Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. Botco’s chatbot technology has been deployed at Carlton Senior Living. In healthcare, there are research reports and predictions, though adoption has been slow.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The 2023 Technology for Aging Market Overview is published. But it is notable in 2023 that: Older adults will adapt to change and adopt new technology. If an affordable technology can be found that meets a personal need (or answers a compelling question ), these days, people will find it and get it to work for them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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. Each part of the continuum wants to use technology to deliver better, more efficient, and health-aware care. Mariposa Technologies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2024

With the boom in scam innovation , government initiatives and new tech emerges regularly to stop or eliminate scamming of seniors. Smart home technology revenue is expected to reach $38 billion this year. category tags: Home Care , smart home , aging in place , AgeTech , baby boomers

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As with all new technologies throughout history, the hype cycle prevails. So it will likely be with the various variants of AI technology, which will likely become dramatically improved in the coming months and years with infusions of investment from firms like Microsoft. This is the case with ChatGPT. Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. What role can technology play in lowering the cost of care?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s been an interesting technology week. CareMerge is in the Argentum, Senior Living Supplier catalog). Caremerge Voice provides a new level of instant access to community information and concierge services that senior living communities and residents are going to love. Rendever Senior Living. Learn more at CareMerg e.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. SkyPoint Cloud AI Platform for Senior Living. SkyPoint’s generative AI platform enables senior living operators and staff to “chat with their data” grounded in context. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

By 2018, more technology (and associated improvements) could be found in the Cloud. Besides these invisible upgrades, the voice assistant technology has been continually improving – and if the user could be made aware of those improvements (a BIG IF), they might find them to be very useful. Use cases have proven valuable for seniors.

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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. Some of the technology found in the pricier prescription aids will be available in the cheaper OTC aids.” Note that uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With the beginning of HIPAA-compliance, diagnostic capabilities based on voice, and increased personalization capability, Voice First technology promises to provide greater assistance to health professionals and a better experience for consumers at home. Technology for Aging 2020 Market Overview. But the future is exciting.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

A re-read shows how excited the 31 interviewees and participants were, offering their vision of the future of this technology and its potential use by older adults. Has the future arrived in the world of seniors, senior housing, home care? The Future of Voice First and Older Adults was published in February of 2018.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

"Butlr, a leading provider of anonymous people-sensing technology, today announced the availability of Butlr Care. The solution offers a new option for senior living communities to improve safety and care while protecting privacy and simplifying daily life for residents and staff. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

In the time of Covid-19, some are talking about an increasing use of technology in their nursing homes. Others are discussing the race to enable ‘televisits’ -- noting outreach from AARP to CMS to boost the requirement for enabling technology in nursing homes. But they also exposed gaps of capability in senior-focused communities.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We are approaching end of the year – it has been a good one for emerging technologies that can help older adults, today commonly known as AgeTech. The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Stay tuned!].

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The cost of senior living care at $54,000/year over any length of time is staggering, pushing move-in ages out to 84. The move to senior living is a move of desperation for many families, given that their loved one is likely to have dementia and needs more care. What it means – a tech opportunity. million 27.2 million 33.3 million 10.8

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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. Some senior living companies during Covid saw the need to help residents with their devices. Enter the tech concierge. How about those aged 65+?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But ‘aging in place’ is still a challenge and maybe a pipe dream for seniors in their late 70’s or 80’s. That may work for the most well-to-do seniors. And competing for the same workers as senior living firms pay their CNAs. . Senior living – maybe the pitch is about providing care. Déjà vu all over again.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

The 2024 Market Overview of Technology for Aging will be published during CES 2024. It is likely that technology enablement and access will be components of each of the initiatives as they evolve. category tags: caregivers , Family caregivers , Home Care , computers, broadband, and social networking Medicaid Home Care Services.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

But they also have done more work on Amazon Hospitality in partnership with K4Connect (which has rolled out 10,000 Alexa devices to senior living communities). There were no doubt various other ways to speak to technology six years ago, when the Echo was introduced. with its text display of large type as a default.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What changes in care technology will be different later in this decade? What will be different in this second technology wave, both from today and from the market a decade ago? Does the shortage of labor to serve the aging population make sensor technology essential in delivering care? Is this optimism justified?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Before the recent hype cycle , there have been multiple technologies offered for older adults that incorporate AI and machine learning. Some of these grants will fund projects to determine best practices in care, some new technology for care, including wearables, and some researching new processes to help older adults age in their own home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Senior living – unless a very expensive house is sold – is not within reach. category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living In what year?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

Each year, the Technology for Aging Market Overview is revised in January of the new year. The purpose of the document, however, is to aggregate and review trends from 2023 that shape 2024, technology changes that matter, and offer, by category, a sampling of products, services, and sites of relevance to the older adult market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The slow rollout of Wi-Fi in senior living was, to say the least, a miscalculation about the future. And the shortages in home care , home healthcare , skilled nursing facilities and senior living are juxtaposed with an overall labor shortage, just as the oldest baby boomer has turned 76 and has significant remaining life expectancy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

In one study of studies , the authors concluded that while it seems apparent that it can be helpful, specific technologies were not studied separately. And in New York State, the rollout of AI companion robot ElliQ to 800 seniors reportedly resulted in a "95% reduction in loneliness. Learn more at CareAngel. Learn more at GrandPad.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

The PHI analysis also looks at the demographics of aides who work in nursing homes, residential care (aka senior living) and home care – noting the biggest labor growth projection (and likely shortfall) in home care aides. What role (if any) does technology play in dealing with shortages?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Technology innovation announcements whiz by at what seems to be a breakneck pace. Or in-Car voice technology like Garmin Speak-Plus for directions without a screen (that’s a plus). Life has been worsening for older adults – in senior living and at home. What is the status and future of remote care technologies?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

They are hopeful about the new technology designed to help them. The numbers of care recipients in home care, senior living, and adult day services has likely crossed 5 million people by now. The numbers of care recipients in home care, senior living, and adult day services has likely crossed 5 million people by now.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

As the retreat to home settles in, what does it mean for technology use? It would be nice to think that the oldest adults at home or in senior living are Skyping, Zooming, Facetiming away. And in the face of this lockdown, likely more technology may be used at home by older adults than is detectable in surveys.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Technology investment targeting older adults has also grown this past year, including that from Primetime Partners including Bold for senior fitness and and Ziegler Linkage with VirtuSense for fall prevention. . category tags: computers, internet and social networking. Products matter – making them friendlier is elusive.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But ‘aging in place’ is still a challenge and maybe a pipe dream for seniors in their late 70’s or 80’s. That may work for the most well-to-do seniors. And competing for the same workers as senior living firms pay their CNAs. . Senior living – maybe the pitch is about providing care. Déjà vu all over again.

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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. With growing usage of AI technology, numerous ethical questions are emerging.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

One study confirm (again) that adults aged 55+ prefer to age in their own homes – even as a Mather study notes that they might be happier and healthier in a senior living community. Or will they want to move to some sort of senior-living community, average age 84 , with activities and shared meals?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lots of talk about remote care technologies -- but will the 2020 crisis convert to actual technology change? So much has changed in recent months as a result of Covid-19 -- startling changes that previously were incremental. Consider the components of technology to deliver remote care. What should they be? Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

AARP and OATS do not focus on technology training for iPads. Senior living companies are promoting the watch for residents. In fact, senior living companies are adding the role of tech concierge to their teams. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. See vendor empathy.

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