Summerset has a solution for pain but it's struggling with staffing

Summerset has a solution for pain but it's struggling with staffing
The PainChek software uses AI and facial analysis to detect pain. (Image: PainChek)
Rebecca Howard
Getting older has many challenges but one of the toughest must be feeling pain and being unable to ask for help. Summerset Group is tapping into tech to solve the problem. The retirement village operator and developer is rolling out a solution that uses artificial intelligence and facial analysis to determine if people are in pain even when they can’t verbalise it, said chief executive Scott Scoullar.“It reads people's faces,” he said.According to Scoullar, Summerset is the first aged-care provider to use PainChek in...

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