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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

Privacy and scalability, where assuring the security of health citizens’ protected health information (PHI) must be designed into HaH programs. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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Five Dementia Care Offerings in 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Toch Sleepsense. " Toch Sleepsense a non-wearable bed sensor and sleep tracker that allows caregivers to monitor a senior’s safety and quality of sleep in real time. Toch Sleepsense alerts caregivers in real time when a senior is out of bed, has not returned to bed or may be experiencing a health emergency while in bed.

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How Twitter Revealed Consumer Health Care Trends in the Pandemic

Health Populi

During the pandemic, millions of people connected with Twitter to share thoughts and feelings about the pandemic…and their health. Tweets related to “broadband” were noted within the telemedicine/virtual health Twitter streams. For this report, Brandwatch utilized only English-language public Twitter data.

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Five tech offerings serving the family, senior and home care continuum

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services. Each part of the continuum wants to use technology to deliver better, more efficient, and health-aware care.

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CENSUS: Senior care growth means tech change will be mandatory

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” Execs site the potential for improvements in staff utilization, resident health and wellbeing, family communication, and more. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4%

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Sensor technology can help families and short-staffed care providers

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And their role tracking trips to the bathroom has been useful in detecting UTIs , identifying wanderers , alerting about sleep issues , noting whether a person has eaten. The shortage is keeping people in the hospital for longer than their health status warrants. Some worry the industry cannot recover.

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Five new technologies for older adults -- 2023 wrap-up (1 of 2)

Aging in Place Technology Watch

This past year underscored the demographic changes that have brought an aging population -- turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day -- into the sight lines of investors, startups and health providers. Our care marketplace connects clients with great, affordable care from pre-health college students. Learn more.

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