Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

All are confronted with buggy software and frequent bug fix releases , such a problem on iPhones that an embarrassed Apple redirected software work towards fixing. And the same app on a PC, iPhone and Apple Watch are strikingly different, assuming the app interface is even visible on the watch.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

When Apple Watch launched in 2015 – pendant PERS (slowly) saw the future. One small example, consider in-car Apple and Android offerings for turn-by-turn directions. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch. Otherwise the market has moved on.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Meanwhile, many usable TV remote control devices are in the market, including an Apple TV button remote from Function101 and you can also get a button universal remote control – and even one that is back-lit – so you can see the buttons – crazy! We can speak to the Apple TV, the car radio, a smart watch and lock the front door.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Consider the Apple Watch fall detection age default. Assuming that Apple knows your date of birth AND it is 65+, the default setting turns the Fall Detection feature on – you then have to turn it off. We do not know much about Apple’s public response to older adults. Consider if you like that the median age in the company is 31.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens. When Apple announces, industries listen. To date, the Apple Watch may have been of greatest interest to 40 year old males. Is Apple attempting to open a new older-adult market, the 65+ population, to buy an Apple watch? Well, that was then – or he just wasn’t saying.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 22, 2023

The pressure to own a smartphone is intense, whether it is from family members for instant communication and sharing, healthcare service providers who want older adults to use tech to manage health, use Apple Pay, and even use their phone to verify access to a website. We are all novice users when the next release comes out. Why on earth?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

Along came wrist-worn fitness devices like Fitbits and Apple Watches, which by 2018 had introduced Fall Detection for older adults linked to profiles in Apple Health. category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection , Remote monitoring , AI and machine learning Are we there yet? Is all of this good enough?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Imagine if the Digital Health technologists had to deal with the FDA to get you a tool like the Apple Watch’s health features approved in 2018 , the equivalent of 10 minutes after the watch was announced. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss , baby boomers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

According to one insider, 3-5 million Apple watches alone have been purchased by adults age 65+. The 2021 Stanford Apple Watch Frailty study verified that it is possible to remotely detect changes that can predict ‘frailty.’ category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP. More when there’s more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Still baffled, they may go back to the store for troubleshooting suggestions – Apple seems to expect this. And check out January 2023 updated Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: AgeTech , Technology - AARP , technology support

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness. The watch changed the landscape for wearables.

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Digital Health 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Apple and Google innovations begin to matter – and then there’s Amazon. Apple in 2022 inched towards the Matter interoperability standard for smart homes, and Google did so as well , which may help ease installation and follow-on support of multiple device types in the future.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , tech-enabled home care. Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s quaint to read the complaint about the Apple Watch’s interface, which is annoying and 100% dependent on a smartphone app, but it may turn out to be Apple’s most popular product ( 30 million sold in 2019 ) and huge popularity in 2020. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

The apple sticker at the bottom right is a little touch of sad irony with the fruit being associated with that axiom, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” The photo underneath the star was printed from a local newspaper article showing public health and LTC staff wearing hazmat-type suits.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The Apple Watch Series 4 disrupted the senior wearables market with its built-in ECG and fall detection, as well as Apple’s partnership with insurers. That created revenue growth for Apple, but also more opportunity for Apple watch-based competitors like Fall Call Solutions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

BoundaryCare is an app for the Apple Watch that promotes caregiver peace of mind and empowers aging-in-place by silently gathering information about safety and wellness and sharing this data with caregivers when necessary. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones Learn more at Amicus Brain.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens. When Apple announces, industries crane their necks to hear. To date, the Apple Watch may have been of greatest interest to 40 year old males. Does Apple really want the 65+ population to buy an Apple watch? Consider the Apple Watch fall detection age default.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Tech companies like Apple, Google, Samsung and Withings are competing with fashion watch purveyors like Fossil (which boasts dozens of popular brands like Burberry, DKNY, Armani, Diesel, Tory Burch, Kate Spade, Callaway Golf, Skagen, Michele and Adidas, among others) and Tag Heuer.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

And it’s pretty obvious to anyone who is paying attention to Apple new releases , new versions of Android phones and other apps like Spotify. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Tech complexity for new users is getting worse. How naïve. No manual.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2023

Apple suggests adding another device – go ahead and read those instructions – the whole thing, I dare you. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones Cell phone numbers are recycled – and 10% of them are getting 2-factor authentication requests from the original owner. Adding insult to injury.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Check out this startling sampling of Apple user complaints. ZDNet published a list of Apple complaints posted on Reddit (which has an Apple forum of more than 800K members) – the list was eye-opening and filled with rage about (storage, connector, power) limitations. Today Apple has 44.3%

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

In-car voice commands work well because car makers insisted, like Android Auto and Apple Car Play. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Voice First implementations did not follow you outside your home unless it was through the smart phone app you carried into the car.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch? The goals can be entered into a smartphone app, for example, on Apple Health or Samsung Health , and the Bluetooth-synchronized device coaching feature will buzz and/or display encouragement as you move and as goals are achieved. Was it fear of ailments that worsen with lack of exercise?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Consider Amazon’s Whisper Mode – “I think you just whispered to me – Sau ‘turn on’ Whisper Mode.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. The watch changed the landscape for wearables.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

who communicate with patients via Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video or Skype, but now they will temporarily suspend that process. category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. OCR lifts HIPAA restrictions – and innovation efforts accelerate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Apple, another big tech firm that has made a deep commitment to the healthcare sector, is also reported to be struggling , though for different reasons. Most importantly, physicians don't necessarily refer to Apple's Health app data in their patient care, an added factor that can slow down the growth of the services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

Or that Apple would produce a watch with built-in fall detection, automatically activated for the 65+ ? If the Apple Watch Series 4 detects a hard fall while you're wearing your watch, it taps you on the wrist, sounds an alarm, and displays an alert. Learn more at Apple. category tags: fall prevention, fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. Apple watch sells fear to the young. Perhaps you have seen the scary Apple Watch ad about 911 calls. Three examples of desperate 911 calls.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

To ensure that your clinicians are traveling using optimum routing based on the schedule, use and collaborate with solutions such as Google Maps, Apple Maps or a third party. Region Tag: Global Edition. Delivery of care at home necessitates the clinician to go and visit the patient's house. Wearables and remote patient monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

FallCall Solutions announced today that the company has launched its second product, FallCall™ Lite, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) app built exclusively for Apple Watch and iPhone. category tags: Mobile PERS , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection , medication management , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. For Apple Watch.” category tags: CES 2021 , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS , hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology. and what/who is still around. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?) Fast forward to 2021. Learn more at FallCall.

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HIPAA Nursing Telehealth 141

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at UniperCare. . See recent reports: .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The Apple Watch and fall detection -- what about it? When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens. When Apple announces, industries crane their necks to hear. To date, the Apple Watch may have been of greatest interest to 40 year old males. Does Apple really want the 65+ population to buy an Apple watch?

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Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Check out this startling sampling of Apple user complaints. ZDNet published a list of Apple complaints posted on Reddit (which has an Apple forum of more than 800K members) – the list was eye-opening and filled with rage about (storage, connector, power) limitations. Today Apple has 44.3%

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Philips GoSafe , MobileHelp Philips Auto Alert , FallCall (Apple Watch) Android Auto , Apple CarPlay. . category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline. Amazon Echo, Dot Google Assistant , Sir i, Alexa MemoryWell LifePod , SharetheCare , LotsaHelpingHands. Wandering/driving. GPS Tracking. Fall detection. Memory care.

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