Eun Kyoung Choe, University of Maryland-College Park This pilot develops Aidara, an AI-powered digital health system that helps caregivers of individuals with cognitive impairments make safer over-the-counter medication decisions. Through multimodal interaction and personalized guidance, Aidara aims to support informed decision-making and reduce medication-related risks.
Gregory Stock, Socratic Sciences Inc. Hamed Zamani, University of Massachusetts. Mary Mittleman, New York University. Socratic Sciences, in collaboration with UMass and NYU, is developing an AI-facilitated, question-driven app to help family caregivers of those with AD/ADRD connect and support one another in small, trusted groups around open-ended questions. The project will test and refine a group-facilitation AI bot to make meaningful peer support scalable, accessible, and affordable for millions of overwhelmed caregivers.
Jon Dekar, DESIN LLC, Zackory Erickson, CMU Robotics Institute. DESĪN LLC will enhance its existing Obi assistive feeding robot with AI-driven attention monitoring and redirection capabilities to support self-feeding in individuals with AD/ADRD who struggle with inattention. The project aims to demonstrate technical feasibility and clinical utility in long-term care settings, ultimately reducing caregiver burden and improving quality of life for affected individuals.
Hamed Tabkhi, Mona Azarbayjani, ForesightCares Inc. Sanjay Iyer, Memory & Movement Charlotte. The pilot project focused on developing and validating an AI-based visual assessment (AVA) app for at-home monitoring of motor function in older adults with Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
G. Antonio Sosa-Pascual, REOFTech. Michael Busa, UMass Amherst. This project aims to collect data from wearables and smart home sensors to determine the state, rate, and direction of change in dementia patient agitation and caregiver well-being.
Ipsit Vahia, Rachel Sava, McLean Hospital. Joseph Chung, Rippl. The CAREALL pilot project explored the use of large language models (LLMs) to support caregivers of individuals with dementia.
Joseph Chung, Kinto. The Kinto pilot project explored how AI technologies—specifically sentiment analysis and generative language models—could enhance support for family caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD).