Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4% Based on conversations with executives for a new research report about sensors, some organizations see today’s labor shortage in senior care as a catalyst for deploying technology. The long hall check-in is only when necessary and for those who need assistance.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s been an interesting technology week. New announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Also on the Argentum site is a product category listing. We regularly hear that caregivers appreciate when their operator invests in technology to support resident happiness. Learn more at CareMerg e.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to PHI analysis, the job pays so poorly today that 40% live in low-income households and 43% rely on public assistance. And there is much to consider about in-home privacy with a technology that can map the interior of a home. What types of robots and/or robotic assistance will be useful in a decade? Thoughts welcome!

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JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. eSight is a wearable assistive technology that allows people living with visual impairments to stay on the go while performing the tasks of daily living. Learn more. Learn more. Orcam Hear. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. Building intelligent assistive devices to help the 1.1 Our connected, wearable products provide a way to deliver mobility assistance and treatment anytime, anywhere. Startups – in a sense. Learn more at 6Degrees.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Only 2% of the 65+ (or 818,800) live in assisted living community – half of them with some degree of dementia. The 2024 Market Overview Technology for Aging presents the current demographics, describes the opportunity, the appropriate product categories and the current in-market offerings to mitigate these and many other issues.

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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. Machine learning technology can, as one interviewee noted, consume transcription, EMR data and free text to consider a population of one. Tech tools offer training and concierge-like assistance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Care-related service organizations are taking a closer look at technologies that could help them cope more effectively with staffing shortages and other issues. For all ages, isolation is increasingly untenable without the technology to connect to others.

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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. All that and more make up the new entrants in the 2021 Market Overview of Technology for Aging, to be published by the week of January 11.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. 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. Wondering if there's any news about AI?

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JUNE 21, 2022

Voice assistants made device hardware actually seem smart. By 2018, more technology (and associated improvements) could be found in the Cloud. The future: Voice assistants will help mitigate growing social isolation of the oldest. The more profile information available and securely store, the better the experience.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. What role can technology play in lowering the cost of care? Searching, one finds little mention of technology for care outside of the hospital.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

This cycle was not helped by the behavior of earlier AI technologies like voice assistants. With growing usage of AI technology, numerous ethical questions are emerging. These include questions of inherent bias in medical imaging or facial recognition software , but also in the category of remote monitoring.

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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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DECEMBER 26, 2023

They have smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs, wearables – with the same disinterest in smart home technologies. Smart home technology (still after 5 years of survey questions) still does not appeal – only a third have any and most of the rest are aware but not interested. “Too And the unfilled need for training and instruction continues.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) But according to a late 2019 AARP survey , only 20% of the 50+ population use voice assistants – and for the 70+, only 12%. So let’s say you have an assistant on your smartphone and a smart speaker in your house.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? 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 ). They believed (hoped?)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

A technology buyer or influencer has different needs at life-stage transition points. Chatbots may be forging a new path to assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Some of them died, sometimes as some have said, from the ‘ long lie time ’ (one hour or more) before being found or assisted. And it’s also the reason they entered the fall-related technology market – with a new offering. category tags: fall prevention, fall detection , AgeTech , baby boomers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

A technology buyer has different needs at life-stage transition points. Chatbots may be forging a new path for assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Consider the high price (upwards of $6000 per pair), limited insurance company assistance, and much individual isolation, misery, and family frustration. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss , baby boomers. Consider the now-known and studied connection between untreated hearing loss and dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Butlr Care. "Butlr, a leading provider of anonymous people-sensing technology, today announced the availability of Butlr Care. By passively moni t oring movement patterns via thermal sensors, Butlr Care can alert caregivers when seniors need assistance. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2020, focus sharpens on technology market categories of aging and caregiving. AARP published a new report that showed growing interest in technology among those aged 70+. Voice first technology – it’s everywhere and in everything. The hearing technology market is seeing disruption from multiple angles.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Is the healthcare consumer ready for voice assistants? There is a technology overhaul underway – the biggest change in user experience since the introduction of the web browser in 1991. From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Technology trackers, don't quit your day job yet. Asked: "What AI technologies are available today to help older adults?" But here are 'answers': Bing Chat: There are many AI-enabled technologies that are available today to help older adults with various aspects of their health and well-being. But forward motion is detectable.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. Botco’s chatbot technology has been deployed at Carlton Senior Living. Also, if you missed it, here is the 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AI and machine learning , Generative AI , healthcare , senior living

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Some might say that sensor technology for older adults is nothing new. What’s the big deal? Data is transformed into a common information language that connects people, experiences, and real-time AI Assistant services." category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living. Learn more. Labrador Systems.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. J abra Enhance Plus sets a new standard for bringing together the convenience of true wireless earbuds with advanced hearing technology to alleviate unaddressed hearing needs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sensor technology is increasingly useful in the care of older adults. Since January of 2020, 400,000 nursing home and assisted living workers have quit. Now think about appropriately placed sensor technologies -- motion sensors, radio waves, localized AI cameras, near or on-body movement detection technologies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Before the recent hype cycle , there have been multiple technologies offered for older adults that incorporate AI and machine learning. Some of these grants will fund projects to determine best practices in care, some new technology for care, including wearables, and some researching new processes to help older adults age in their own home.

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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.), Meanwhile, the OTC hearing aids, starting at $199, can be purchased without an audiologist assisting, inside a retail store or online. fire alarms, some smart watches, E-readers, and GPS trackers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Notably, the GUIDE Model currently does not note or suggest any of the available technology , including home automation, that could improve dementia care. We bring this technology to caregivers through an easy-to-use app. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones TaprootElla. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Or CES 2019 , when Google Assistant was everywhere and today, when it appears to be ‘ going down the tubes.’ While Concha Labs hearing aids must be FDA approved before being sold in the United States, the combined technology and discreet profile of this product presents some exciting possibilities. In tech, nothing is forever, though.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Some of the technology found in the pricier prescription aids will be available in the cheaper OTC aids.” What took the FDA 5 years to complete final review of essentially the same technology available in 2017, especially when they were ordered by Congress to do so? Note that uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with dementia.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

They are hopeful about the new technology designed to help them. So the average move-in age to assisted living is 85 – and the majority of residents are women exhausted by living alone. category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection What could go wrong?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The death rates from Covid-19 (or with Covid-19) of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living were horrific on the one hand and daunting to prospective move-ins. category tags: aging in place , Family caregivers , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. By 2013, The U.S. Rant off. .

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