IBM and Avamere to Bring Cognitive Eldercare Research to Senior Living and Skilled Nursing Facilities

Cognitive computing and sensors to help monitor daily activities and general health status of residents and patients at select Avamere facilities Armonk, NY and Portland, OR, - 22 Feb 2017: IBM and the Avamere Family of Companies today announced a six-month research study that will apply the power of IBM cognitive computing to help caregivers improve eldercare at senior living and health centers. By analyzing data streaming from sensors in senior living facilities, Avamere hopes to gain insights into physical and environmental conditions, and obtain deeper learnings into the factors that affect 30-day hospital readmission rates in patients.

IBM Reportedly Ends Remote Working as Layoff Rumors Grow

Is IBM trying to reverse 19 consecutive quarters of declining revenue through layoffs disguised as relocations and a tough new ban against remote working? According to a series of news reports from the UK publication The Register, Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM has already instituted a regressive policy that effectively ends remote working. The Register, citing a confidential internal video , reports IBM is pulling the plug on its remote workers in the US.