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Tackling Covid-19’s social isolation of seniors – one tech at a time

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

GreatCall Jitterbug Smart2 and Link App. GreatCall Link helps keep friends and family updated on your health and safety. Learn more at GreatCall. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at Ageless Innovation. Learn more at OneClick.chat.

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The technology category that cannot be spoken aloud – serving older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Best Buy makes its largest acquisition ever when it acquires GreatCall. Even Best Buy, which knows exactly what it acquired, a call center and services and products for older adults, referred to GreatCall as a leading ‘connected health services provider.’ category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Hearing aids, the elderly, and listening to music

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 16, 2021

Apparently not much from Best Buy and its GreatCall Jitterbug Smart2. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , Seniors. Oddly, what can be learned from senior-focused smartphones and hearing loss? This Android smartphone assumes the wearer is not all that hearing-impaired.

Four technology (health and aging) blog posts from August 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

But there were issues, disruptions and sizable opportunities worth noting in August, the biggest one was Best Buy's purchase of GreatCall, just six weeks after Amazon acquired PillPack , the latest big company acquisition -- part of a to-be-continued series important to families and providers of care to seniors. Read more here.

Best Buy Acquires GreatCall – What’s it Mean for Best Buy?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2018

So the acquisition yesterday of GreatCall can be viewed in this larger context -- a steady progression of filling in an increasingly robust menu of offerings to serve the 50 million people aged 65+ in the US and their family members. . Best Buy has long partnered with GreatCall, offering its products in the store.

Health Technology

The growth of telehealth is a plus for seniors – if they can use it

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

BestBuy is the store exception to that rule as the parent company of GreatCall, with its smartphone, which from a price point and easy-to-read screen , is a deal compared to an iPhone. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Consider tech adoption trends to contemplate what might be next

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

BestBuy is the store exception to that rule as the parent company of GreatCall, with its smartphone, which from a price point and easy-to-read screen , is a deal compared to an iPhone. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

Remote care

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Ten Years – Technology for Older Adults – 2009-2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2019

By the time of New Year’s Day in 2009, a handful of companies had already begun to offer sensor-based home monitoring – QuietCare (eventually becoming Care Innovations), Healthsense (acquired by GreatCall), GrandCare , WellAware ( acquired by Healthsense ), and a bit later, BeClose (folded into Alarm.com Wellness).

Telehealth

The more technology changes, the more some categories will remain

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 19, 2018

The Jitterbug phone was available beginning in 2006 , but there were no tablets on the market, and it would be several years before GreatCall (and others) offered a smartphone for seniors in 2012. They believe this despite knowing that the Apple watch has $400 price tag and it lacks a call center. Attachment Size. pdf 909.71

Technology to help care for individuals with dementia

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

GreatCall Lively Home MedMinder , PillPack Ring Nest. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline. Needs of the Early stage. Tech Categories. Activities of daily living. Motion sensors. Medication reminders. Smart doorbells. Smart thermostats. Smart Speakers. Smartphone assistants. Memory/Stories. Caregiving and Family Support.

Ten technologies that can help with fall detection in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

GreatCall Lively Mobile Plus. Learn more at GreatCall. category tags: fall prevention, fall detection. We have harnessed this revolutionary capability to contact family, friends and our 24/7 call center in an emergency. Additionally, FallCall will send location and heart rate information to aid in the response." MobileHelp.

Telemedicine

New Technology Offerings for Caregivers and Families

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

Nonetheless, new milestones and partnerships were announced this month, including Embodied Labs becoming a finalist for the Top8 XR Education Prize sponsored by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, MedMinder reaching 1433 on the Inc5000 , the acquisition of GreatCall by BestBuy , and MobileHelp announcing a partnership with LifePod.

Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Today, Aging in Place Technology Watch and GreatCall have published a new white paper about initiatives to fight social isolation. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Technology - AARP. Consider upcoming fall events. It's the last quarter of 2019 and a full sprint to the year-end finish.

mHealth

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

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Tackling Covid-19’s social isolation of seniors – one tech at a time

The technology category that cannot be spoken aloud – serving older adults

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Four technology (health and aging) blog posts from August 2018

Best Buy Acquires GreatCall – What’s it Mean for Best Buy?

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Ten Years – Technology for Older Adults – 2009-2019

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Ten technologies that can help with fall detection in 2019

New Technology Offerings for Caregivers and Families

Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

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