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Five Dementia Care Offerings in 2023

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" Our easy-to-use AI advisor apps are available anytime, anywhere, in just about any language as your trusted caregiving partners throughout disease progression. As the needs for care resources change when the disease progresses, our app is there to locate hyperlocal, vetted resources. Learn more at Amicus Brain. BoundaryCare.

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The Tech Support Chasm -- tough to cross for older adults

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But depending on the region, many of the customers may be older adults who struggle with the website for appointment scheduling, never mind the device. But overall, 76% of the full population surveyed who are aged 70+ do not believe that technology was designed with them in mind. But there are some options.

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The AI opportunity – more and better services

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In the world of hype for those who have followed the tech industry, the phrase ‘greatest thing since sliced bread’ comes to mind. Life Bio Memory through an Android/iOS app uses as many as 35 prompts to help a person describe a life story that can be transcribed and shared. The New York Times attempts similar for the uninitiated.

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2023 Market Overview (3 of 4) Advice to Vendors --It's Service, not Products

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For safety-oriented apps and sites that include the role of the senior, it’s critical to verify identity among provider and user roles. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Device and app vendors must be capable of integration and extension.

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Isn't it time for a Voice-enabled Tech Concierge?

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And it’s pretty obvious to anyone who is paying attention to Apple new releases , new versions of Android phones and other apps like Spotify. But that same survey notes that many believe that technology is not being designed with older adults in mind. Tech complexity for new users is getting worse. How naïve. No manual.

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Five pivotal posts from Aging and Health Technology Watch March 2022

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Note the top trends that matter this Many changes underway in the enabling tech categories for older adults – including the importance of tech for home care agencies – not just the apps for the workers, but for care recipients, such as remote monitoring. Hearing aid users need smartphones and apps.

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Leave no trend behind – yet another PERS smartwatch ticks on

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Last January 2021, WaterStreet, a healthcare investment company, coughed up a mind-bending $100 million to Medical Guardian, a long time (2006) privately-held PERS provider, to ‘fund expansion.’ category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch. Another long-time PERS player sees a watch, makes a watch.

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