Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Has the future arrived in the world of seniors, senior housing, home care? Seniors at any tech proficiency level can hear a demonstration of this – and be startled at what can be done without rising from a chair, fiddling with a mouse, or swiping a screen. Is voice first indistinguishable from magic? What didn’t happen?

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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. AI chatbots will be built into senior living concierge services. Training an AI chatbot on the various services and schedules offered by a senior living community will be required.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2020

Then in April, Verizon does it again, launches a PERS, this time a smart watch offering, called the Care Smart Watch for seniors. That statement has no connection to today's Care Smart Watch for seniors. A care watch for ' Seniors' – sounds good – but what’s a senior?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Companies emerged or announced updates addressing dementia care. The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. OneStep's clinician app collects key gait measurements during a simple 30-second walk, without any extra wearables or equipment."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

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. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Trends worth noting about care work. Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs. What will drive innovation in care?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

Sanvis Health Care Hero. Sanvis Health announced today the release of CareHero™ , a cloud-based virtual care offering tailored for the exceptional challenges that senior living communities are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This further enables seniors to be independent, connected and safe in and outside their homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Here are five from recent times: Amazon Care Hub. Care Hub represents the next iteration of smart speakers , which have evolved from just playing music or providing the weather forecast, to enabling home security services and now supporting senior citizens at home. Learn more at Care Hub. Not yet released.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

This type of tech had obvious benefits, even then, but today, what was obvious then has become a crisis of care today. There are simply not enough workers to care for the aging boomers and beyond. That spells opportunity for motion and camera-based sensors that are being deployed for care of older adults. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. Our interactive cats and pup are all about an ease-of-care and convenience that pairs with technology for the best possible experience. Ageless Innovation. "JOY

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

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. Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Staff can automatically start video calls to provide an emergency response without depending upon the senior to answer." This is achieved through the combination of the company's ONSCREEN Spark TV Smart Camera, their iOS and Android apps, and their robust global infrastructure." Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at Independa. UniperCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Combine that change with the ‘ Forgotten Middle Market’ of senior living. Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. Here are four Sept blog posts on these and related topics: In a time of short-staffing, sensors are increasingly useful in the care of older adults. More young folk.

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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. It is an end-to-end solution featuring Cognitive Systems' patented algorithms, clean iOS and Android app interface." Seniors decide on their own how much or how little monitoring to allow, ensuring both independence and privacy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

Senior living companies are readying telehealth services (see Holiday Retirement ) and no doubt more will follow. Previously limited categories expand to span multiple remote care services. This is an acknowledgement of the emerging reimbursement of some home care services by Medicare Advantage. If not now, when?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Setting the stage for The Future of Care Work research. These points and more are the backdrop for the upcoming November report, The Future of AI and Care Work. Five innovations to benefit older adults and their care providers. Nomo Smart Care , a consumer kit for family caregivers. Learn more at Nomo Smart Care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Entrepreneurs clearly see the opportunity for providing tech-enabled services to help care for older adults. LeadingAge) "EchoCare, founded in 2015, has developed the Elderly Care Home Observer (ECHO) system, a unique sensing system for the care of the elderly during their stay at home. LeadingAge in San Diego and more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

And for the care recipients being managed, they were unable to communicate problems in their on-site, 'real' experience. Consider dementia care and the still-startling lack of cameras in these settings – despite family willingness to pay. Virtual reality for seniors. Virtual senior living. Virtual senior center.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

For safety-oriented apps and sites that include the role of the senior, it’s critical to verify identify among provider and user roles. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2019

And that company is quietly pivoting to become a home care consolidator/platform company). Meanwhile, over at the $30 billion (2018) home care market, a worsening shortage of workers in the midst of demand growth, is creating a recruiting near-panic among agencies, senior living firms and families, and produced.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pace of innovation is accelerating, driven by older adult changing needs, shortage of care workers, investor interest and of course. The dream of reimbursement for remote care is a reality. Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and apps. And they will be added to every feasible appliance, device, and vehicle.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

This 2020 version reflects the growing market interest in the boomer-senior demographic and its position in the Longevity Economy. Here are five of them: Aloe Care. Aloe Care is delivering the world's first voice-activated, in-home digital care assistant for older adults. Learn more at Aloe Care Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Kinesis Balance App. Zemplee is redefining how the elderly are cared for. platform for senior care, announced today the release of CareHeroTM, a cloud-based virtual. care offering tailored for the exceptional challenges that senior living communities are facing. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

AI capabilities combined with a Voice First interface is increasingly expected – and so they are part of new offerings to help older adults, bothliving at home or in senior living communities. Results-driven AI technology designed for memory care. The Stay Smart Care mobile app will also alert all caretakers linked to your account."

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2009, there were specialized email services that converted an online message into paper form; WiFi in seniors’ homes or senior living residences was rare; the mobile PERS offerings were just a concept; the iPad had not been announced; Digital Health was three years away; and Voice First offerings would not appear for another five years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Samsung , Best Buy and Amazon now group offerings that could be helpful for older adults and those who care for them. The Apple Watch Series 4 disrupted the senior wearables market with its built-in ECG and fall detection, as well as Apple’s partnership with insurers. What other changes matter for this market?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

FallCall Solutions announced today that the company has launched its second product, FallCall™ Lite, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) app built exclusively for Apple Watch and iPhone. Keenly Health is the leading developer of advanced biomonitoring technology for use in senior living facilities and home health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 25, 2018

Theora Care Solutions. This Theora Care duo provides a 2-way communications system between wearer and caregiver. Theora Care solutions are ideal for the aging in place populations to live independently, longer. Theora Care solutions are ideal for the aging in place populations to live independently, longer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If their family member is still driving, a smart phone app for turn-by-turn directions as well as a “wearable” to help their loved one find his/her way. Care coordination. The Advanced Stage Of Dementia: In the more advanced stages of dementia, a loved one might need an in-home care worker while you are out or at work.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 17, 2019

Can you look at a list, for example, of technologies that vendor websites claim are aimed at older adults and their caregivers -- and substitute younger beneficiaries or health care recipients? What does senior-specific mean? We can tell that app stores and search engines think they know what is meant by ‘senior-specific’.

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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

MARCH 29, 2018

That blueprint depends on the enthusiasm and foresight of innovators and leaders of technology companies that focus on the boomer-senior market, increasingly offering Voice First interfaces to new capabilities. The MyNotifi app is preloaded with several mobility exercises to increase strength and improve range of motion. Voice First.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

A sad tale - reading the lament about the numbers of seniors who will not be able to afford assisted living in 10 years. The report is from NIC – the National Investment Center that provides research to the senior living industry. category tags: senior living , baby boomers. Count on it.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 24, 2019

Startups (37) are building voice apps ; consider that voice skills seem to be populating like weeds in healthcare , the big vendors want to be popping up at the bedside in patient care, and of course, all this deployment will change healthcare. Voice First in health -- examples proliferate – is this a fad, or is there staying power?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

Nope – scams and fraud cost seniors $37 billion per year – and while banks have made efforts – and a 2018 law enables reporting of suspected fraud, there is a ways to go to protect seniors from financial exploitation – which saw a 12% increase in 2018. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology.

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