Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

The 2024 Market Overview of Technology for Aging will be published during CES 2024. Caregiving and other demands of an aging population gained significant government attention and new initiatives during 2023. Dementia care. Medicaid Home Care Services.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Pet Tech , the fusion of technology and pet care , has revolutionized how we interact with our animal companions. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas wasn’t just about groundbreaking technology for humans, but it also showcased the innovative products revolutionizing how we care for our beloved pets.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2023

What is care coordination and why is it so elusive? Catching my eye – a relatively new company, Sage, offers a ‘ care coordination’ platform for senior living , just received another $15 million. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context.

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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

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

JULY 26, 2023

Long ago ‘aging in place’ terminology emerged with a different meaning. Long forgotten now, it was briefly in Wikipedia to define the benefit of a continuing care retirement community where you did not have to leave the community if you required higher levels of care. Meanwhile, how about an aging and reality check-up?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

The combined research grants for AI as it relates to aging are impressive. 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. And just in time. [

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And not least, look at the shortage of workers in the care industries and the obvious but elusive pay raise that would match the market of possible workers. Sensor tech -- what changes in care technology will be different later in this decade? category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. And if they could afford it, only 4% of their homes are aging-ready. Further, 42% of women aged 75+ live alone. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) You would be wrong.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In 2022, the oldest baby boomer turns 76, while the population aged 65+ will exceed 54 million. Trends accelerated by the pandemic continue to emerge, and the population aged 50+ will continue to purchase and use technology, accounting for an estimated 51% of technology spending by 2030. What trends matter this year and beyond?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Events are ahead like Aging 2.0 SkyPoint AI intends to elevate the standard of care provided in senior living facilities, enhance operational efficiency, and improve staff satisfaction by eliminating mundane repetitive tasks. category tags: AI and machine learning , Scams -- all types , senior living , AgeTech Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Consider The Internet of Caring Things. The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Innovate long-term care. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. Achieve health equity.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. That committing to aging independently at home is a permanent decision. Learn more at FamilyFirst.

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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

JUNE 16, 2022

A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap. 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.

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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. Long-term care communities use AI from firms like EarlySense for incident alerting or VirtuSense for prediction and fall avoidance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The US population is aging and will be needing more care. You read it every day in the popular press – the bad news about the 65+ and their future care burden and the good news about the 65+ and their wealth (22% of US spending in 2022). Consumers are all in on self-diagnosis and care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Census knows the growth and potential explosion of care needs and older adults. Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” population ages 65 and over will be 83.9 Figure 1 Estimated revenues from care related services 2013-2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

Each year, the Technology for Aging Market Overview is revised in January of the new year. In 2024, AI will likely be everywhere and all around, from tech where it is embedded to AI-centric devices and services, including the emergence of AI in professional care work , back office senior care, and the home-based support of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Setting the stage for The Future of Care Work research. That 33% of those aged 85+ have Alzheimer’s or dementia? That 33% of those aged 85+ have Alzheimer’s or dementia? These points and more are the backdrop for the upcoming November report, The Future of AI and Care Work. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 29, 2022

It's easy to find care information for aging parents online. Consider not so long ago when Google was dumber about aging, and elder care -- i.e. terms hadn’t been indexed, definitions weren’t great, and providers didn’t care. Today the Internet is a rich resource to navigate aging and care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The still-baffled contact their friends and relatives – maybe that works for some who have caring and patient relatives. But overall, 76% of the full population surveyed who are aged 70+ do not believe that technology was designed with them in mind.

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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 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 27, 2023

The goal: address the biggest challenges and opportunities in aging. In 2021, Aging 2.0, Here are five exhibitors from the Aging 2.0 This is accomplished through enabling actionable insights and workflows necessary for care providers to quickly and efficiently connect patients to the best care possible.

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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. And this updated information will ideally be available to other medical providers, not to mention senior and home health care companies that will soon see the discharged patient.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

In particular, it is great to see the emergence of Primetime Partners , specifically focused on the aging-related market opportunity. The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. The Sundial skill for Alexa and the mobile app work together to connect older adults (the Center) to their loved ones (Care Circle).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In fact, one in five ‘broadband’ households is currently or will soon care for a family member, likely remaining in their own or a relative’s home. Tech for quality of life – aging or not? Or are these ‘quality of life’ technologies for all ages, especially those who live alone or in rural areas? Drawing the AgeTech line.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Caregiving and other demands of an aging population are gaining attention. In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The home care market is (still) a booming business. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations. And many already at home and in assisted living need the same care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Technology for Aging 2020 Market Overview. 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. The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020. This report interview 21 pioneering health and research executives.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. But ‘aging in place’ is still a challenge and maybe a pipe dream for seniors in their late 70’s or 80’s. But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance. Déjà vu all over again. You get the idea.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What changes in care technology will be different later in this decade? Consider the implications of adoption of sensors to deliver and improve the care of older adults -- then look forward five years. Does the shortage of labor to serve the aging population make sensor technology essential in delivering care?

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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. integrates ChatGPT into its care app. " This structured data facilitates more effective remote care and easier follow-ups, enabling care teams to improve delivery of quality care while optimizing their workloads." Learn more at Botco.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. But is that the best setting for dementia care? No surprise: Data underpins care quality in senior living and home care. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

There are more than 69 million people aged 60+ in the US. The oldest adults that appear to be at greatest risk dying from Covid-19 are not those of a specific age, but those in the oldest age ranges, particularly with 'underlying conditions.' those hospitalized were aged 65+. those hospitalized were aged 65+.

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