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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

They are never seen in the same room at the same time, working as “Clark Kent and Superman” – tag-teaming with love, resilience, and faith. [To To get a sense of what that caregiving experience is like, check out her blog post, Confessions of an Exhausted Caregiver ].

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Our passwords, ourselves -- the nightmare of authentication

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And that’s after your password is accepted – and your identity is verified after you checked 'I'm not a robot' box. And having a paper check stolen out of an envelope and readdressed to a thief this past year. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones Feeling safe and protected.

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Internet access changed everything, including for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The devices turned out to be extremely useful – from taking pictures to getting directions to texting with relatives to use of social media sites to depositing a check and verifying a bank balance, tracking steps and changes in health status and on and on. In fact, they are still nearly as unusable out of the box as in 2013.

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Insights from 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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! ) category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring. and so it goes.

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Did you miss one? Note January posts about CES 2023, ChatGPT and more

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Tech for all ages remains 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! ) category tags: AI and machine learning , AgeTech , IoT , Technology - AARP and so it goes. Read the report.

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The Digital Divide -- Why haven't all older adults crossed it?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Is it about out-of-box usability? Check out this setup list for the ‘more senior-friendly iPhone.’ category tags: computers, internet and social networking , social isolation , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. And for the Android? Oddly, that looks easier. So let’s assume that the setup was easy.

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Interactive television offerings in 2022 for health and wellbeing

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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: .