Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. In an article in the NY Times, Paula Span’s title said it all: Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation. These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. What might they be to help with loneliness?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

This was echoed by Gregory who noted that many nurses in the UK were self-isolating due to a lack of testing, putting further strain on the already stretched frontline. More than 35,000 health workers have been infected (of which 60% were nurses), particularly in the elderly care home sector. Digital is gaining momentum.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Worsening social isolation? We have never seen a world in which so many were so isolated from family, from friends, from activities, from healthcare. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , social isolation , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. What will close it? What is the missing link? More training?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Social isolation of older adults – a problem and an opportunity. Isolation has produced an increase in mental health issues, loneliness and depression – and that would be for those who have a good grasp of what is going on – for those in long-term care , for those with dementia, unable to be hugged by family, it is far worse.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon CareHub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. Senior-focused groups saw ways devices were used to combat social isolation. category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Social isolation has become an insidious problem among older adults. Five technology offerings to mitigate social isolation of older adults. category tags: social isolation , AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline Additionally, lacking social connection increases risk of premature death by more than 60%.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

Fear and isolation permeate all 'older' segments. Not much chance to mitigate the isolation from family in locked-down nursing homes or assisted living. category tags: covid-19 , Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones. The average cost of broadband in the USA is $60/month.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 29, 2023

For isolated older adults, phone scam calls are tempting to answer. category tags: smartphones, cellphones , seniors and aging policy , Seniors These are not prevention tactics, but simply signals from government agencies that they are ‘doing something.’ Pick up, have a conversation, no matter with what or whom.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

Which she did, until she died after a fall, isolated in her huge house after all her neighbors had died or moved away. And in 2013, it was promoted on the book circuit by former HUD director, Henry Cisneros about his 87-year-old mother – they were both insistent that she ‘age in place.’ The arbitrariness of the term was crazy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Five technologies to mitigate social isolation. Social isolation has become an insidious problem among older adults. Read more. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , smartphones, cellphones , social isolation So that’s a cost savings, right?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

The future: Voice assistants will help mitigate growing social isolation of the oldest. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living. A voice heard in a house of an older person living alone cuts through the silence, even if it is a conversation with a device.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

in senior living ), Alexa Together (for remote monitoring in the home) or SafelyYou for fall prevention, AI platforms for care like CarePredict , safety-focused offerings Constant Companion , Aloe Care , social isolation offerings like ElliQ or engagement offerings from iN2L.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

That’s fun: Open Control Center, tap Mic Mode, then tap Voice Isolation to make sure your voice comes through loud and clear. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. Watch and listen together? More young folk. Add widgets to your home screen, ditto on the images. See vendor empathy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

There was an awakening about older adults as targets of ageism and victims of social isolation , true. Innovators in 2020 helped mitigate social isolation, enable in-home strength training for seniors, provided the tech mechanics (regardless of infrastructure) to connect older adults to families?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic of isolation and distance, voice tech now looks like another tech feature, found in every conceivable place – from the car to the kitchen. Consider the rise of telehealth , but also consider the wave of ageism that surfaced, accentuating and predicting further isolation of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

A growing ageist media wave emerged, perhaps well-meaning, intent on isolating older adults, no matter their health status, at home and away from others. As families were cut off from each other and their aging family member, suddenly tech to mitigate isolation was useful – and even for a time – free.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

For instance, a new open-source app from Massachusetts Institute of Technology notifies users if someone they have been in close contact with has tested positive so they can self-isolate. Countries like Singapore and South Korea have also adopted interesting contact tracing tools.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

category tags: Aging , Seniors , social isolation , social media. If seniors are being asked to continue physical distancing for the better part of the next year or two, divisions between generations may calcify." . Maybe not, but the language of ageism is alive and well.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Never mind that the location was isolating for the resident or patient. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , tech-enabled home care , Family caregivers. Can sensors also have an impact on staffing challenges? Consider the staff daily and nightly workload of check-in walks, nearby and all the way to the end.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Consider reimbursement for telehealth technologies , a wave of free engagement software, distribution of tablets to senior centers and Echo Dots to senior living , to remote care voice tech for high needs seniors and government-funded competition to combat social isolation. Consider the components of technology to deliver remote care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Public-private partnerships are forming to bring devices and products to older adults, now isolated for as much as 9 months. This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon Care Hub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. Will that help? Read more. . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

Is it isolated to a demo of VR here, a few robots there, a free pilot of voice tech for those with high enough speeds to benefit? category tags: senior living , homecare , SNF , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. In the past decade, there has been much talk (and media) about technology innovation in senior care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Or Alexa Together will move beyond remote monitoring towards mitigating social isolation (as its name implies). category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services. Perhaps more observation and fewer wearables will be available – for example, Kepler Night Nurse or KamiCare. Check it out !].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Smart tags pinpoint not only locations of phones or keys, but persons with dementia. Shortage of caregivers, prolonged isolation, and aging all boost in-home monitoring. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , IoT and home monitoring. More than half of those aged 75+ have hearing loss.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Did you know that ‘social isolation’ has become a named baby boomer health condition spiking Medicare costs by an additional $134 per enrollee – tucked into the list that includes arthritis (+$117 of cost) and diabetes (+$270), source AARP? So aside from the fact that social isolation is, as of 2016, a billable diagnosis (who knew?),

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

The risks of isolation have negative impacts on physical and mental health. Caspar smart homes are acting as a personal assistant to motivate residents to maintain a healthy lifestyle during times of isolation. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at Caspar.ai.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

During the 2020 pandemic peak of social isolation, the absence of voice tech in senior living became nearly intolerable – and companies like K4Connect and stepped up. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The resulting gap exacerbated loneliness and isolation of seniors. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. That digital divide applied whether they live in senior living communities, nursing homes or remained in their own homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

And yet, post Covid-19, so many government agencies, the White House , universities and for-profit companies want to boost that adoption to mitigate social isolation, boost access to telehealth, nutrition and even a basic, finding health information. Twelve years later, not much has changed.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. You get the idea. The watch changed the landscape for wearables.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 11, 2020

It may help to place this view in the tech context of social isolation and telehealth. Consider the hand-wringing that surfaced recently in that same time period about lack of access among the oldest that has contributed to social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pew response on whether tech was ‘essential’ is intriguing.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

Follow the conference on Twitter using the hashtag #PrevCon2021 and the organizational tag @SafeKids]. In fact, emergency department visits due to severe anxiety and depression, or feelings of isolation, disconnectedness and hopelessness, are up 72% across the system compared to the same time period in 2019.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Virtual companions: AI-powered virtual companions, such as ElliQ and KOMP, can help reduce loneliness and social isolation among older adults by providing conversation and social engagement. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

That was followed by a collection of companies offering free services for use of their technologies in the context of an increasingly isolated older adult population in senior living communities, nursing homes and at home. Tackling Covid-19’s social isolation of seniors – one tech at a time. What might they be to help with loneliness?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

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. Report is published -- read it here ] category tags: caregivers , healthcare , tech-enabled home care , home health care , senior living

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

Surgeon General declared social isolation to be a "global epidemic." Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Patient Engagement By Bill Siwicki | June 02, 2022. News New York State Office for the Aging deploys AI robots as companions for older adults The U.S. The office. By Bill Siwicki | May 25, 2022.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Caregiver shortages, prolonged isolation, and aging -- boost in-home monitoring. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , technology support. Fifty-three million Americans are providing care to someone with health or or functional needs – in short, they are family caregivers.

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