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Token Limits and Splitting Long Care Histories

AI models can only hold so much information in a single conversation before they start forgetting or losing track. When care histories exceed these limits, you need to either condense intelligently or feed the information in chunks—otherwise the AI loses important context midway through.

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Why It Matters

Tokens are the small units of text that AI models process, and every model has a maximum token limit that caps how much text it can handle in a single session before it begins to lose or ignore earlier information.

Caregivers managing years of medical records need to understand token limits so they can strategically split long care histories into focused chunks, ensuring the AI retains the most critical details when generating care summaries or action plans.

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