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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note. on care at home programs, gathering evidence and learnings across the various programs.

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The care future for older adults needs housing and tech support

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. And if they could afford it, only 4% of their homes are aging-ready. Nor are they telehealth-ready – where 36% of Americans do not have high-speed internet in the home. to supplement in-person care.

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It's time for solutions -- not products -- for aging in place

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It makes sense to them – they like their homes, locations, their familiar neighborhoods, shops, their friends, and neighbors. And they are willing to spend on services to enable them to remain there – home security, food and supplies delivery, and transportation services if they choose to or must go places without driving.

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Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

What is care coordination and why is it so elusive? Catching my eye – a relatively new company, Sage, offers a ‘ care coordination’ platform for senior living , just received another $15 million. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context.

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The Nursing Home Closure Debacle – does it help anyone?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It's news -- 600 nursing homes closed so what’s the strategy to fix? You may have read this depressing article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the number of people stuck in hospitals with no place to go because there are no nursing homes to take them – which is the status in the UK’s the National Health System (NHS).

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No surprise: Data underpins care quality in senior living and home care

Aging in Place Technology Watch

For too many years, high quality data about care of seniors has been elusive. Lack of standardization of technology platforms – or lack of care platforms altogether – hobbled the care industries -- senior living, home care, home healthcare. Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business.

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Four observations from AI and the Future of Care Work research

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs. And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care.

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