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Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

What is care coordination and why is it so elusive? Catching my eye – a relatively new company, Sage, offers a ‘ care coordination’ platform for senior living , just received another $15 million. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context.

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. To get a sense of what that caregiving experience is like, check out her blog post, Confessions of an Exhausted Caregiver ].

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Tech-enabled home care 2012-2021 -- are we there yet?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The home care market is (still) a booming business. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations. And many already at home and in assisted living need the same care.

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Will technology become standard in nursing homes and senior living communities?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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?

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Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The value of integrating in-person and virtual care The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring? Both types of monitoring are increasingly likely to be found by home care professionals entering a new care recipient’s home. But home care agencies can offer private pay RPM services. Passive activity monitoring assists with safety and wellbeing.

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from February 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are four blog posts from February 2021: Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K/year in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). Stay tuned. Déjà vu all over again.