Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. Hospitals are closing, particularly in rural areas – boosting expectations about care delivery in the home. Avatars such as care.coach are emerging built on health protocols and large data sets.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care. Between 60 and 80% of adults have searched online for health information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Whatever the approach, size, shape of the initiative – whether it's video-based telehealth, more device-intensive remote patient monitoring or rigorously structured acute care-at-home initiatives – all of these efforts have enormous promise, but not-insubstantial challenges.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

That committing to aging independently at home is a permanent decision. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or that workers in each of those do not also find work in nursing homes. Reality check: Family caregivers may hire home care services. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And for sure, the pandemic institutionalized the role of in-home telehealth, with CMS reimbursement presumed to become permanent , or at least regularly renewed. Note that Medicaid pays between 45-65% of nursing home costs in most states. What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Primary topic: Medical Devices Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: In-home health devices need intelligent connection Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Medicaid Home Care Services. The President’s Budget also includes $150 billion over the next decade to improve and expand Medicaid home care services —making it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to live, work, and participate in their communities. Dementia care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

Not surprisingly, a search for ‘chatbots and older adults’ reveals research studies targeting those aged 60+, startup investment, for example, Lena , which evolved into Lena Health for scheduling appointments , and a small study about what makes a compelling chatbot. And neither Home Instead nor Right at Home offer a chatbot.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In an interview with Best Buy Health for their 800,000 recipient newsletter, these were the 7 trends we identified that will persist throughout the year -- and beyond. A striking shift from care in faci lities and hospitals to care in the home. . Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Perhaps it will be in a home that needs ‘ age-proofing’ a large house with stairs, no nearby relatives and no first-floor bedroom. They have high hopes about AgeTech -- how it will help them stay in their homes. category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Covid-19 fallout pushed the care industries into the home. Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. The stampede into the home boosted demand for broadband access. The future?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This past year underscored the demographic changes that have brought an aging population -- turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day -- into the sight lines of investors, startups and health providers. Our care marketplace connects clients with great, affordable care from pre-health college students. Learn more.

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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. But all that is just a beginning – early January brings the Consumer Electronics Show and many more innovations that can help older adults with health, mobility, cognitive issues, and caregiving.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care, avoiding emergency rooms or long wait for a doctor visit.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” Execs site the potential for improvements in staff utilization, resident health and wellbeing, family communication, and more. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4%

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

One of the media-fueled risks today with the plethora of AI-related hype is the tendency to find and publicize deficiencies and mistakes, reinforcing the premise that it is too early for benefits across industries like senior living or home care. Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care. With the rise of hospital-at-home programs , you guessed it, more will be AI-enabled. AI in the home ‘wellbeing’ infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2024

After Being Selected by Leading PBMs, Benefits Navigators, and Health Plans as the Virtual Cardiometabolic Provider of Choice, 9amHealth Increases the Round’s Total to $25M 9amHealth , the leading virtual provider for cardiometabolic health, announced it has raised $9.5 million in a Series A extension round today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Primary topic: Mobile Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Sana Health takes home VentureConnect award for wearable, non-drug pain relief tech Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The promoters of the standard, intended to make the vision of the smart home, with easily connected devices, a reality. Will that make it easier to use sensors, and therefore make it more appealing? Or that home care organizations could continue to turn down contracts due to lack of workers to fill them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

Take a look at Exhibit One in the document which asserts that nearly 50 million people, aged 18-64, could become part of the care labor force, particularly those that have children and remain at home to care for them. Tech in the home – can it help, even a little? Shine more light on the larger problem.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The home care market is (still) a booming business. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations. And many already at home and in assisted living need the same care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. And there are numerous separate focal points for tech for older adults (see Samsung Health House ) and a CTA Foundation Pitch Competition. MindMics Heart Health System. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. And the shortages in home care , home healthcare , skilled nursing facilities and senior living are juxtaposed with an overall labor shortage, just as the oldest baby boomer has turned 76 and has significant remaining life expectancy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

But it eventually stuck as remaining in your home through thick and thin. One study confirm (again) that adults aged 55+ prefer to age in their own homes – even as a Mather study notes that they might be happier and healthier in a senior living community. Should the decision really be about considering the cost of home modification?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

An optimistic view of home care’s future as seen from 2012. Several times in the past decade, interviews were conducted with experts that lead to some reports about the home care industry. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

What’s up with investing in home care and technology? Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016. In fact, 2013-2017 saw the rise, rise, and then fall of Home Hero – which raised $18 million, closing in 2017 and Hometeam’s $40 million in 2016. . In 2019, the private duty home care market was sized at 23.5

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.” Insurers see the opportunity in care in the home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, asking ChatGPT “ how is a nursing home paid for ”, the answer was detailed and accurate about the six ways to pay for the care (see below). The nursing home payment options answer from ChatGPT. Long-term care insurance: If you have long-term care insurance, it may cover some or all of the costs of a nursing home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In senior living or home care, permission to track this type of information is likely (hopefully) given at the onboarding of a new care recipient or resident. By mitigating some of these issues, older adults could remain home longer, supported by home care. Some worry the industry cannot recover.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2021

Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. As Uwe Reinhardt, health economist guru , is whispering in my ear from his heavenly perch, “It’s the virus, stupid.” There are some important differences between men and women regarding health and wealth in 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

We know that one of the biggest issues in senior living (and home care, nursing homes, home health care) today is a shortage of labor. This roll-up of statistics shows more than 400,000 employees lost between 2020 and 2022, with long-term care facilities (aka nursing homes) being the most impacted.

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