Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

Each year, the Technology for Aging Market Overview is revised in January of the new year. The purpose of the document, however, is to aggregate and review trends from 2023 that shape 2024, technology changes that matter, and offer, by category, a sampling of products, services, and sites of relevance to the older adult market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2014, there were 100 million individuals aged 50+, now 123 million in 2024, all reaching age 65 at the rate of 10 thousand per day. All baby boomers (born 1946-1964) will be aged 65 by 2030. Still valid -– advice from experts on how not to succeed in a murky market. Oh, and the population.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

AARP’s AgeTech Collaborative launched in 2021 with a splash (and 50 startups) that has widened into an age wave, or a sort of Match.com for age-related companies to find others, including collaborators, sponsors, pilots, and more. The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sites are emerging that aggregate and update ChatGPT prompts by category. Meanwhile, AARP’s new trends report indicates that smartphone adoption has jumped, potentially over 80% for those aged 70+, no surprise given the 3G sunsetting and the need to replace old cellphones. The 2023 Market Overview – Technology for Aging.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

For all ages, isolation is increasingly untenable without the technology to connect to others. Future growth of that category may slow due to market saturation or possible innovation cutbacks from vendors like Amazon and Google. Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Communication and engagement.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2023

And caregiving sons , in particular, are struggling with caring for their aging parents. category tags: healthcare , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care According to a recent Harris Poll, 65% of US adults say coordinating care for themselves or a family member is the equivalent of an entire workday per month.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Older adults (age 50+) own nearly every tech owned by those age 18-49. Tablets, smartphones, and smart TVs are the only tech offerings with greater than 50% adoption among older adults (ages grouped into 50-59, 60-69 and 70+ age bands.) category tags: smartphones , tablets , wearables , smart home , Television/Smart TV

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JANUARY 17, 2023

The 2023 Technology for Aging Market Overview is published. Tech for all ages is remaining stubbornly difficult to use, whether it is the frequency of upgrades, the multiple steps to authenticate that the user is not a robot (including checking a box that one is not a robot! ) There are caveats, of course. and so it goes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The articles and tech industry focus on ‘aging in place’ and fear. But wait… What if aging in place is media-fueled, but bad long-term for many (most) people? Perhaps aging will be solo – no spouse, partner, children or nearby siblings. Who should be worried – it’s not those aged 50-65. What could go wrong?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 29, 2023

You may know someone of Medicare age with a phone? Since age data is widely available, and even well-organized lists are available for purchase , it is not surprising that phones of older adults ring multiple times per day. Consider that 44% of women aged 75+ live alone. What is the role of the communication carrier in this?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

There is quite a bit of chatter in long-term care publications about the need for more technology use, and providers are asked to offer best examples of tech use to win an award (separate categories for senior living, home care, and skilled nursing) at the upcoming Leading Age event in October.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

One would believe this ubiquity of access might make us hopeful that we are now in the era of tech helping consumers of all ages, no matter what task or level of knowledge. Instead, the audience at the matinee, average age 80, needs help in finding the program details – ‘what is the next piece?’ and ‘where are the programs?’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is a category, like scribes, that seems obvious when you think about the current healthcare labor shortage and a frail aging patient population. For the wellbeing future of aging baby boomers and their families, there is no choice. Consider the telehealth-enabled virtual patient sitter.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

It took the combination of 71 million boomers, a pandemic emergency, and the sheer size of the aging population to transform a 2009 market niche into this 2021 market category worthy of investment-- less about products specifically designed for older adults as it is about the marketing of many existing offerings as useful to them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2024

Aging and older adults are low profile at both events. A few organizations at these events, like AARP (VIVE) and Best Buy Health (HIMSS), clearly have a vested interest in the health status and care of aging adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

We might learn from the upcoming American Community Survey (ACS) data release which households have broadband connectivity, own a computer or other devices – down to a level of granularity that includes that rarely surveyed category, age 85+. And we may be able to examine age in relationship to tech ownership.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

By 2030, 20% of the US population will be over the age of 65 -- and likely to be obese and living for at least 8 years with some level of disability. Asked this question, what categories of need might be addressed? category tags: robotics , Family caregivers , Home Care. What form factors will be appropriate?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care. The smart home is just beginning to serve as a platform for age-related care and services. AI in the home ‘wellbeing’ infrastructure.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 14, 2021

Pew’s survey categories included : Age, Rural/Urban, Male-Female, Income, Race, and Education. Too bad there were no correlations between Age, Education, Income with Internet use. Early this year OATS/Humana Foundation cited 22 million people as lacking wireline broadband – or 42% of the population aged 65+. Crazy, huh?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

And finally, there’s the Aging in Place fixation , perpetuated by the media , as well as AARP – just use the checklist and help Mom age in place ! Even for an aging family member with significant dementia and a family has limited assets to pay for (if they could find) home care? Who exactly? Seniors and families need them?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Aging in place – the latest trend. People want to age in place – just ask them, as AARP did in 2018. Little did they know that a pandemic was coming, that visiting with aging family would become a nightmare – with people unable to see their relatives for many months. Aging in place forever – the concept. Rant off. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Events are ahead like Aging 2.0 Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. Together is an AI-driven health assistant designed to make health management seamless for aging Americans and their caregivers. And CES 2024 is still more than 3 months away.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

Or your aging mother doesn’t have any of those devices – only 62% of those aged 70+ own smartphones, according to AARP. is tracking technology innovations in the time of Covid-19 , noting the categories of innovation and the open calls for help in that category. Your healthcare provider isn’t running any training today.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And if they could afford it, only 4% of their homes are aging-ready. Further, 42% of women aged 75+ live alone. Yet all still seemed like niche ideas, not helping those women aged 75+. Home remodeling for aging in pace? category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

Boston Consulting Group analyzed the care crisis recently asserts that the lack of paid or unpaid care workers to provide care of children or aging parents may prevent them from filling unfilled jobs, noting the 99 million people today who are not in the workforce. A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Consider: The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has allocated $40 million in grants to the a2Collective through research/pilot programs (and separate initiatives) from UMass , Johns Hopkins and UPenn spanning five years. These grants largely predate the ChatGPT hype. And just in time. [

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

when applied to the aging population, to allow family members, doctors, and caregivers to proactively monitor the health and well-being of the world’s aging population." The concept was further expanded at NICA, the National Innovation Centre for Ageing , in Newcastle, UK, and the sponsor for a recent white paper.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But overall, 76% of the full population surveyed who are aged 70+ do not believe that technology was designed with them in mind. And the overall responder group, aged 50+, agreed that the user experience for older people was poor or difficult, technology was too complex or that they needed more training (see page 44).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

But there was also an awakening to the significance of aging in place , the investment category of older adults , the market power of older adults , including the 65+ population of 54 million. And who knew that the fastest growing subsegment was those aged 80+ ? Some of the key trends: AI is behind the scenes -- everywhere.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

population ages 65 and over will be 83.9 category tags: AgeTech , senior living. Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” These assertions are built on the Service Annual Survey (2021). Consider the details shown in this table: The U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

Today, one-third of adults aged 65+ live alone. And the percentage living alone increases as people reach their 80s – 58% of older adults aged 80+ live alone now. Voice services will support a resident as they age in the community. AI will be applied to improving wellbeing in old age.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

Some say that we are in The Golden Age of AI. They will be coupled with the lagging pace of institutions, particularly healthcare, to change aging systems that can help realize the benefits. category tags: AI and machine learning , chatbots , Conversational and generative AI

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2022

Further, it tells the number of people in geographic locations, education and marital status, employment status (173 million), the percent aged 65+ (more than 55 million as of the date of the most recent survey). And that is also born out by Pew survey , and no surprise -- that age is the biggest determinant. . . . . . . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2023

Could that mean that a third of those possible lives lost are aged 65+? Hopefully. category tags: smartphones, cellphones , Technology - AARP , AgeTech Estimates are that if 1 minute were shaved off emergency response time, 10,000 lives could be saved each year. As we used to say, technology changes everything.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Given the persistent (if perhaps wrong-headed) belief that 'aging in place' at home is the goal and that AgeTech is the solution, this should be the year in which pay is revisited and tech is deployed. Does the shortage of labor to serve the aging population make sensor technology essential in delivering care? Feedback is welcome.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Nearly a third of older adults, according to a National Council on Aging post , are foregoing visits to emergency rooms, afraid of catching the virus. Five offerings from the Rock Health Aging in Place report.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

Long ago ‘aging in place’ terminology emerged with a different meaning. And in 2013, it was promoted on the book circuit by former HUD director, Henry Cisneros about his 87-year-old mother – they were both insistent that she ‘age in place.’ Meanwhile, how about an aging and reality check-up? These are just that, averages.

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