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Consider Amazon’s role in the caregiving and older adult market

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It’s already been a big year for new Amazon offerings that could benefit older people. This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon CareHub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. Created the Echo Show – with its remarkable user interface.

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Voice First Technology and Older Adults – Three Years Later

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That’s the way it seemed in 2014 to those comments from Witlingo founder, Ahmed Bouzid, interviewing for a job at Amazon – after interacting with the newly invented Echo, he wanted to stand up and start applauding. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Six recent Voice/Conversational AI innovations for older adults

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The pilot study of 16 adults aged 75 or more years and living alone in an independent living community used an Amazon Echo device for eight weeks. Atria Senior Living – Echo Shows throughout selected communities. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , senior living.

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Five notable technology offerings for older adults

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The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. The Center uses the voice and touch enabled Sundial skill for Alexa (optimized for the Amazon Echo Show) to interact with their private Care Circle of family and friends. The last was offered by a giant US network.

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That time of year -- considering technology gifts for older adults

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There are plenty of click-bait websites topping the search list, like Holiday Tech Gift Ideas or the lengthy Amazon tech gift list or even a list described as The 7 Best Tech Gifts to Buy for Seniors -- really? Consider the video for Amazon Echo setup. Warning -- this is not a blog post about what to give to seniors.

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The growth of telehealth is a plus for seniors – if they can use it

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Then in June, Amazon and K4Connect began an initiative to distribute 8000 Echo Dots to residents in 40 West Coast independent and assisted living communities. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Who or what makes that happen?

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Four technology categories to remotely monitor a paid caregiver

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This might mean setting up an Amazon Echo (Dot or Show) for in-home use. In those cases where an Amazon device is at two locations, one person can ' drop in ' to check on another. This can be done with the Echo line or the Google Home/Google Assistant environment.

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