Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. Consider the Genworth data (see Figure 1 ) showing that it cost $108,405 for a private room in a nursing home in 2021, $61,776 for home health aide services, and $54 ,00 0 in assisted living. Searching, one finds little mention of technology for care outside of the hospital.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

Within five years, however, it is inevitable that the role of this tech revolution in our lives and those of older adults will enable changes in society’s focus, occurring in and across multiple domains. category tags: AI and machine learning , chatbots , Conversational and generative AI

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JULY 21, 2023

And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services. Each part of the continuum wants to use technology to deliver better, more efficient, and health-aware care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

The articles and tech industry focus on aging in place and fear. The hype capitalizes on the recent CES with a laundry list of tech offerings that could help with fears -- like sensors, medication management, motion sensors, and smart watches to mitigate fear of falling. The Tech Support Chasm – Tough to cross for older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Big tech revealed growing interest in older adults and investors saw the potential in firms like Papa, which provides (reimbursed) varied assistance to older adults. Here are the four December posts: Why is Age-Tech different from All-Tech? Age-Tech has its own Market Map as developed by Keren Etkin, Gerontechnologist.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, tech nice-to-haves have become critical. Consider where the year started in terms of tech for older adults. Pew Research in 2017 last spelled out the low level of adoption among older adults , particularly among the oldest and further, among those with less education and lowest incomes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Here are the five blog posts from August: Taking stock of the tech market for older adults – what’s happened? Past the halfway mark in 2023, it’s increasingly clear that the older adult tech market has been disrupted by changes in demand. Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

The articles and tech industry focus on aging in place and fear. It capitalizes on the recent CES with a laundry list of tech offerings that could help with fears -- like sensors, medication management, motion sensors and smart watches to mitigate fear of falling. The Tech Support Chasm – Tough to cross for older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. Healthcare leaders and their tech partners agree on the need for radical change – and the result is the ramp-up of remote care offerings for the home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Pew Research notes 53% of responders in April consider the Internet as ‘Essential’ – although, no surprise, the oldest did not. And Nielsen observed that the pandemic was a catalyst for the rise of tech use for working at home and shopping, among other uses. Technology usage has climbed sharply during Covid-19. First the confusion.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Occasionally some tech really is NEW! How else will the end user know anything about their research if the ad wasn’t there? Medicaid: Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for people with low income and assets. category tags: AI and machine learning. The ChatGPT answer is also below.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Here are four observations from the just-completed research interviews on this topic. But the more fundamental issue remains: The core beliefs of the advertisers and marketers is that people of Medicare age are gullible, isolated enough to talk to anyone, and have done zero research.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

As one tech company told me, a one-year-pipeline compressed into a month of demand. Health-related technology adoption. Only 53% of responders had ‘used any of these’ – an d the percentage using technology to track care recipient finances (35%) or health records (30%) was quite low. T echnology Adoption – Pew Research.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As part of the research into the Future of Sensors and Older Adults , interviewees outlined ways sensors could be useful for mitigating fall risk. The shortage is keeping people in the hospital for longer than their health status warrants. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , tech-enabled home care , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

During April, numerous senior living communities ramped up tech connections for older adults. Technology Adoption – Pew Research. The AARP Research survey of older adults was completed in 2019, published in early 2020. Technology companies have stepped up to fill in some of the access gaps. Technology Adoption -- AARP.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 30, 2018

Skip the tech – listen to the experts interviewed – first robots. The good news – this week’s Health Care Technology supplement transcended the limits of doctors and hospitals – and dabbled in the dilemmas of elder care – included technology to assist those with dementia and mitigate loneliness. How comforting.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 20, 2020

This includes writing market research documents (blogs, white papers, reports) about the categories that can help position them in comparison to each other and new entrants. Analyst firms typically publish market overviews -- for the tech sector, Gartner Magic Quadrant positioning, Forrester Wave or IDC market surveys. OPINION OFF. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

The hype about ChatGPT and its peers has revolutionized the tech world. And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden. Okay, sort of safe, for already having my identity stolen due to a log-in at a health center during the Anthem breach in 2015. Feeling safe and protected.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

What Sets the Innovation Challenge Apart Unlike other startup competitions, the CharmHealth Innovative Challenge specifically targets entrepreneurs developing products or solutions related to digital health and the EHR domain. All brand names and solution names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

It’s at the point where the surgeon general recently declared it to be a serious health risk : " 29% increased risk of heart disease, a 32% increased risk of stroke, and a 50% increased risk of developing dementia for older adults. Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare. CareAngel. "AI

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

In early 2019, AARP Research published a technology survey taken in 2018 which showed ownership of smartphones growing to 65% of the 65+. Embodied Labs (a VR offering) won AARP’s innovation pitch in October and Wavelet Health won the Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit Business Plan competition.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce. According to AARP’s 2020 research report , 16% of the 60-69 age group and 11 percent of the 70+ own a wearable, presumably a smart watch.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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. This was further explored in a 2020 report called Voice, Health and Wellbeing. An explosion of devices and users – that did happen.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Tech firms are trying to boost access to the internet and devices – will this become 2021 action priority for non-profits and government? Here are four blog posts from November: Filling in the Tech Basics. 2020 Research Reports – A Recap. Will that help? It was a year that saw little travel, but it was a good time to write.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

The survey reports, about the 50+ gamers and 50+ tech trends , each identify an age band of the 70+, something AARP began a few years ago and kudos to them, that banding continues among some of their research reports. As for tech adoption…the AARP executive summary is upbeat. Questions to ponder for this future survey.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

Along came a gaggle of gadgets for the wrist, including Medical Guardian’s, but also Verizon’s Care Smart watch – teen-focused and largely disliked by reviewers, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 with fall detection , the Garmin Lily (with fall detection) , HandsFree Health Smartwatch , BestBuy Lively app for Apple Watch , UnaliWear Kanega , and many more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Setting the stage for The Future of Care Work research. And finally, to cap things off, today the big guns of the tech industry, will spend seven hours behind closed doors discussing how to regulate AI. category tags: Family caregivers , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , AI and machine learning , AgeTech

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Researchers want to understand how best to create a voice assistant. In addition, multiple senior living organizations have or are now publicizing their initiatives (information is from the publicly available material): Using voice tech for curbing loneliness in senior living. Learn more. Google Nest and Senior Living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In the time of CES 2022 – advice to tech firms about older adults. The Consumer Electronics Show was smaller in size, but big in tech futures. AARP Public Policy research in 2013 revealed a future crisis in availability of people to care for an aging population (“You take care of Mom, but who will take care of you?”).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Most because it was difficult to absorb and rationalize so much tech news, hype, booths and convention center halls at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2019 – where a step counter status update may have been the most satisfying experience of all at the end of the day. and Bret Kinsella , is heating up. A few topics that stood out.

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