Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

AI hype, fear and loathing are on the agenda. Today marks the 10 th month since the near hysteria surrounding the arrival and rapid adoption of ChatGPT. The Gartner hype cycle on AI is now published – and predicts, of course, a future plateau in generative AI. Consider the telehealth-enabled virtual patient sitter.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Some might say that tech adoption is slow in some sectors, but it is not for lack of widespread funding sources and innovator motivation. As with other crises, technology solutions will be explored and adopted. And other grantors include TechStars and CTA Foundation strive to accelerate tech adoption among older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What changed in technology adoption of older adults? Ranting about technology adoption 15 years ago , it obviously was a different world. Broadband ( high speed Internet, as defined by the FCC ) subscription service has been widely adopted by the 65+ population (see Figure 1 ). 65+ 2017 2022 Total population 49.3 million 56.1

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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. Identify partnerships early (before launching) that can help propel adoption and long-term success, whether commercially or with non-profits.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Clinicians from Scripps Research and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine collaborated on this work, calling out the relatively fast adoption of HaH programs during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. Senior living organizations showed signs of accelerating tech adoption, particularly in areas of AI for remote monitoring and safety.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Smartphone and smartwatch adoption highlight UI inconsistencies. Broad older adult adoption of smartphones has inadvertently introduced more, not fewer barriers to achieving digital competence. Should AI software detect when a user is having difficulty and chime in with suggestions? And Google is no better with Pixel phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

With the 2018 lens to guide the market today, here are a few ways the user experience and thus the ecosystem may ratchet upwards: Natural language and especially AI will improve – no upgrade required. Given the hype about AI and corresponding investment to hire talent and build capability, it is likely that Version 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

But it is notable in 2023 that: Older adults will adapt to change and adopt new technology. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) also moves more care into the home – and is expected to further evolve in 2022 – regulatory changes in the past year have begun to turn the adoption tide. Smart displays and interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

It’s 2023 and the emergence of AI everywhere. The report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 surfaced a great deal of interest across care services and tech providers. So in July, a new report will be launched – the Future of AI and Home Care. As seen in 2012, the future of home care would transform, supported by software.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

The first and most remarkable for older adults has been realized -- improvement in natural language and the associated AI can occur without user upgrades. Furthermore, senior living communities also quickly adopted Zoom and VR during the pandemic to provide engagement beyond speech. As for ease of use?

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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. category tags: AI and machine learning , AgeTech , IoT , Technology - AARP

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Connected Health By Bill Siwicki | June 20, 2023 News Piedmont Healthcare launches Epic-integrated continuous RPM program Working with Telemetrix and Remote Care Partners, the Atlanta health system is enabling cloud-based.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Smartphone adoption is 81% among Americans ages 60-69 and 62% for those 70+. The adoption of smartphones among these age groups has been swift as families seek to communicate with loved ones. Smart tags pinpoint not only locations of phones or keys, but persons with dementia. More than half of those aged 75+ have hearing loss.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 22, 2023

Likely adoption by the 65+ population has far exceeded the 61% percent in the 2022 Pew survey or the most recent AARP Tech Trends survey. Moving forward, however, AI-enabled search (as with the new Bing chat ) should help us find information that we need. Smartphone use among older adults is growing – is usability the next hurdle?

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Housing alternatives (like cohousing or multi-generational housing) would be well publicized and on the way to broad adoption. Further, 42% of women aged 75+ live alone. to supplement in-person care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

Some changes occurred, such as care delivery in the home, with the growing adoption of health-related portals. 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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As senior living technology moves past early adopters and more communities move forward with voice technology, Caremerge is going to be on the cutting edge of that advancement.” category tags: senior living , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Learn more at CareMerg e. CarePredict Pinpoint.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

These points and more are the backdrop for the upcoming November report, The Future of AI and Care Work. Time for AI in healthcare? AI hype, fear and loathing are on the agenda. Today marks the 10 th month since the near hysteria surrounding the arrival and rapid adoption of ChatGPT. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

This was quickly followed by Wi-Fi enabled fall detection and the broad adoption of smartphones by older adults. And then came machine learning and AI , built into wearables, accessed via wall-mounted devices, and now percolating through patient notes and other healthcare apps, maybe soon into AI interactions with MDs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The four posts for November 2022: AI matters for older adults. 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. Stanford Medicine offers a Partnership in AI-Assisted Care. Smart home devices are dumb about tech support.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

The future of AI and older adults is now. 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. In healthcare, there are research reports and predictions, though adoption has been slow. Read more.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

This integration can offer significant market access, distribution channels, and exposure to a wide customer base, accelerating the growth and adoption of the winning startups. Now Accepting Proposals for Disruptive Ideas That Address the Most Pressing Issues Across the Healthcare Landscape PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

But other technologies need greater adoption – fit into the workflow of staff, applied in ways that reduce walks down long halls, make residents safer, enable home care recipients to be engaged when the worker is not in the home. And machine learning and AI are increasingly part of new offerings.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Meanwhile, AARP’s new trends report indicates that smartphone adoption has jumped, potentially over 80% for those aged 70+, no surprise given the 3G sunsetting and the need to replace old cellphones. AI-powered speech technology has the ability to aid the more than 500,000 people in the U.S. Learn more from press release. Healables. "M

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The press release definitely leaned into the “unlabeled round” theme, offering neither a Series title nor a dollar value, although it did tag the funding for growing NeuroFlow “to match the increase in demand for its solutions” among health systems, payors, and government agencies.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

AI & Machine Learning: Personalized pain prediction, risk assessment, and treatment recommendations. Regulatory approvals for new technologies can take time, hindering market adoption. Educating healthcare professionals: Providing effective training and education on new pain management technologies for wider adoption.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Consider the growing adoption of voice devices in senior living , and the likely absence of a tech concierge. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Then update it periodically, with more questions, better answers. Thoughts welcome.

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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 ? Restaurants and health facility check-in are but two examples. question to the ushers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

As smart phone adoption among the oldest continues, their ability to adjust their own hearing aids will also improve. The abrupt shutdown of health visits during the pandemic triggered frenetic adoption of telehealth – now firmly entrenched as a care option on a smart phone, tablet or even on a TV. Safety and security.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

Design principles are out there, but a quick look at apps and websites shows that they are not universally adopted. category tags: assistive technologies , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , baby boomers , Television/Smart TV.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. See robots in manufacturing, automated floor cleaners in stores, or voice-AI order taking in drive-throughs. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. That is a sign. More when there is more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

And AARP’s newest technology adoption report, just published , notes that 20% of the 70+ age range own a wearable. Instead, continuous information, absorbed into health data and combined with AI/analytics, will present more about patient wellbeing long before they enter the waiting room. More when there’s more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Considering the recent CES 2022 product introductions, we are entering a world of 'touchless' interactions, ubiquitous sensors and hearables, as well as AI and machine learning, now about to reach its promise and contribute to serving older adults. Smart displays and voice first interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , tech-enabled home care. That change super-charged growth in telehealth-related companies that had been growing incrementally. Read more.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AI — CharmHealth , a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, today announced that Binah.ai MPH, founder and president of InnovatorMD ; and Ramesh Dontha , founder and CEO of The AI Entrepreneurs. Additional speakers include David Fajgenbaum , M.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

The adoption of digital tools was seen across all sectors; it has been particularly accelerated in primary care. Elsewhere artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to speed up this process. Hospitals nationwide deployed AI-powered CT imaging interpretation tools, helping reduce CT reading time from hours to seconds.

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