Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection Contrast that with the home care recipient, also an aging woman – and the only person met during an average day is the worker.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The time is right for engaging with an AI-powered avatar for health advice, including assisting with fall prevention. OneStep helps enhance senior care by providing real-time patient insight and automated risk status notifications so that clinicians can deliver the most proactive care possible – preventing falls and improving health outcomes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

DETECT THE FALLS: Detect without a wearable. Until the past few years, fall detection has been linked to the PERS market – pendants, and now wearables that have built-in accelerometers for fall detection. More recently, Amazon partnered with Vayyar to serve up room-based fall detection as part of Alexa Together.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Portable devices and wearable intelligence: Gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services 1 2. Portable devices and wearable intelligence are gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services for older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical. Fall-detection sensors have come a long way since they were first introduced in the last decade. A striking shift from care in faci lities and hospitals to care in the home. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For older adults, that included the following potentially obsolete categories: Medical alert devices (fall detectors, communicators, etc.), Wi-Fi Enabled Fall Detection – and other room-smart changes. Mrs. Smith falls all the time, maybe an intervention in advance of a fall?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

Fall detection is a straightforward feature of wearables today, changes in gait are increasingly likely to be predictive of a fall or health decline. Integrating fall detection with 24x7 call centers is increasingly expected and offered. . category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Then it was time to move outside the home and add fall detection -- Halo Monitoring launched the same year Philips got Lifeline, 2006. And so it went – by 2012 MobileHelp had acquired Halo Monitoring to have fall detection capability and that same year, Numera acquired Blue Libris’ fall detection – ultimately acquired by Nortek.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

But very soon organizations in competitive markets will see that infrastructure for voice-enablement (concierge, reminders, monitoring, fall detection) is a differentiator. Pendants are obsolete, replaced by smartwatches and Wi-Fi enabled motion fall detection capabilities – underpinned with AI from firms like Origin Wireless or Caspar.ai.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

But wearables , Radar/LIDAR or Wi-Fi based remote monitoring and fall detection technology could replace pull cords – and be the basis for dashboards showing staff the status of residents in each room. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. The long hall check-in is only when necessary and for those who need assistance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones BoundaryCare. 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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And moving forward, who is likely to fall, in senior living, but also in home health and private duty home care settings. . category tags: IoT and home monitoring , digital health , fall prevention, fall detection. From the report, T he Future of Sensors and Older Adults 2022 , to be published Nov, 2022]. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Note that falls can be detected in a home without a wearable – via a wall-mounted device or through in-home Wi-Fi. With enough data, future health risks, including falls, should be predictable. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services. Up ahead -- CES 2023. Caregiving technology trends.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

AI can be used to create personalized health plans, deliver virtual care and assistance, provide remote monitoring, detect cognitive decline and falls, manage medication, and provide social and entertainment activities. Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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JUNE 27, 2023

Fall detection and prevention: AI algorithms can analyze video feeds from cameras placed in seniors' homes to detect falls or other accidents. AI can also help identify fall risk factors and provide recommendations to prevent falls through home modifications or exercise programs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

A smart lamp that hangs on the wall and anticipates and prevents falls of residents in assisted living and nursing facilities, Aladin uses artificial intelligence (not sensors) to detect changes in motion, temperature, and more. If a low-impact fall is detected, only a user's pre-designated support community is contacted.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Here are the posts: Fall detection – does the PERS industry detect market changes? Which she did, until she died after a fall, isolated in her huge house after all her neighbors had died or moved away. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , fall prevention, fall detection , Mobile PERS Just asking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

The more thin gs change… Who would have thought that fall detection would be added to a hearing aid ? Or that Apple would produce a watch with built-in fall detection, automatically activated for the 65+ ? Well, by itself, “fall detection” is not yet a market category hit. So where are we today? AppleWatch. "If MobileHelp.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The stats on death from falls are startling – especially for the 65+. And that falls are the leading cause of injury death among the 65+. Did you know that the majority of hip fractures are from falling, usually sideways ? Did you know that medical costs from falls was $50 billion in were projected to be $52 billion in 2020?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

But the tech has changed – now sensors offer non-wearable, Wi-Fi and room-based fall detection (even in a steam shower). category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring. Sensor technology failed to meet its promise a decade ago. View the full 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

Papa’s “Family on Demand” expanded services to enterprises and insurance reimbursement -- Papa Pals help seniors with tasks that might fall to family members or home care workers -- providing new sources for ‘care in the home’ or home care.Now home care must double down on tech-enabled reinvention. That is a sign. More when there is more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

" KamiCare sensors identify when an elderly person falls by detecting the abrupt changes of body movements. The fall video clips are blurred to protect privacy and can be reviewed to allow a post-fall evaluation. The fall video clips are blurred to protect privacy and can be reviewed to allow a post-fall evaluation.

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MARCH 29, 2022

By June 2021, they partnered with Black&Decker to offer more PERS capabilities – a wearable with fall detection, but maybe that lacked a wow factor. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Smart speakers placed in resident rooms can enable a two-way conversation with the front desk or care manager without unnecessary walks down long hallways , enabling “Are you okay, did you fall, are you joining today’s trip?” Examples: HandsFree Health or K4Connect. Motion sensors.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

These can include Wi-Fi enabled or sound-based fall-detection, wellbeing appliance monitoring (person is up-and-about, using a fridge, cooking, etc.). category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech , healthcare AI in the home ‘wellbeing’ infrastructure.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Last week they announced two features of a new watch, ECG monitoring and fall detection. In this new watch, both the ECG feature and fall detection have received FDA clearance within 30 days of applying, startling some observers who noted that closer to 150 days was more typical for a medical device. Let’s talk about fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Either way, evening and nights are where the oldest and frailest will need tech-enabled services, including sensor-based remote monitoring, voice-activated calls for help, calming conversational AI, all types of wandering and fall detection, hearing, vision, and robotic assists, whether in the form of tables, prosthetics, smart wheelchairs and more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2023

On the LifeAlert website, the woman is still falling and can’t get up. Medical Guardian also informs that every 11 seconds, 1 in 4 Americans aged 65+ experience a fall-related injury. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , Mobile PERS

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Consider the Apple Watch fall detection age default. By now, and for most, no big deal, you may know that the Series 4 watch has fall detection. 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. Still with me? Still with me?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

The system proactively notifies staff when a fall may be imminent, such as when an at-risk resident is getting up out of bed or out of their chair. Also, if you missed it, here is the 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AI and machine learning , Generative AI , healthcare , senior living

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But adding fall detection as a feature for the 65+ in Apple Health and the watch was a change. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. Can it be that the majority of Apple’s are young women ? Maybe Apple sees the limitations of skewing to all things younger and wants to change.

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mHealth Watch

JULY 7, 2023

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But the pivotal entrance of Apple’s fall detection legitimized the market for caregiving smart watch wearables with fall detection. The traditional PERS pendant industry’s growth is slowing and vendors are stepping into the reimbursed Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) market. Other vendors are now offering voice-enabled PERS services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The system can provide “out-of-bed” alerts to care teams, helping them respond quickly to residents who may be at risk of falling or wandering, and generates high-level reports on sleep quality, helping health care providers better support a resident’s care. All you have to do is plug it in.” Learn more at Tellusyoucare.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While Philips auctions its innovation-free Lifeline business – others offer caregiver watches that provide a less visible, more useful safety alternative when living alone, walking the dog, or afraid of falling. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS.

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