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PEW: 25% of seniors age 65+ are not online. That's a problem.

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Early this year OATS/Humana Foundation cited 22 million people as lacking wireline broadband – or 42% of the population aged 65+. And AARP cited the OATS/Humana data , but also noted Pew data about broadband indicated that fewer than 3 in 5 people aged 65+ had broadband at home. . That was built on 2020 US Census estimates.

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Getting Older Adults to Tech Parity in 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The first eye-opener was the OATS/Humana report about the 22 million adults 65+ who lack home broadband. category tags: computers, internet and social networking. More programs are emerging to get older adults to tech parity. Maybe 2020 was the tipping point and 2021 is the year.

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Older adults and broadband access -- picking up the pace of adoption

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected , made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+) lack wireline broadband access at home. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Seniors , telehealth. million aged 65+ have home broadband.

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Aging and Health Technology blog posts from January 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected , made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+) lack wireline broadband access at home. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. million aged 65+ have home broadband.

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from February 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The first eye-opener was the OATS/Humana report about the 22 million adults 65+ who lack home broadband. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. And competing for the same workers as senior living firms pay their CNAs. More programs are emerging to get older adults to tech parity.

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The technology category that cannot be spoken aloud – serving older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Optum acquires DaVita Medical Group and Humana acquires Kindred Healthcare. category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. And even when investments or company rollups are specifically about the Medicare population – frothy writeups cannot bring themselves to use clear wording. Gee, what do they do?

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DoseData released an RFID-tagged drug database to help pharma companies monitor drug supplies within hospital inventory systems. Cohere Health expanded its relationship with Humana , which will now use the vendor’s tools to support cardiovascular and surgical service prior authorization.