Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For those who may have been waiting in vain for the regulation of social media companies, especially with so much published harm to young people , this initiative does not inspire confidence. category tags: Scams -- all types , social media , computers, broadband, and social networking , AgeTech Older adults.

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Medicare 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This followed late-year 2020 activity, including the $10 million in funding for tech training company GetSetUp and the $18 million of funding for Papa from Comcast Ventures to combat social isolation in older adults and launch tech-enabled health offering called Papa Health. category tags: computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Consider the confrontation today with kiosk proliferation in restaurants, QR codes replacing concert programs, baffling patient portals, unforgiving password processes – it’s a mess.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The devices turned out to be extremely useful – from taking pictures to getting directions to texting with relatives to use of social media sites to depositing a check and verifying a bank balance, tracking steps and changes in health status and on and on. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2022

category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking. Future examinations of this summary data can include education level and employment status. The PDF attachment to this post enables scrolling around the various regions. . . Attachment Size. 2020_ACS_5YR_Internet_Map.pdf 165.98

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

These are compelling, but the overall story is about the oldest on the wrong side of the Digital Divide, which is notable and particularly pitiful in settings like nursing homes , Note in the Johns Hopkins Covid-19 guidance about nursing homes , at the very end, authors acknowledge the risk of social isolation and make a few (lame) recommendations.

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Nursing 127

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2023

category tags: social media , computers, broadband, and social networking , AI and machine learning In the future will we be overwhelmed with choices of AI interactions – not unlike meeting and calendar tools that are driven by – wait for it – people who make these choices to their own advantage?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Whether making video calls through ONSCREEN's secure network, or hosting and joining Zoom meetings, using the TV as the main screen can feel as if you're together in the same room, having a real-life, in-person visit. Uniper Care is a leading provider of age-at-home, TV-based and mobile-based solution for care delivery and social engagement.

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Pharmaceuticals Telehealth HIPAA 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2021

The buzz about broadband and older adults has grown louder since the start of the pandemic – which worsened social isolation for so many older adults. The report notes difficulty with financial and document management/editing – as well as limitations in using social networking and engagement technology.

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Telehealth 123

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

category tags: caregivers , Family caregivers , Home Care , computers, broadband, and social networking

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 14, 2021

Let’s assume consensus that growing the percentage of those using the Internet was a social good. category tags: Technology - AARP , computers, internet and social networking. Pew Research just published its periodic survey about Internet use. Crazy, huh?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Worsening social isolation? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , social isolation , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. In 2020, the divide looks like a chasm, depending on how it is viewed. What will close it? What is the missing link? More training? Discounted devices? Free Internet?

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Telehealth 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

The new report, The Future of AI and Older Adults, will be completed this summer and published on this site.] category tags: AgeTech , Generative AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living And just in time. [

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Medical Billing 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 28, 2020

As for social media , things really got going with AOL Instant Messenger in 1993 -- then all was pretty quiet until 2003-4, when LinkedIn, MySpace, Skype, and Facebook all arrived. . category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking. No doubt both will disappear into acquisitions.

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Nursing 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

And yet, post Covid-19, so many government agencies, the White House , universities and for-profit companies want to boost that adoption to mitigate social isolation, boost access to telehealth, nutrition and even a basic, finding health information. Twelve years later, not much has changed.

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Health Information Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

category tags: smartphones , privacy, security , seniors and aging policy , computers, broadband, and social networking And now a warning that to continue, Google will share your name, email address, language preference and profile picture with the news site where you are already a subscriber. We are back to the beginning.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The buzz about broadband and older adults has grown louder since the start of the pandemic – which worsened social isolation for so many older adults. The report notes difficulty with financial and document management/editing – as well as limitations in using social networking and engagement technology. Learn more. Learn more.

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Health Technology Telehealth 88

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Seniors and their adult children may not imagine on their own what to do with tiny sensor networks, voice assistants, or smart speakers. Vendors should fit solution descriptions, service provider stories, and senior support processes along the continuum of needed care and socialization.

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Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But asking us to opt out of a privacy feature (versus opt in) that shares your network with your neighbors? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. And then there’s the need to download the app. Okay, we deal with all this because we love to talk to devices.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Then update it periodically, with more questions, better answers. Thoughts welcome. NOTE: Check out the 2022 Technology for Aging Market Overview ].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

One expert offered his gloomy advice, carried beyond Florida via multiple TV networks : "One doctor emphasizes that there is no substitute for social distancing and hygiene. category tags: Aging , Seniors , social isolation , social media. Now, arriving at 70, they should be vigilant, cautious, anxious.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2023

category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones Finally, when all else fails, they get in the car and go to the bank if it is within driving distance – even if it is a bank with an armed guard at the front door.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

"Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health." Region Tag: Global Edition. " But what if there's no broadband? More than 14 million urban homes and nearly 4 million rural homes have no broadband. and 10 p.m.,

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Telehealth eHealth Primary Care Connected Health 188

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Not only was the Echo line a breakthrough user interface, in 2017, they introduced the Echo Show , adding a library of access points (today, the Food Network , tomorrow what?) Senior-focused groups saw ways devices were used to combat social isolation. with its text display of large type as a default.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

In years past, getting older adults online was a lower priority for senior advocates, social service agencies or healthcare organizations. Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. You get the idea.

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Health Technology Nursing Digital Health 114

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking , hearables , smartphones. Then brand it ' AllTech for Older Adults. ' Doesn't that sound nice? And wouldn't that clear up startup confusion between whether a new tech is required or just more targeted marketing?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

Within a few years we will have diminished expectations about the tech customer experience, and like the frog in cold water, we will no longer notice how poor product and website design has become. [See the 2024 Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: smartphones , computers, broadband, and social networking , healthcare

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Technology applications should not be used to replace person-centered approaches deployed by the Aging Network Strategy and Policy will drive technology change in 2023 and beyond. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

The benefits of social connection—the antidote—are clear. Solutions, like Megilla, provide social connections and purpose are needed now more than ever.'" category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at Megilla. Sanvis Health Care Hero.

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Nursing Primary Care Mental health Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 22, 2023

Because 100 million people downloaded ChatGPT – so it must be a good idea. category tags: AI and machine learning , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , technology support It’s great that Microsoft has figured out how to embed Bing’s AI into Office 365 products. Why on earth?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

News Epic-linked text messages enhance patient experience, improve outcomes at Community Health Network By changing a system architecture that had stopped patients' numbers from being filtered by. Surgeon General declared social isolation to be a "global epidemic." By Bill Siwicki | June 02, 2022. The office.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

“I have heard from some practices who have bought laptops for their nurses, while others have not supported nurses with obtaining or using IT” One solution in the UK was the creation of The Digital Nurse Network. One user-friendly solution co-designed by nurses included multilingual patient education videos on social media.

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Nursing Mental health Interoperability Telemedicine 183

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Did you know that ‘social isolation’ has become a named baby boomer health condition spiking Medicare costs by an additional $134 per enrollee – tucked into the list that includes arthritis (+$117 of cost) and diabetes (+$270), source AARP? So aside from the fact that social isolation is, as of 2016, a billable diagnosis (who knew?),

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Medicare Nursing 96

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

This platform can include offering deeper dives into population health management, accurate cost of patient care, CMS and social data, supply chain optimization (especially when we are having issues with the supply chain on a global scale) and, most importantly, insight to bring more efficiencies in your daily hospital operations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Will that be the case with the 3G-to-5G network transition? and AT&T acknowledging that 196 million of them use its network! category tags: senior living , smartphones , computers, broadband, and social networking , AI and machine learning. But there was much preparation and so life went on, mostly normal.

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Nursing 69