Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As an aging population grows, the supporting labor force for aging services, both in communities and for in-home care, simply isn’t there, lured away by better pay across multiple sectors. It continues to be a struggle to fully enable the senior care service industries with high-speed internet capability. Stay tuned!].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Has the future arrived in the world of seniors, senior housing, home care? The report predicted and soon in 2018 came to pass that voice devices , and even Virtual Concierges in senior living would become commonplace. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Telehealth 158

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Fairly new at the time, a few senior living organizations embraced it for its home automation potential, possibility of concierge services -- turn on the lights! that retained context would enable actual conversations, that profiles about the user would enable care services to offer what was needed, even enabling personal health coaching.

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Telehealth 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Past venture capital investment in home care technology boggles the mind. It seems only yesterday that Tech-Enabled Home Care was published – with that wonderful Forbes graphic “Why VCs Care More About Home Care”. They cared, all right – if that money was an indicator. So much VC money, so little resulting change.

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Medicare 120

33 Charts - Digital Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

While some practice situations necessitate this (rural, solo practice or concierge) in other circumstances I don’t think this is fully thought through. Another case is the critical MRI at the end of the day when I’m playing phone tag with a family. Our best care doesn’t happen when we’re available all the time.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 5, 2018

But pilots of Voice First technologies are widespread today – see Commonwealth Care Alliance and Orbita. Are concierge services part of the plan – initiated at the front desk? category tags: voice/AI technology , senior living. AARP Foundation , and Libertana Home Health , WebMD. or Answers by Cigna. Or in apartment?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

SoundMind offers a voice-activated care concierge, along with activities and information on demand and video calling. These pioneering companies have the shared goal of using this cutting-edge technology to provide better patient care and outcomes in older adults. Learn more. See recent reports: .

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Telehealth 62

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. Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Fairly new at the time, a few senior living organizations embraced it for its home automation potential, possibility of concierge services -- turn on the lights! In fact, one in five ‘broadband’ households is currently or will soon care for a family member, likely remaining in their own or a relative’s home. Raise the blinds!

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Leadership Telehealth Health IT 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Past venture capital investment in home care boggles the mind. It seems only yesterday that Tech-Enabled Home Care was published – with that wonderful Forbes graphic "Why VCs Care More About Home Care." The VCs cared, all right – if that money was an indicator. Whatever happened to Tech-Enabled homecare?

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Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2019

Today, perhaps due to pending boomer bulge, innovators and their funders may be having a somewhat easier time, at least in some market categories – health, home care, transportation come to mind. In case the MedaCube is tilted, dropped, or mishandled, the unit locks down and sends an alert to the caregiver." Learn more at Medacube.

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mHealth Mobile Health Patient Experience Nursing 111

David Chou

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

I have seen the following areas of expansion: Premium healthcare – Concierge healthcare with a higher price tag catered for the wealthy clientele.Specialty chains – Offering services such as cancer treatments, ophthalmology, children’s hospital, etc.General hospitals – Private hospitals that is looking to compete with the public hospitals.

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Patient Experience 40

Lloyd Price

JULY 30, 2018

Krishna Yeshwant, a doctor and investor with GV, Alphabet's venture firm, takes a lot of meetings with entrepreneurs that have lofty goals to fix health care. In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. But different patients have different needs. Who's left out? Source : [link]

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