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Hot on the heels on being granted a US patent for pain assessment invention last month, Australia-based PainChek, developer of the world’s first smart phone-based pain assessment and monitoring app, has received regulatory approval from Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for the use of the PainChek app in the market.

Australian digital health company PainChek recently announced that the United States Patent Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for its pain assessment invention.

Solutions selected will need to focus on dementia, prevention and public health, among others.

The federal government of Australia recently announced that it will invest A$5M to facilitate the implementation of PainChek’s pain recognition app in Australian residential aged care centres (RAC’s).

A new programme based at Imperial College London will focus on technologies that help people with dementia to live well in their own homes, while generating data to help researchers better understand the cause and progression of the condition.

Oregon Health & Science University's ongoing study has participants discussing memories and tapping their critical thinking skills multiple times each week.

Also: Family support coaching app raises $27.5 million; Key components of a dementia care robot.

Dementia-focused tech company Smart Brain Aging has announced the launch its virtual offering for the aging population.

Virtual reality and mobile app-enabled caregiver screening were among the winners of the Caregiving for Dementia Innovation Challenge, a recently concluded contest run by AARP Services, Inc.