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

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

MARCH 7, 2024

A technology buyer or influencer has different needs at life-stage transition points. Consider death of a spouse, divorce, illness, disability, loss of vision or hearing. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones Design for all, customize on need.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

A technology buyer has different needs at life-stage transition points. Consider death of a spouse, divorce, illness, disability, loss of vision or hearing. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Why not design for all, customize on need?

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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 10, 2023

CTA Foundation (as part of CES and Eureka Park ) sponsored its Accessibility Contest which featured tech for people with vision, hearing, or physical limitations. 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

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012. And represents a vision for home care and what technology should support.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What changes in care technology will be different later in this decade? What will be different in this second technology wave, both from today and from the market a decade ago? Does the shortage of labor to serve the aging population make sensor technology essential in delivering care? Is this optimism justified?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The vision for tech-enabled home care persists. In July of 2012, the report, The Future of Home Care Technology , a survey report sponsored by Philips, Microsoft, and LivHOME, was written and published. However, more interesting is the 2012 vision for the future transformation of home care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

A re-read shows how excited the 31 interviewees and participants were, offering their vision of the future of this technology and its potential use by older adults. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. As for ease of use?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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. But it also became apparent that some older adults who were shut out from these due to limitations in vision, hearing, dexterity, and even dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

In this new market year of Voice First technology, information about the user has been responded to in rudimentary ways and with little or no memory of how the dialogue began. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. The Virtual Concierge construct will be commonplace.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

This innovative technology allows users, including those with mobility impairments, to control devices such as phones, tablets, smart home devices, and wheelchairs through simple movements, revolutionizing the way they interact with technology and the world around them.” Learn more. Concha Labs. Concha Labs. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We are approaching end of the year – it has been a good one for emerging technologies that can help older adults, today commonly known as AgeTech. The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Stay tuned!].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition to the government-supported discount on broadband access, the report recommended “uture-focused tools and assistive technology, such as smart homes, wearable blood pressure and heart monitoring devices, automated pill dispensers, e-learning modules, task management apps, speech amplification and adaptation systems, and geo-tracking.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 5, 2023

His vision was portability -- no wired connection into the wall or the car -- for all. This was yet another push to change a technology that older adults relied on, forcing a move to an in-home VoIP phone which depends on Internet availability. category tags: smartphones, cellphones , AgeTech , smartphones; wearables

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 20, 2021

ITRI Dual Arm Robot. " The Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan developed a Dual Arm Robot System (DARS) that can perform different tasks for humans without specific tools. For people with mild low vision, reading fatigue, reading difficulties including dyslexia, and for anyone who consumes large amounts of text.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Once upon a time, a new technology user interface was mostly just annoying. It’s almost quaint to look back at what we complained about – though some of the famous user interface disasters are well-described in a Scientific American article – Windows 8, BMW iDrive, TV remotes. Too much risk of conflict with designer vision?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012. And represents a vision for home care and what technology should support. Suggestions about organizations and firms to interview are very welcome – please reach out to laurie@ageinplacetech.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Homecare: Consider a vision for 'connected care.' Andrea noted, "When employed to its fullest, remote care technology improves every aspect of how care is delivered in the home. The vision: Change the work process to produce Engaged Caregivers, a Connected Care Team, and Informed Families.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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. But it also became apparent that some older adults were shut out from these due to limitations in vision, hearing, dexterity, and even dementia.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Craig Settles Telehealth and community broadband are symbiotic technologies. These technologies also open avenues to digital equity and health equity among underserved communities in towns, cities, and counties. A key broadband element this telehealth equation is smart home technologies that include wirelessly-controlled sensors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 20, 2021

ITRI Dual Arm Robot. " The Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan developed a Dual Arm Robot System (DARS) that can perform different tasks for humans without specific tools. For people with mild low vision, reading fatigue, reading difficulties including dyslexia, and for anyone who consumes large amounts of text.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 2, 2019

? AARP research h ighlights changes in technology adoption. What a difference more than a decade makes. Consider a long-ago AARP document that examined technology use of the 65+ population. Caregivers were increasingly using technology to help them manage care (although they still objected to being called caregivers).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

As the newly published vision states: “No longer is telehealth merely a virtual urgent care service. Brooks Rehab and Sonifi Health (170 healthcare provider locations). “The nonprofit post-acute hospital has partnered with SONIFI Health to install an interactive technology system in each of the patient rooms. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Here are six blog posts from October 2018: What is Caregiving Technology, Anyway? Search for the term 'caregiving technology.' There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology -- they are interested in but not currently using. Five New Technologies from Leading Age Philadelphia 2018.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Over the last few years, a growing number of applications of AI and machine learning have entered the market of caregiving technology for older adults. AI is a fundamental machine-learning element in voice technology , which is here to stay, despite the noisy racket about Amazon. Netherlands-based Envision.ai

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 5, 2021

You might remember AbleData – a product registry of 40,000 mobility aids and assistive technologies. A re-read shows how excited the 31 interviewees and participants were, offering their vision of the future of this technology and its potential use by older adults. Five interesting and useful technologies for older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

After taking a year or two off, returning to CES is a chore and a revelation – it clearly is the major event for new technology announcements. Self-service increasingly matters in unexpected health categories. EyeQue Vision Tracker. Bright Lights, thick smoke, constant walking and avoidance maneuvers. Learn more at Essence.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Search for the term ‘caregiving technology’. There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology they are interested in but not currently using. The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC/AARP) report is dated 2014 – and focuses on a vision for what caregiving technology should be.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

This time, seen (somewhat) in person, here are 10 new offerings from the show that may be relevant to the older adult technology market. Beyond Vision, a startup solution in the form of an AI healthcare product, CarePLUS. The robot uses video-based fall detection technology and will phone for assistance.” Not yet available.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2022

Advancing speech and language applications for the hospital, health and wellness, and pharmaceutical markets, the Utah-based company enhances patient care and outcomes by improving quality of care and quality of life with its patented AI speech technology. WizeCare Technologies. "At BioIntelliSense. " Learn more. . . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

After taking a year or two off, returning to CES is a chore and a revelation – it clearly is the major event for new technology announcements. Self-service increasingly matters in unexpected health categories. EyeQue Vision Tracker. Bright Lights, thick smoke, constant walking and avoidance maneuvers. Learn more at Essence.

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Digital Health 53

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2022

Advancing speech and language applications for the hospital, health and wellness, and pharmaceutical markets, the Utah-based company enhances patient care and outcomes by improving quality of care and quality of life with its patented AI speech technology. WizeCare Technologies. "At BioIntelliSense. " Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Once upon a time, a new technology user interface was mostly just annoying. It’s almost quaint to look back at what we complained about – though some of the famous user interface disasters are well-described in a Scientific American article – Windows 8, BMW iDrive, TV remotes. Too much potential for conflict with designer vision?

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