Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

While Internet and social media technology use has plateaued over all age ranges, Facebook still has captured only 41% of the 65+. 2018 was a banner year for competitions in the age-related categories. And if you think categories are missing or no longer matter, please speak up!

74

74

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 12, 2022

Unless that roaming feature is now using Verizon’s network (their 3G shutdown is supposedly not until December, 2022), nothing worthy of media attention actually happened, despite warning. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. You may wonder, what happened? July 1 came and went.

140

140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

People who need care workers will tell you – the media will tell you, and the industry will tell you. These virtual companions can also engage seniors in social interactions, reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation. category tags: Home Care , AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living

Telemedicine 69

Telemedicine Leadership Mental health Medicare 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

One expert offered his gloomy advice, carried beyond Florida via multiple TV networks : "One doctor emphasizes that there is no substitute for social distancing and hygiene. category tags: Aging , Seniors , social isolation , social media. Now, arriving at 70, they should be vigilant, cautious, anxious.

Nursing 158

Nursing Public Health 158

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions including mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. It’s one thing to read the appropriate coverage in the media about the horrendous mismanagement of Covid-19 patients in New York City nursing homes.

Nursing 150

Nursing Medicare Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2019

Was this just too early for the home monitoring category? category tags: IoT and home monitoring , PERS , social media , cell phones, smartphones. Or was it just too murky (and pricey) compared to the PERS market ? Compare to today. So much change -- think about the impact of Voice First technologies.

Telehealth 108

Telehealth 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions including mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. It’s one thing to read the appropriate coverage in the media about the horrendous mismanagement of Covid-19 patients in New York City nursing homes.

Nursing 125

Nursing Medicare Telehealth 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Did you know that ‘social isolation’ has become a named baby boomer health condition spiking Medicare costs by an additional $134 per enrollee – tucked into the list that includes arthritis (+$117 of cost) and diabetes (+$270), source AARP? So aside from the fact that social isolation is, as of 2016, a billable diagnosis (who knew?),

Medicare 96

Medicare Nursing 96

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

And much more will be different for an older population – the real seniors, aged 75+, perhaps previously unnoticed by media. Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. Read more. . .

Remote care 101

Remote care Digital Health Telehealth 101

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Or too much media reporting about scams, breaches, and identity theft – most of which it is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to prevent? And no, it’s not to read dumb text messages heads down and fall into a manhole – nor is it about the social media company that cannot be named. Does that fear imply lack of training?

Telehealth 98

Telehealth 98

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Meanwhile, The older adult technology market is still comprised of four main categories , into which the new entrants and inventions, including wearables, sensors, AI, and predictive analytics, will fit. category tags: wearables, smart watch , baby boomers , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Read more. .

54

54

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Consider voice-enabled smart plugs, thermostats, audio books, traffic directions, weather, and news updates – and answers to questions that might matter about health, social connection, and personal safety. category tags: Home Care , Mobile PERS , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , social media.

Connected Care 69

Connected Care Remote care 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Honor ( JoinHonor.com ) is also the product of enthusiastic investment – founded by Seth Sternberg, previously seller of social media firm, Meebo, to Google for $100 million in 2012 (and killed a year later in favor of now-dead Google+ ). category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care.

Medicare 120

Medicare 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 9, 2018

But not raising concern about the business and social value of Twitter. category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking. This is raising concerns over the company's growth and true number of monthly users. Has anyone looked at the age distribution of Twitter users?

Telehealth 69

Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If your phone is enabling what you need (text, pics, email, browser, fitness tracking, social media) and you have no external motivation (like that family photo share ) you won’t upgrade unless your phone is broken or you are a tech glutton for punishment. category tags: smartphones, cell phones.

54

54

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 5, 2018

March marked the annual American Society on Aging conference in San Francisco – where Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) are obtained for multiple social and service roles that serve older adults. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , aging in place. The tech ideas of March -- change incremental or disruptive.

Public Health 59

Public Health 59

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Or too much media reporting about scams, breaches, and identity theft – most of which is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to prevent? And no, it’s not to read dumb text messages heads down and fall into a manhole – nor is it about the social media company that cannot be named. Does that fear imply lack of training?

Telehealth 72

Telehealth 72

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

As for social media , things really got going with AOL Instant Messenger in 1993 -- then all was pretty quiet until 2003-4, when LinkedIn, MySpace, Skype, and Facebook all arrived. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones.

Health Technology 75

Health Technology Nursing Telehealth Remote care 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2018

That is an interesting search – pages and pages of Start Me Up pilots in tech, programs, initiatives large and small, all linked, no doubt to corresponding media spend and press releases. According to the report Connected Living for Social Aging , which was published 7 years ago this month, the future was predicted. Learn more. .

67

67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Perhaps you aren't paying attention -- but once per year, innovations from around the world are presented at CES for comment, media attention, and most of all, seeking interest about what's new (or even just envisioned). category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

And investors have regularly run screaming from the ‘older adult’ category, preferring to view the whole bucket as ‘health’. What newcomers have entered the market? Besides ‘longevity market new media’ like Stria (former Next Avenue) that provided a splash of cold water for startups and investors in the older adult space.

87

87

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 5, 2018

According to the report Connected Living for Social Aging , which was published 7 years ago this month, the future was predicted. And then there’s Equifax – 143 million accounts , established presumably to protect, not misuse, your social security data. It is worth a look back -- note that it did happen just as described.

63

63

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Tackling Covid-19’s social isolation of seniors – one tech at a time. First off, thousands of residents have died, and news media organizations are now obsessed with counting and re-counting, totaling up the numbers (more than 10,000 as of today) and then counting some more. category tags: covid-19 , Seniors , Aging , senior living.

Nursing 62

Nursing Telehealth Remote care 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

The second annual event was last week – and you would think incorrectly that at least one writer from a national news media outlet would written about it by now, especially with 5000 attendees, sponsorships from Amazon and Google, 150 exhibitors, and numerous aw ards. The Voice Summit, like Voice First itself, is still in its early years.

mHealth 65

mHealth Nursing Digital Health Telehealth 65

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

While Internet and social media technology use has plateaued over all age ranges, Facebook still has captured only 41% of the 65+. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , CES 2019. According to eMarketer, though, baby boomers are still big users – of the 76.4

mHealth 77

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 20, 2024

And that’s before you have logged into a site that could simply be a news media or site or Gmail that just wants to display insulting and absurd ads now that you have been ‘authenticated’. Or you can examine the behavior of the same software applications across multiple devices.

Patient Experience 69

Patient Experience 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 20, 2023

Then there is the AI laundry list of anxieties that keeps the media busy. See social media. Regulatory efforts have apparently given up on social media regulation. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech But will it work?

131

131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2023

Life expectancy – media obfuscates. Their media frequently describes them as if they were a single entity (see Magazine ). million are working, some live only on Social Security income. category tags: Generative AI , AgeTech , Aging, ageism On the other hand, life expectancy at 65? million people aged 50+.

Nursing 134

Nursing 134

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 20, 2020

Past age 75 single women are likely to rely on Social Security for income, not enough to afford assisted living, now north of $48K per year. Despite years of media rage about conditions in nursing homes (see 2018, above), nothing is really done about those that provide poor care. Why are people in nursing homes?

Nursing 136

Nursing 136

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 2, 2018

Not a PDF file attachment, not a Word file, but a viewable (online) press release with links, kept under 1 page, that is found under your website category of PRESS, MEDIA or NEWS. This becomes Article-1 under the In the News/Media section of the website. 8) What's that category -- and is it part of a larger home ecosystem?

67

67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2019

category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking. We can Clear Cookies on our web browsers, but how many of us do? Having to re-enter information is an inconvenience. We like the fact that browsers remember who we are and our last interaction.

60

60

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2019

lead the subject of social recruiting. . category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking. Microsoft paid $26 billion for LinkedIn and then bought GitHub for $7.5 billion -- have they cornered the market on developer recruiting and software innovation ? Some skepticism is in order.

53

53

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 8, 2018

But it's not raising concern about the business and social value of Twitter. Besides ‘longevity market new media’ like Stria (former Next Avenue) that provided a splash of cold water for startups and investors in the older adult space. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

Nursing 63

Nursing 63

Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This exercise of writing and recording gives us material to share in various venues and media. We listened informally for a week – to family, friends, colleagues, social media, popular media, wherever we went – for questions people asked about COVID-19 testing. These are general categories. OK, here goes, Part 2.

Nursing 52

Nursing 52

Health Populi

MAY 11, 2023

Dr. Eric Topol wrote about the category of GLP-1 drugs as “the new obesity breakthrough,” and added, “I’m not using the term ‘breakthrough’ lightly.” In the words of its press release , Mucinex Sickwear resulted from social commerce meeting over-the-counter medicine.

Telemedicine 156

Telemedicine Digital Health Mental health Telehealth 156