Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The opportunity for embedded and AI-enabled sensors in smart clothing. The growth of the sensor market has created an opportunity for more focus on smart clothing, which has been around a long time, including for use in dementia care , but may have its greatest utility ahead. Learn more. Myant Health. Learn more.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Another long-time PERS player sees a watch, makes a watch. Medical Guardian already had a PERS watch (from Omate) – which Amazon reviewers did not love ; other than HELP and telling the time, there wasn’t much to it anyway. When Apple Watch launched in 2015 – pendant PERS (slowly) saw the future.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

The Apple Watch was a catalyst for changes in 2018 -- and much change happened. Adding fall detection to the Series 4 Apple Watch in 2018 created a marketing opportunity for watch-based fall detection , see UnaliWear and most of the manufacturers offer one today. But is the right offering a watch? Room-based monitoring?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The watch changed the landscape for wearables. Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

And the same app on a PC, iPhone and Apple Watch are strikingly different, assuming the app interface is even visible on the watch. See Market Overview Technology for Aging 2024 ] category tags: smartphones , wearables, smart watch , tablets , AgeTech Older adults are pushed online into a standards-free world.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

fire alarms, some smart watches, E-readers, and GPS trackers. Was this an opportunity to switch to a smart(er) phone? Wi-Fi Enabled Fall Detection – and other room-smart changes. And Google has embedded the very smart Google Assistant into wearables, including machine learning built into Fitbits and Pixels.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Or the not-so-smart thermostat with well-hidden controls. We can speak to the Apple TV, the car radio, a smart watch and lock the front door. category tags: Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , vehicle/transportation technology-services , smart home. Apparently not, or they hand-pick the testers from their own team.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Perhaps you have seen the scary Apple Watch ad about 911 calls. So this is the argument for the $749 or more for Series 7 Apple watch with Cellular access? Why it could open a whole new market of watch buyers and upgraders. Apple Watch owners can buy a guaranteed response service – just not from Apple.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. Too many press releases and some odd stuff (a rollable Smart phone ?) It is the only solution in the market that can support building hearing aids from premium consumer audio components, by pairing high quality hearing performance with extremely low power consumption and low memory usage.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2022

category tags: wearables, smart watch , smartphones , computers, broadband, and social networking. By 2021, that had dropped to 26%. And that is also born out by Pew survey , and no surprise -- that age is the biggest determinant. . . . . . . .

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

They will include a smart wheel chair cushion , smarter cane , wheel chair (like the Zeen) sociable walker accessory (like the Walker Squawker). Devices like smart or PERS watches capture data -- a wearable notices a change in gait to a shuffle, or a Wi-Fi device notices a change in breathing. Check it out !].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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. That created revenue growth for Apple, but also more opportunity for Apple watch-based competitors like Fall Call Solutions. Voice first technology – it’s everywhere and in everything.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Continuous phone and watch patches should not be expected and indicate inadequate testing. Times are changing – as in this smart home interoperability initiative – a recognition that, despite intense competition, consumers likely own a variety of devices and software that should be able to work better together.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

As for the younger among the 54 million individuals aged 65+, they need a smarter watch or activity band, that encourages, uh, activity. and as time goes on, that device needs to be connected to a monitoring center, not 911, as with Apple watch alone , to triage the nature of the person’s problem.As

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

The 2023 versions of voice-first interfaces on smart speakers are no longer ground-breaking – 35% of Americans now own one. As smart phone adoption among the oldest continues, their ability to adjust their own hearing aids will also improve. Safety and security. Other vendors are now offering voice-enabled PERS services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. Apple watch sells fear to the young. Perhaps you have seen the scary Apple Watch ad about 911 calls. Raise the blinds!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection They look forward to eating meals with others, served by others. Contrast that with the home care recipient, also an aging woman – and the only person met during an average day is the worker.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2019

However, it’s a relatively new feature of wrist-worn wearables like watches, but from a safety standpoint, may turn out to be one of the most useful in retirement, especially for people who live alone and/or take a dog for a walk alone. Smart clothing. Smart glasses. Provide an Electrocardiogram (ECG).

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APRIL 13, 2022

category tags: wearables, smart watch , wearables , IoT and home monitoring , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. And machine learning and AI are increasingly part of new offerings. Here are three categories that can help optimize staff and improve care: Voice-enabled services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Consider the Apple Watch fall detection age default. By now, and for most, no big deal, you may know that the Series 4 watch has fall detection. Which, since it is set to call Emergency Services unless you Cancel – might, as it has been with Apple Watch emergency calls, be a problem. . category tags: wearables, smart watch.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

LifeStation (never a first mover) became the latest to introduce a PERS watch, which should be the non-stigmatizing form factor for Personal Emergency Response devices. Lowe’s prioritized helping older adults and partnered with AARP , which should help older adults benefit from smart homes. Here are the summaries of those reports.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

The hype capitalizes on the recent CES with a laundry list of tech offerings that could help with fears -- like sensors, medication management, motion sensors, and smart watches to mitigate fear of falling. Free-lance writers follow up with an Aging in Place story citing the survey. Which means it will become very useful.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

And it’s fall detection validated the market transition of caregiving smart watches replacing PERS pendants. We struggle, even the most techno-determined, to master user interfaces of products we own – like using TVs, stoves, or smart speakers. Today, user interface obfuscation is inversely proportional to product utility.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If their loved one lives with them, they may want to acquire motion sensors or a smart doorbell to know when their loved one is out of bed or near the door. 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. Smart doorbells.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Other sites tracking progress include The Gerontechnologist noting startups to watch and offering a Market Map. Go to a few sites and try to buy a low cost smart phone. category tags: computers, internet and social networking. First one must be persuaded that there is a benefit (like signing up for a vaccine shot).

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Oe in-Car voice technology like Garmin Speak-Plus for directions without a screen (that’s a plus).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

It capitalizes on the recent CES with a laundry list of tech offerings that could help with fears -- like sensors, medication management, motion sensors and smart watches to mitigate fear of falling. Free-lance writers follow up with an Aging in Place story citing the survey. Which means it will become very useful.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch? However, it is a relatively new feature of wrist-worn wearables like watches, but from a safety standpoint, may turn out to be one of the most useful in retirement, especially for people who live alone and/or take a dog for a walk alone. Was it fear of ailments that worsen with lack of exercise?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While Philips auctions its innovation-free Lifeline business – others offer caregiver watches that provide a less visible, more useful safety alternative when living alone, walking the dog, or afraid of falling. In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Last week they announced two features of a new watch, ECG monitoring and fall detection. In this new watch, both the ECG feature and fall detection have received FDA clearance within 30 days of applying, startling some observers who noted that closer to 150 days was more typical for a medical device. Let’s talk about fall detection.

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JULY 12, 2022

Verizon, the last to transition in December, watched the free phones sent out by other carriers, so last week it announced that it would give away free mediocre flip phones to customers still using its 3G network, emulating what T-Mobile and AT&T have already done. Not just the phones, it turns out – Kindles too.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Is Philips throwing in the towel, now that Verizon, MobileHelp , UnaliWear , FallCall Lite (Apple) – all have caregiving smartwatches with watch faces (and there's even Trelawear's necklace ) that are unobtrusive? category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

Along came wrist-worn fitness devices like Fitbits and Apple Watches, which by 2018 had introduced Fall Detection for older adults linked to profiles in Apple Health. And by 2022, multiple wall-mounted, room-based fall detection devices were available in smart homes , accessible by voice. Are we there yet? Is all of this good enough?

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JANUARY 25, 2022

For one thing, at least two-thirds of older adults (age 70+) own smartphones , the 65+ population prefers Alexa among voice assistants , one-third of Americans have smart speakers. Future of Smart Homes and Older Adults December 2021. . . And it looks like they will continue to benefit in 2022 and beyond. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

Or that Apple would produce a watch with built-in fall detection, automatically activated for the 65+ ? If the Apple Watch Series 4 detects a hard fall while you're wearing your watch, it taps you on the wrist, sounds an alarm, and displays an alert. AppleWatch. "If Learn more at Apple. Learn more at Apple.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

PERS, now 30% mobile), a growing percentage of seniors are using general commercial offerings, from smart phones to smart speakers to smart watches with emergency buttons. Sensors continue to shrink , doorbells have acquired brains , health-smart wearables are helping seniors better manage chronic conditions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2018

Kanega Watch. Patent-pending battery system in the band, you never have to take your watch off to charge – and unlike Apple watch or Samsung Gear, we don’t require a smart phone (because it’s built in). All of the material included here is from the firms, listed in alphabetical order. Voice First. Learn more at UnaliWear.

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