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Did you miss one? March blogs lament deteriorating user experience

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Here are the blog posts from March: A decade later: good ideas, never realized. Today’s accessibility features on smartphones, though difficult to find, are good examples of software-based customizations that can match a new requirement with an existing device. So that’s good. Why not design for all, customize on need?

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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

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A year that saw little travel but it was a good time to write. Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020. Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental. This report interview 21 pioneering health and research executives.

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Social isolation of older adults – a problem and an opportunity

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Isolation has produced an increase in mental health issues, loneliness and depression – and that would be for those who have a good grasp of what is going on – for those in long-term care , for those with dementia, unable to be hugged by family, it is far worse.

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Five interesting and useful technologies for older adults

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One of these was the Longevity Health & Innovation Summit , which featured numerous longevity and technology experts as well as a pitch challenge. Karie is a personal health companion that organizes, schedules, and dispenses pills with one-button technology, ensuring that patients are taking the right medication at the right time.

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After Covid-19, When the Care Recipient is Elsewhere, What?s Next for Technology?

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A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts. One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” Of course, ramping up access to technology using what’s available today is a good start. First the confusion.

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Five Technology Offerings from the Washington Innovations in Longevity Summit 2019

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Camanio Care is a care tech company that develops innovative solutions for a good care at home with the individual in focus. Through three focus areas; Active Life Mealtime and Digital care, Camanio Care wishes to support people's basic needs and increase accessibility and quality within health care." Learn more at Audio Cardio.

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Four Technology and Aging Blog Posts from November 2020

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They are increasingly motivated and will strive to ramp up efforts to deliver a greater degree of access than the numbers show today. It was a year that saw little travel, but it was a good time to write. category tags: baby boomers , digital health , telehealth , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking.