Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

City of Longevity with Professor Lynne Corner & Tameryn Campbell

6 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker outlines NECA’s strategy for gathering insights across diverse communities—including cities, senior‑living hubs, and inter‑generational groups—by centering four core elements: (1) human knowledge, (2) life experience, (3) academic and data‑analysis expertise, and (4) real‑world applied testing. Older adults are positioned as the primary experts who translate their lived experience into actionable feedback for a wide range of innovations, from artificial‑intelligence systems to healthcare products and services. NECA’s global network of innovators and developers leverages this senior‑driven feedback loop, positioning older adults as co‑creators and ensuring that new technologies are grounded in real‑world wisdom. The speaker emphasizes the limitless potential of this model, noting that the partnership model spans worldwide innovators and a broad spectrum of product categories.

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And we're not just talking to older adults, we're talking to all ages and trying to gain a better understanding across communities, cities, senior living hubs, taking a look at the 4 elements that NECA really focuses on, which is the human knowledge, the life experience, and then the data piece with the academics and the data analysis. And then using the— and leveraging the seniors and empowering them, or the older adults, with their real-world applied testing and research so that they are the experts in providing the insights and the wisdom and the feedback loop on these different products and services. Everything from artificial intelligence to healthcare product services. I think the sky is the limit because NECA partners with innovators all over the world and developers all over the world with different products, services, and programs.