contributor to healthy aging.  Pam made connections with engineers at the University of Pennsylvania and has become a human factors researcher with the interaction of technology, robotics, older adults and how to design robots for older adults based on her expertise in sensory impairment.  </p> <p><strong>✔️ How Has It Been Working With Engineers?</strong></p> <p>Get inspiration from Pam as she shares how working with the engineers has been a great experience. She said they managed to bridge the gap between clinical and mathematical equations on multiple occasions. </p> <p>Moreover, despite their different areas of expertise, they have come together and created a shared understanding and language that helps them coordinate efficiently in solving problems. </p> <p><strong>✔️ Robots, and How They Help Older Adults:</strong></p> <p><strong>🤖 Relay:</strong></p> <p>Relay Robots are low-cost mobile robots to assist olde