{"id":190362,"date":"2026-02-24T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:20:09","slug":"ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"AI companies promise to \u2018fix\u2019 aged care, but they\u2019re selling a false narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative-275822\">AI companies promise to \u2018fix\u2019 aged care, but they\u2019re selling a false narrative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative-275822\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative-275822<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-24 19:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Agetech Narrative<\/strong>: The agetech industry positions AI as a revolutionary solution to aged care issues, emphasizing inefficiency, staff shortages, and the problems caused by an ageing population through a crafted narrative.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Techno-Solutionism<\/strong>: Companies market AI tools to present aged care as intrinsically inefficient and broken while framing AI systems as objective, technologically superior and the sole feasible solution.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Distraction from Structural Issues<\/strong>: The agetech marketing approach diverts attention from deep-seated social and political problems such as systemic neglect, regulatory lapses, funding models, and societal ageism in aged care.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI as a Labor Displacement Tool<\/strong>: While agetech claims AI will improve care, the implementation of such systems requires significant human input, can lead to more work, and can marginalize important relational aspects of care, increasing worker stress.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Need for Broader Reforms<\/strong>: True fixes for aged care require a multifaceted approach that includes proper staffing ratios, fair wages, funding models that value care and dignity, and regulatory frameworks that prioritize residents&#8217; wellbeing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Care as a Relational Practice<\/strong>: The best outcomes in aged care come from practices that respect older people\u2019s autonomy and dignify their lives, rather than viewing them through efficiency metrics and technological surveillance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Role of AI in Care<\/strong>: If deployed correctly, AI should support rather than replace the relational and human aspects of care, focusing on empowering both residents and care workers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI companies promise to \u2018fix\u2019 aged care, but they\u2019re selling a false narrative https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative-275822 Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/718715\/original\/file-20260217-56-luvckt.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C1002%2C6000%2C3000&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190364,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190362\/revisions\/190364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}