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It's time for solutions -- not products -- for aging in place

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The report anticipated smart home offerings that would be available within five years to help older adults – and not surprisingly, many of them are available today – including the ability to detect agility changes based on motion/gait , recognize motion patterns outside the home using smart cameras , or provide voice indicators of ill health.

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Five Sensor Technology Offerings to Benefit Older Adults 2022

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That spells opportunity for motion and camera-based sensors that are being deployed for care of older adults. SensorsCall. " CareAlert uses powerful sensors with Artificial Intelligence to monitor environmental factors including motion, temperature, humidity, air quality, light, and sound, to deduce action using Machine Learning.

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Today's staffing shortages make tech a must for the care of seniors

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Motion sensors. Wall-mounted (radar-based) motion sensors, video cameras, are finally making their way into the homes of older adults to detect falls or other risks inside the living space of an at-risk older adult. Examples: HandsFree Health or K4Connect. Examples: Current Health (now part of Best Buy) , and Samsung.

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Ten Technologies for Aging and Health from CES 2024

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XK300-H measures macro (body motion), micro (breathing motion) and nano (heartbeat) vibration patterns that are constantly generated by our human bodies and is capable of doing so even through objects like clothes and blankets. category tags: vision and vision technology , hearables/hearing technology , smart home , digital health

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AARP's AgeTech Collaborative -- mobility offerings 2023

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Our fashionable smart wearable translates motion into commands (swipe, zoom, point, etc.) category tags: AgeTech , vision and vision technology , robotics , fall prevention, fall detection while its embedded AI adapts to individual capabilities (range, tremor, etc.)." Learn more at 6Degrees. Learn more at RightHear.

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The hype of aging in place -- so bad for so many

Aging in Place Technology Watch

category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection They look forward to eating meals with others, served by others. Contrast that with the home care recipient, also an aging woman – and the only person met during an average day is the worker.

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Voice and AI – Better Together for Older Adults – New Report

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Pendants are obsolete, replaced by smartwatches and Wi-Fi enabled motion fall detection capabilities – underpinned with AI from firms like Origin Wireless or Caspar.ai. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living. AI will be applied to improving wellbeing in old age.

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