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Side effect: Covid-19 Should Close Remaining Older Adult Tech Gap

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The oldest adults that appear to be at greatest risk dying from Covid-19 are not those of a specific age, but those in the oldest age ranges, particularly with 'underlying conditions.' And in the face of this lockdown, likely more technology may be used at home by older adults than is detectable in surveys.

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Who knows the current population and age distribution of older adults?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Examine the CDC life expectancy at birth – lamenting that two decades of growth in life expectancy at birth have been erased, either by Covid-19, drug overdoses, suicides or disease. years on average, and for men it is 19 more years. Women may be expected to live another 21.24 million 27.2 million 33.3 million 75+ 25.7

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The Covid-19 pandemic boosted family interest in the use of technology to help older and frailer family members stay safer (and longer) in their own homes. These devices may include, for example, wearable wrist bands, motion or bed sensors, smart cameras, smart locks, or wall-mounted radar-based units to detect motion.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally. Digital enterprise vaccination management platforms will have to be built to inform the public, schedule vaccinations, automate mobile facilities, monitor outcomes and manage the supply chain for COVID-19 vaccines.

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Something new -- Apple Watch ad sells fear to the young

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Long ago at a trade show, a vendor was demonstrating automatic fall detection by having a dummy in the booth drop suddenly from a hook. As we watched, the presenter then stepped over the dummy several times, occasional stepping on the fake hair, confidently explaining how the fall detection feature had identified the fall.

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Selected tech trends from upcoming 2021 Market Overview

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Much creativit y and stopgap solutions were the signs of the Covid-19 times. However, 2021 will produce progress in multi-wake word detection , even a bit of interoperability across platforms. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS.

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Eight More Aging and Health Innovations from CES 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider 2020, right before the start of COVID-19. Nobi, a provider of innovative AgeTech solutions, today announced the launch of Nobi Ceiling, a ceiling-mounted version of its award-winning AI-powered Smart Lamps that detects and prevents falls as well as monitors older adults' health and activity patterns. consumers in 2024.”

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