Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care, avoiding emergency rooms or long wait for a doctor visit.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

The following domains will add AI (via voice or other interaction modes) to services, including: Health management of self-care, enabling conversational access. Long-term care communities use AI from firms like EarlySense for incident alerting or VirtuSense for prediction and fall avoidance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Bafflement may be the starting point when the new device arrives – no manual, just online documentation and user forums for the determined. The still-baffled contact their friends and relatives – maybe that works for some who have caring and patient relatives. Surveyed older adults struggle with technology they own in 2023.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

Several times in the past decade, interviews were conducted with experts that lead to some reports about the home care industry. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Consider The Internet of Caring Things. The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the very end of 2022, a new offering, ChatGPT, emerged from OpenAI , funded in the billions by Microsoft and others, that puts online access to information in a smart new light – even Google is nervous about its possible future obsolescence, if it can eliminate the need for ad-fueled search, where it makes most of its money.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

But for older adults or families who hesitant about searching for information or frustrated with online sites or call trees, chatbots can be the ideal solution. In fact, Right at Home’s site has only two tabs – and they get right to the point – Find Care or Find Jobs. They can also boost tech confidence and user self-sufficiency.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap. Boston Consulting Group analyzed the care crisis recently asserts that the lack of paid or unpaid care workers to provide care of children or aging parents may prevent them from filling unfilled jobs, noting the 99 million people today who are not in the workforce.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

Blend the online and offline experiences – a driver has watched the video about seat adjustment in a new car – does the actual car match it? From a smartphone, you can save the answer before heading off to urgent care if it wasn’t helpful.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

At the time, the Affordable Care Act incentives, for example. Blend the online and offline experiences – a driver has watched the video about seat adjustment in a new car – does the actual car match it? category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

For instance, the coronavirus response has made clear the value of online and video-consultations in primary care, and we have seen a remarkable expansion of digital platforms. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

A striking shift from care in faci lities and hospitals to care in the home. . In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Certainly that must be what senior living residents and older adults living at home do, not to mention the of-course sizable tech staff working in senior living and elder care. And there are online training services like GetSetup that offer live online classes for older adults. Enter the tech concierge. Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

Furthermore, banning families and visitors may have exposed the role that visiting families play in care. One day in the future, after the tech surveys are conducted, looking at the post-pandemic world from technology perspective, will it be a whole new day in senior care? What will be different in that year? If so, please comment.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Depending on the product or service, it may need a mix of resellers/distributors, face-to-face, and online sales. If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. Privacy and security features will be built into design of software and websites.

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mHealth Watch

JULY 7, 2023

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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

I’m sharing that image with you here in Health Populi to set the stage for, of course, a discussion of WSJ’s data points through a health/care lens. we’ve got a growing women’s health care desert challenge — that is, a shortage of health care providers on the supply side to care for women’s health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

From the findings; One of the media-fueled risks today with the plethora of AI-related hype is the tendency to find and publicize deficiencies and mistakes, reinforcing the premise that it is too early for benefits across industries like senior living or home care. Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Systemic issues of the nursing shortage, critical care capacity and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were common across countries. Focus on the benefits of digital technology for nurses and patients, with continuity of care ensured through remote consultations. Lack of testing adds to pressure. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Care-related service organizations are taking a closer look at technologies that could help them cope more effectively with staffing shortages and other issues. In addition to lower cost, hearing aids will increasingly be covered by popular Medicare Advantage plans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 29, 2022

It's easy to find care information for aging parents online. Consider not so long ago when Google was dumber about aging, and elder care -- i.e. terms hadn’t been indexed, definitions weren’t great, and providers didn’t care. The role of a geriatric care manager seemed critical just to understand terminology and options.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

T he 2024 Technology and Aging Market Overview is online. The most recent data indicates that 22% of adults aged 85+ need help with personal care. Also during 2023 , non-medical home care work (or personal care aide) contributed to the shortage in the senior care industry. And home care was fastest growing job.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Early on there were many ideas about greater use of online pharmacies, such as Pharmacy2U or Echo. Many of the online pharmacies had rapid uptake and a bit like the retailers also had to scale up their workforce to cope with demand. All those people that either can’t use an online platform or won’t use an online platform.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

Pew’s 25% of the 65+ that don’t go online ? Why survey senior living and home care firms about client technology adoption? category tags: AgeTech , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Yet consider the OATS/AARP 22 million of the 65+ that lack home broadband (derived from the Census)?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

In the meantime, here are eight new offerings in the market that are designed to improve wellbeing and care. Honor Expert allows older adults and their families to easily call a dedicated toll-free number or start an online chat to ask questions about major aging-related topics, such as health and wellness, care planning, and home management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Layla McCay As the first wave of infections arrived, we saw near-instant digital innovation that might otherwise have taken years: the rapid roll-out of remote working platforms, shared care record projects, electronic patient record configurations, and virtual clinics and consultations. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

The lack of broadband access among older adults is worrisome in these days of online-only vaccine registration. In years past, getting older adults online was a lower priority for senior advocates, social service agencies or healthcare organizations. The home care market is (still) a booming business opportunity.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As an aging population grows, the supporting labor force for aging services, both in communities and for in-home care, simply isn’t there, lured away by better pay across multiple sectors. It continues to be a struggle to fully enable the senior care service industries with high-speed internet capability. Stay tuned!].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

Other counties with serious caregiving labor shortages see the possibilities – and if anything the US senior care industry is late to the party. Answers to questions online are as good as the source data – which is often flawed or lost in the descending order of retrieved web links.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

This year it is a hybrid event -- with some folks in person, some watching online and others lurking among the press releases. Depending on the product or service, it may need a mix of resellers/distributors, face-to-face, and online sales. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive. What they have in common?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Professional services available on Independa include Dentulu (online dental consultation), Capital Rx (discount pharmacy platform), Coverdell (dental insurance benefits), WebMD (medical grade educational videos) and Sprio100 (fitness programs for seniors)." Learn more at Independa. UniperCare. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. This is the last blog post in the series about The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020 , a research report to be released soon].

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. Over one-half of 213 retail chains listed in Internet Retailers top 1000 offered “buy online, pick up in store” fulfillment in 2018. for Americans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

2019 Technology Market Overview is online this week. In January, 2019, the coordinating body for Health IT (ONC) released interoperability advice, connecting people to their care , that requires representing the relationship between a patient and another person (provider, caregiver, or family member). million unfilled jobs by 2026.

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