Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

AI hype, fear and loathing are on the agenda. The Gartner hype cycle on AI is now published – and predicts, of course, a future plateau in generative AI. And finally, to cap things off, today the big guns of the tech industry, will spend seven hours behind closed doors discussing how to regulate AI.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care. With job turnover and shortages, care-related services now see the opportunity of AI chatbots, machine learning, and predictive analytics to mitigate some of the staff-related challenges they face.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Can AI be useful in the older adult markets of home care, senior living and beyond? Trying to understand the utility of an AI tool that knows so much about so much, some bloggers like Margaret Manning are very excited at the possibilities. Sites are emerging that aggregate and update ChatGPT prompts by category. Stay tuned.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

News How CIOs are prioritizing AI investments for the next 5 years In the first installment of Healthcare IT News' newest feature series, five hospital and health. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) By Bill Siwicki | November 01, 2021. By Bill Siwicki | October 18, 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living Further, 42% of women aged 75+ live alone. to supplement in-person care. In what year? And from whom?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

New report published - Future of AI and Older Adults. From the findings; One of the media-fueled risks today with the plethora of AI-related hype is the tendency to find and publicize deficiencies and mistakes, reinforcing the premise that it is too early for benefits across industries like senior living or home care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

See new report, AI and The Future of Care Work 2023 ] category tags: technology support , Technology - AARP , smartphones, cellphones Didn’t think of that? Your aging family members weren’t ready for that Thanksgiving travel experience. They just want breakfast.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

AI and older adults – powerful if enabled. There are few limits to the possible benefits of AI in its many forms, conversational, generative, Chatbots and more. Some say that we are in The Golden Age of AI. AI-enabled cameras to detect falls and other anomalies. Monitoring with nuance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

New announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Also on the Argentum site is a product category listing. category tags: senior living , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. It’s been an interesting technology week. Learn more at CareMerg e. CarePredict Pinpoint.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. Genie's artificial intelligence (AI) can determine the intent of an incoming call, and uses that knowledge to protect you from anything harmful or disruptive. SkyPoint Cloud AI Platform for Senior Living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 2020, a modest category became mainstream. It took the aging of the baby boomers and the sheer size of the aging population to turn a 2009 market niche into a 2020 major market category. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Discussions of AI makes older adults skeptical. And despite machine learning, predictive analytics and generative AI capabilities increasingly being part of nearly all newer software product versions (for example, see AI in search or healthcare ), older adults seem uncertain as to how AI will impact them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These two letters, AI, have risen to top of tech talk and media minds. And even the Federal Trade Commission is wary of the current hype and AI-powered marketing claims. The future Internet of AI-enabled Caregiving is mandatory. AI will not power the hands-on labor, but rather will free it up for more actual care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. while its embedded AI adapts to individual capabilities (range, tremor, etc.)." category tags: AgeTech , vision and vision technology , robotics , fall prevention, fall detection Startups – in a sense.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

AI use in care delivery and marketing is not new - it just seems that way. Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. Learn more at Botco.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Either way, evening and nights are where the oldest and frailest will need tech-enabled services, including sensor-based remote monitoring, voice-activated calls for help, calming conversational AI, all types of wandering and fall detection, hearing, vision, and robotic assists, whether in the form of tables, prosthetics, smart wheelchairs and more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Beyond direct interaction, AI is already all around. Reminding ourselves of definitions clarifies what we are talking about: " AI-enabled programs can analyze and contextualize data to provide information or automatically trigger actions without human interference." And ChatGPT can be accessed through any mobile browser.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

However, today, there are numerous research efforts to develop smarter robots – consider the MIT project (2021) or Boston Dynamics’ AI Institute (2022). 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

APRIL 3, 2024

Imagine an AI-enabled future for tech user experiences. Should AI help navigate overly complex apps and the enormous Internet? category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Ask ChatGPT 4 how best to produce or manage passwords.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

It’s a scary time to think about AI. AI is terrifying about the possibility of making people (and journalists) obsolete or initiating accidental destruction and havoc. AI-powered digital companions and training tools are evolving. AI chatbots will be built into senior living concierge services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

As part of research on the Future of AI and Older Adults, interviewees are talking about the potential role of chatbots – and why they should matter. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living , Home Care Chatbots can be helpful to older adults and families.

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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. Some of the key trends: AI is behind the scenes -- everywhere. And who knew that the fastest growing subsegment was those aged 80+ ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

The future: Broadband, voice, and AI are mission critical for senior living. AI will be applied to improving wellbeing in old age. Pendants are obsolete, replaced by smartwatches and Wi-Fi enabled motion fall detection capabilities – underpinned with AI from firms like Origin Wireless or Caspar.ai.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2022

AI-enhanced fall detection offerings now include Origin Wireless with Wi-Fi enabled fall detection or KamiCare’s in-camera AI analysis, Or consider the intriguing VirtuSense (with a balance assessment tool about fall likelihood), and a sensor that says “Please don’t get up, someone will help you.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

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. The 2023 versions of voice-first interfaces on smart speakers are no longer ground-breaking – 35% of Americans now own one.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. The regulation of AI in the US – will it happen? The past few weeks have brought broad-based wails of AI anxiety. Then there is the AI laundry list of anxieties that keeps the media busy. But will it work?

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Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

Innovators can submit in one of four categories: Startup Entrepreneurs, Developers, Students, or Nonprofits and Research Groups. Within each category, CharmHealth will provide cash prizes: $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, and $2,500 for third place.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

According to research interviewees from multiple reports , the user experience across multiple categories of technology is on the decline, and in some cases the drop in customer experience quality is precipitous -- will conversational AI help ? Or has the tech user experience also deteriorated?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. Retailers look for innovation, especially AI , product developers look for distributors, corporations look for better ways to work. Today it is just CES 2024 and it is really a B2B(2B2B) event. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

While professional care providers will play a key role, increasingly their work will be augmented by software -- apps, machine learning and conversational AI. Even with wealth, older adults at some point in their lives will need some level of assistance. Healthcare delivery is migrating away from hospitals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Advanced machine learning and AI services are applied to learn individualized lifestyle patterns privately and securely within each home. Predictive AI can make healthcare simple, affordable, and accessible without compromising the quality of care. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For older adults, that included the following potentially obsolete categories: Medical alert devices (fall detectors, communicators, etc.), AI Everywhere, including in senior care. Possibly the biggest change yet to be fully realized may be the advent of embedding AI in senior-focused technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

And machine learning and AI are increasingly part of new offerings. Here are three categories that can help optimize staff and improve care: Voice-enabled services. category tags: wearables, smart watch , wearables , IoT and home monitoring , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

Or believing that a direct to consumer approach was affordable or scalable – before the broad adoption of social-media based marketing or the introduction of Conversational AI. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones Or conducting focus groups, even less prevalent today.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the so-called digital health technology categories. . category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring. Smart displays and interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). Launching a new research/report project this month– Voice-AI for Older Adults 2022]. They believed (hoped?)

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