Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

Flic Smart Buttons can now trigger Amazon Alexa commands. Using Flic buttons, Alexa users can now trigger their everyday routines faster and more reliably by simply pushing a button. Using Flic buttons, Alexa users can now trigger their everyday routines faster and more reliably by simply pushing a button. Flic Smart Button.

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Digital Health 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

By 2016, experiments inside the hospital ecosystem were beginning – KidsMD launched at Children’s Hospital in Boston, a pioneering Alexa skill to help patients and families with generalized wellness advice. Joseph Health has an Alexa skill to book same day appointments. Providence St. More to follow in January 2020]. .

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mHealth HIPAA Healthcare Innovation EHR 100

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amazon Alexa: They’re building a health and wellness team , and can list more than 1000 health and wellness skills , though only 13 pop up that are loosely related to older adults. Cortana has enabled a few skills that are also available on Alexa and Google, like AskMyBuddy.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 83

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

Having a panic button connected to Alexa ? See latest report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 ] category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection And there are apps for the watch that will contact a 24x7 call center (Best Buy) and FallCall Solutions. But is the right offering a watch? A band without a watch face?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Or Alexa Together will move beyond remote monitoring towards mitigating social isolation (as its name implies). category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services. Some other thoughts about 2023 tech trends: Remote (health) care technology should add socialization. Check it out !].

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Nursing 136

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

From in-home motion sensors to Amazon Care to Alexa Together, homes of older adults will continue to be smarter and more useful, especially for healthcare. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS. The stampede into the home boosted demand for broadband access. million users by 2025.

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Medicare Telehealth Public Health 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

The differences between ‘Hey Siri’, ‘Hey Google’ or ‘Alexa’ for different devices are relatively minor compared to the power we now have. category tags: Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , vehicle/transportation technology-services , smart home. Okay, so now we headed to ‘multi-modal design.’ But in the meantime, simplicity reigns.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. Home Care Magazine: Alexa, Take Care of Me, August 31, 2020.

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

For one thing, at least two-thirds of older adults (age 70+) own smartphones , the 65+ population prefers Alexa among voice assistants , one-third of Americans have smart speakers. Amazon’s Alexa Together wants to help monitor falls of older adults in senior living. Researchers want to understand how best to create a voice assistant.

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

Alexa has the answer to ‘Where’s the Nearest Hospital” but sends you to WebMD for how to treat a sunburn. One of the critiques of WebMD’s Alexa skill – it didn’t understand drug names. But see Independent Health’s Alexa skill – does asking about your deductible make any sense? So what’s intriguing?

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mHealth Digital Health HIPAA Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Here are a few examples: Voice assistants: Voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant can help older adults perform various tasks using voice commands, such as setting reminders, making phone calls, and controlling smart home devices. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection

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Telehealth Nursing 85

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Match what you have with the daunting list of Alexa devices and the help identifying YOUR device -- or the relatively brief list of Google Nest ones. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. We want to turn on a ‘voice first’ device and have it welcome – not abuse us.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

More recently, Amazon partnered with Vayyar to serve up room-based fall detection as part of Alexa Together. category tags: AI and machine learning , hearables/hearing technology , fall prevention, fall detection , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants. NOTE: Next week, a new report, "The Future of Sensors and Older Adults" will be posted.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

Similar to Survey Monkey, SurveyLine allows any organization to quickly and easily create a survey, poll, or set of feedback questions, and then instantly have the survey be taken BY VOICE -- using Alexa, Google Assistant, or via any mobile app using the SurveyLine SDK for iOS and Android." Learn more at SurveysByVoice. SmartBeings, Inc.,

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mHealth Nursing Digital Health Telehealth 65

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For one thing, at least two-thirds of older adults (age 70+) own smartphones , the 65+ population prefers Alexa among voice assistants , one-third of Americans have smart speakers. Amazon’s Alexa Together wants to help monitor falls of older adults in senior living. Researchers want to understand how best to create a voice assistant.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

in senior living ), Alexa Together (for remote monitoring in the home) or SafelyYou for fall prevention, AI platforms for care like CarePredict , safety-focused offerings Constant Companion , Aloe Care , social isolation offerings like ElliQ or engagement offerings from iN2L.

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Nursing 139

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Amazon’s Alexa service ran on multiple variants of cheap hardware. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Book me on the afternoon trip! In the the next wave, let’s call it Voice 2.0 Launching a new research/report project this month– Voice-AI for Older Adults 2022].

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Telehealth 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon Care Hub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. But they also have done more work on Amazon Hospitality in partnership with K4Connect (which has rolled out 10,000 Alexa devices to senior living communities). Read more. . .

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Remote care Digital Health Telehealth 101

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri , Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS. including executives from Microsoft, VitalTech, Honor, and OneClick.chat.].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Petnow app can solve the problems of the existing pet identification methods such as microchips, tags, and collars that are prone to damage or loss, and it is beginning to enter the U.S. The system also features an Alexa integration for voice control. Jesse Joonho Lim, the founder of Petnow Inc. Learn more. Rise Gardens. "W

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Digital Health Pain management 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

Using Alexa, it bridges the digital divide for seniors, overcoming barriers associated with other technologies while enhancing their sense of connectedness and wellbeing. The MyDay skill is available on Alexa for adults living at home or in independent living settings. For more information on Well.Said's solutions."

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HIPAA Nursing Health Data 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That includes the Show display devices on a kitchen counter, improvements to drop-in calling, call captioning, video call support in multiple languages, 10 remote caregivers collaborating through Alexa Together. category tags: smartphones , smart home , AI and machine learning , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Medicare Interoperability Nursing 144

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

People seem to think there is a list of Alexa skills and commands that are or could be useful. AARP has demonstrated its enthusiasm by creating an AARP Alexa ‘flash briefing’ skill that is ‘curated for the ‘50-plus crowd.’ category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging , smart home , Voice First/AI technology.

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Medicare 76

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

But to be fair, there is no elderly equivalent of Voice First KidsMD – though an entrepreneur could imagine an Alexa skill called CaregiverMD that could match up the usability of Marvee with the useful (but buried) content of WebMD or the Voice First offerings of Mayo Clinic. We can certainly hope. We can certainly hope.

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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.) category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Aging, ageism. At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

CES 2018 top competitor battle was between Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. RideRite, a bicycle handlebar designed by Virginia Tech students won a Stanford Longevity challenge. Competition among Voice First tech giants were waged – did anyone win?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. Home Care Magazine: Alexa, Take Care of Me, August 31, 2020.

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices. category tags: wearables, smart watch , smartphones, cell phones , hearables/hearing technology , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Consider recently purchased technology from multiple categories -- including smart speakers, use of Google Assistant, Alexa, Bixby, Siri -- with ownership subdivided by age -- and perhaps purchaser, such as an adult child. category tags: Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , aging in place , Aging.

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EHR Medicare 109

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

One of the upsides of Voice First offerings like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant – updates occur on the other side of the Internet wall, in the so-called Cloud , done in one place the user just accesses. category tags: cell phones, smartphones , IoT and home monitoring , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. And what about.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Amazon Echo, Dot Google Assistant , Sir i, Alexa MemoryWell LifePod , SharetheCare , LotsaHelpingHands. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline. GreatCall Lively Home MedMinder , PillPack Ring Nest. Smart Speakers. Smartphone assistants. Memory/Stories. Caregiving and Family Support. Wandering/driving. GPS Tracking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

January 15-16, 2019: Alexa Conference in Chattanooga. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. NOTE: Upcoming conferences – will you be there to meet in person? Next week: Innovations in Longevity in DC. January 8-9, 2019: Digital Health at CES in Las Vegas.

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HIPAA EHR Digital Health 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Amazon’s Alexa service ran on multiple variants of cheap hardware. category tags: wearables, smart watch , AgeTech , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Television/Smart TV. Book me on the afternoon trip!

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Leadership Telehealth Health IT 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2018

For coordination and communication among this team, we offer role-based access and voice-enabled features powered by Alexa and Google Home.” category tags: wearables, smart watch , Mobile PERS , voice/AI technology , IoT and home monitoring , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Learn more at Livpact. MyNotifi. "A Learn more at Onist. . .

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Telemedicine 83

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant market (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. as penetrating one third of the US population – 111.8

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Remote care Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Many will need to be monitored in their home for chronic diseases and in-home risk of falling – Amazon noticed with Alexa Together – Verizon noticed with its Care Smart Watch. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, broadband, and social networking , baby boomers.

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Patient Experience 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

Xandar Kardian. "Non-Contact Vital Sign monitoring PERS solution with Alexa voice and gesture control. category tags: hearing loss , vehicle/transportation technology-services , digital health , fall prevention, fall detection. And the smartphone app makes it easy to make adjustments -- VoiceBuds are small and comfortable.”

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Digital Health 96