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Five policy changes from 2023 that will drive more tech for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

While some of the actions below will require further funding action from Congress, all of these represent forward momentum for long-needed changes. category tags: caregivers , Family caregivers , Home Care , computers, broadband, and social networking This included caregivers of children, the elderly and the disabled. Dementia care.

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Where IT leaders should focus their energies in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This represents a big opportunity for innovation. Expand the organization's current telemedicine solution or establish a new one to figure out how to bring the platform readily to a patient's house. Delivery of care at home necessitates the clinician to go and visit the patient's house. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Tech-enabled home care 2012-2021 -- are we there yet?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care. The home care market is (still) a booming business. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations.

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Ten Technologies for Aging and Health from CES 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And there are numerous separate focal points for tech for older adults (see Samsung Health House ) and a CTA Foundation Pitch Competition. This represents a game-changing evolution to the standard of care for all forms and stages of home health treatment - especially patients with chronic or long-term health conditions. Learn more.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market.

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Where is the detailed survey of older people?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And, not a summary point, but also interesting, 62% of those aged 70+ own smartphones, which represents amazing growth during the 10 years since the device became popular. Perhaps it is (still) because using them is not the intuitive (or 'zero-effort') experience recommended by the 2019 White House Report on technologies for older adults.

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Five Recent Voice-Enabled Innovations for Older Adults 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Care Hub represents the next iteration of smart speakers , which have evolved from just playing music or providing the weather forecast, to enabling home security services and now supporting senior citizens at home. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health.