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Cheap lunch, then the pokies

Plus: AI scribes in aged care, Alzheimer's as a managed condition, the Dull Men's Club, and your phone reading your heart rate.

George Gouzounis

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

Will AI make us stupid?

Plus: The correlation between voting and longer lifespans, SuperAgers with excellent memory, and a capital asymmetry case study from Sydney.

George Gouzounis

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

From person-centred to person-led

Plus: Who the new aged care consumer is, the skills AI keeps demanding, a grandfather and grandson in a forest, and two coffees a day for the brain.

George Gouzounis

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

The long shadow of AI in your building

Plus: Designing for 2076, the boomer succession cliff, why grandmothers matter, and the Voluntary Assisted Dying access gap in aged care

George Gouzounis

May 5, 2026

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4 min read

Elyssia Clark on CX, and AI chefs in aged care

Plus: A concerning report on New Zealand's demographics, why older people don't lose their sense of humour, and Chinese courts on AI and unfair dismissals.

George Gouzounis

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

This week: How AI helped one manager reach 300 frontline staff

Plus: Alcohol and older Australians, the generational AI trust gap, a 94-year-old's costume contest, and the effects of ultra-processed food on our attention spans.

George Gouzounis

Apr 21, 2026

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5 min read

This week: The three tiers of AI in aged care

Plus: The new aged care consumer, a new community expectations report, infections as a dementia risk, and a poet-botanist's lifelong pursuit of discovery.

George Gouzounis

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

This week: Sandwiches and the feeling of home

Plus: AI that predicts heart failure five years early, a 12-year study on cognition and happiness, and why you should not ask AI to start from scratch.

George Gouzounis

Apr 7, 2026

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12 min read

This week: A random stranger beats the best chatbot

Plus: Pets in aged care, the fuel crisis hits aged care workers, a five-minute game about media and feedback loops, and salt substitutes that people don't use.

George Gouzounis

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Cheap lunch, then the pokies

Will AI make us stupid?

From person-centred to person-led

The long shadow of AI in your building

Elyssia Clark on CX, and AI chefs in aged care

This week: How AI helped one manager reach 300 frontline staff

This week: The three tiers of AI in aged care

This week: Sandwiches and the feeling of home

This week: A random stranger beats the best chatbot

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