Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

Voice assistants made device hardware actually seem smart. Use cases have proven valuable for seniors. A voice heard in a house of an older person living alone cuts through the silence, even if it is a conversation with a device. The future: Broadband, voice, and AI are mission critical for senior living.

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JULY 21, 2023

Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or they move loved ones to senior living. Senior living companies (and families) augment limited staff with home care workers. Tellus. “We’ve built an AI-enabled device that is non-contact (no wearables or cameras) and smart. Learn more at care.ai Toch Sleepsense.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

From website review, the cash cow world of medical alert devices and recurring revenue appears from the outside to be largely unchanged. Vendors still claim a that market penetration is still low, that only 8% of seniors believe they need such a device , a helpful persuasion tactic to motivate security dealers and retailers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI is and will be everywhere – in full view and embedded in devices and software. In 2024, AI will likely be everywhere and all around, from tech where it is embedded to AI-centric devices and services, including the emergence of AI in professional care work , back office senior care, and the home-based support of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Look at the ten years or more between the first wave of useful sensor tech for seniors (2005 with GrandCare Systems ) until the newer collection of offerings. A pair of prescription devices typically sells for $2,000 to $8,000. category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

It demands efficiencies and technologies that have continued to largely elude home care and senior living industries. But can AI really help with senior care work? In the meantime, why not ask ChatGPT – “What is the future of AI and senior care work?” Can use of AI help care organizations and their workers?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the older adult segment, the Apple watch validated the prospects of a wrist worn mobile PERS device market – enticing legacy firms to jump in when they had had only a more obtrusive pendant device. What is the IoB potential market for seniors ? Beyond PERS – enter the Internet of Behavior (IoB).

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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. Echo Show. "Drop In is a feature that lets you instantly connect with an Echo device, including a contact's, as long as they have granted permission for you to do so.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and will be added to every feasible device (and new car) and gain widespread use in independent and senior living. Caregiver shortages, prolonged isolation, and aging -- boost in-home monitoring. It’s not just seniors who need help.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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. Constant Companion’s systems are supported by advanced security to protect privacy, as well as professional 24/7 monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

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. Passive activity monitoring assists with safety and wellbeing. CPT code 99454: “Remote monitoring of physiologic parameter(s) (e.g.,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Amazon’s Alexa Together wants to help monitor falls of older adults in senior living. Advice to seniors seeks to help older adults understand how to benefit from voice while aging in place. The study found that independent living residents using the voice-activated devices reported feeling less lonely after four weeks."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Thousands of smart speaker devices have been delivered to senior living communities. Government agency initiatives for seniors have been tracked. Since the Covid spring, high-dollar government initiatives for seniors have been launched, and others from prior years received an update.

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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? For older adults in need, they need to call someone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2019

As an analyst migrating from the IT industry , it was startling how limited the capabilities of the offerings Presto the Printing Mailbox (used, eBay), Celery (printing mailbox – gone), Mailbug (device to send-receive email – still on Amazon ), and Big Screen Live (browser for seniors - gone).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Consider reimbursement for telehealth technologies , a wave of free engagement software, distribution of tablets to senior centers and Echo Dots to senior living , to remote care voice tech for high needs seniors and government-funded competition to combat social isolation. What will be the priority? Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Its automatic lighting, built-in fall detector, and integrated monitoring system not only reduces falls but can decrease the stress on caregivers, allowing high-risk individuals to be independent again. This product is a remote activity monitoring app for seniors. Learn more at Domalys. CarePredict TouchPoint. iCardioGuard.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And the rest may have standard TV with attached streaming devices. Alternatively, a device can be connected to a TV to enable an organization or family to connect directly with older adults who may not be comfortable with smartphones, tablets or smart speakers. Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at Independa. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

C ognitive Systems Caregiver Aware. " Caregiver Aware is powered by WiFi Motion ™, which is currently active in over 70 countries and leverages connected IoT devices to transform the entire home into a motion-sensing network without additional hardware. Origin Wireless WiFi Monitoring. Meet Caregivers. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Smart home devices are dumb about tech support. It is just as well – younger device owners are struggling. According to Parks Associates, “Households with heads of household ages 35-44 are the most likely to experience technical issues with their devices.” The future of the smart home and older adult users has not quite arrived.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Senior living organizations showed signs of accelerating tech adoption, particularly in areas of AI for remote monitoring and safety. Learn more at TapestryHealth. category tags: AI and machine learning , caregivers , dementia care, cognitive decline , digital health

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

This innovative technology allows users, including those with mobility impairments, to control devices such as phones, tablets, smart home devices, and wheelchairs through simple movements, revolutionizing the way they interact with technology and the world around them.” Learn more. Concha Labs. Learn more. Learn more. Nobi Ceiling.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

As it was at first encounter in 2009, it is an association of faith-based and non-profit senior living and aging-related services. They don’t move to senior living communities, which have been overbuilt in recent years -- and today are only 86% occupied. Meanwhile, the ‘aging in place’ concept is a reality for most older people.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The original Lifeline business was a pioneer of this market segment, building up a business that included doctor-referral, a senior-aware trained call center and multiple channel partners, including the home security segment. The original Lifeline was a pendant device connected to a box (Communicator) in the user’s home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

But other categories of usage and their user groups are coming into focus – consider the multiple examples in senior living during the visitation lockdown. These include senior housing, skilled nursing facilities, home care, home healthcare, or healthcare providers. What will be the priority?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market. Seniors are working longer.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Remote monitoring products and services built with sensors have been around for decades. Grandcare Systems was founded in 2004 followed by a sensor-based remote monitoring startup and consolidation wave in 2009-2010. In recent years, TV Remote control devices became more usable – except for Apple’s. What’s the big deal?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The pandemic has likely transformed the senior-focused ecosystem. It triggered ingenuity of senior care organizations and vendors ; and it energized innovators and prospective investors. And as senior living executives agreed early, from a technology investment standpoint there’s no turning back.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Warning -- this is not a blog post about what to give to seniors. There are plenty of click-bait websites topping the search list, like Holiday Tech Gift Ideas or the lengthy Amazon tech gift list or even a list described as The 7 Best Tech Gifts to Buy for Seniors -- really? Okay that is enough about the What – and For Whom. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2019

The other apparent trend is the enthusiasm of partners (health care, senior living, home care) to try out new tech-enabled services that target a problem or opportunity that may have existed a decade ago, but is truly apparent today. A 24/7 monitoring service similar to home monitoring is also available. Learn more at Starkey.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Due to being non-wearable unlike many other systems on the market, senior citizens can benefit from ECHO without having to worry about remembering to switch on, charge and wear a smart device." category tags: healthcare , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , home health care. Learn more at echocare-tech.com. Remote Home Check.

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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. These remain to be validated, but between the smarter homes and the smart devices, we are heading into another wave of innovation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) also moves more care into the home – and is expected to further evolve in 2022 – regulation changes in the past year are have begun to turn the adoption tide ). And they will be added to every feasible appliance, device, and vehicle. Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and apps.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Sixty-two percent of US adults as of January 2023 are using voice assistants on any device (including in-car, in-ear, at-drive-thru). The traditional PERS pendant industry’s growth is slowing and vendors are stepping into the reimbursed Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) market. Voice assistants and hearing aids.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Innovators in 2020 helped mitigate social isolation, enable in-home strength training for seniors, provided the tech mechanics (regardless of infrastructure) to connect older adults to families? But the accumulation of this behavior information over time enables analytics that will augment simple monitoring and alerts.

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