Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The first big event, CES 2023, brought multiple startups and stalwarts to Las Vegas. In other wrap-up non-surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. It’s possible to participate in CES – and not be a startup. Six more from CES 2023.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Maman and Chander will address key challenges facing the healthcare industry while providing advice to startups, entrepreneurs, students and nonprofits on how they can effectively create and deploy solutions. is a leader in health and wellness check software which makes health data more accessible for better care at lower costs.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. Together-AI Health. Together is an AI-driven health assistant designed to make health management seamless for aging Americans and their caregivers. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0 Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In an interview with Best Buy Health for their 800,000 recipient newsletter, these were the 7 trends we identified that will persist throughout the year -- and beyond. These should be of particular note to startups and tech companies that want to reach the older adult market. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care.

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Digital Health Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Rock Health’s H1 2023 digital health funding report confirmed the writing on the wall. Here’s the first half of the year by the numbers: US digital health funding totaled $6.1B Here’s the first half of the year by the numbers: US digital health funding totaled $6.1B across 244 rounds ($24.8M across 113 rounds (Q1 saw $3.6B

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Investors are interested, startups are multiplying, and the landscape is favorable for new and intriguing offerings in the space. Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the so-called digital health technology categories. . There are caveats, of course.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Full coverage: 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition. Full coverage: HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference. Video Business soars at an Indonesian telemedicine startup during the pandemic The CEO of Halodoc, Jonathan Sudharta, explains his company's massive growth in Indonesia and. By Adam Ang | August 29, 2022.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

Not surprisingly, a search for ‘chatbots and older adults’ reveals research studies targeting those aged 60+, startup investment, for example, Lena , which evolved into Lena Health for scheduling appointments , and a small study about what makes a compelling chatbot. And neither Home Instead nor Right at Home offer a chatbot.

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

When looking at the movers and shakers in the behavioral health arena, it’s hard not to include NeuroFlow in that conversation – especially after last week’s funding boost courtesy of Concord Health Partners. The post NeuroFlow Picks Up Steam With New Growth Funding appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Digital Health Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

Healthcare consumerization is all the rage, and not many startups are driving it forward faster than DexCare, which just landed $75M in Series C funding just two years after spinning out from Providence. The Takeaway Although the “digital front door” tag might be overplayed, DexCare’s platform really lives up to the title.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

A mishmash of service types leapt into the market -- including new startups, Medicaid reimbursement and partnerships with other services. And a number of industry experts from home care organizations weighed in, sharing optimism and caution about the optimism of startups, some which subsequently failed.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Large events like Leading Age, Argentum, and sub-events within CES and HIMSS all point to the business potential that draws startups as well as new offerings from existing players – in what may become an increasingly crowded market. OrbitaAssist is an award-winning, voice-enabled, AI-driven bedside virtual health assistant.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And with those capabilities we can begin to monitor our own health, have a teleheatlth session, track our medications , and even have our falls detected prior to injury. 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

JULY 26, 2023

And the explosion of wearables to help us stay well – or at least be remotely monitored – see Health Populi and the 7WireVentures Market Map. And please note that the industries to help those ‘aging in place’ -- home care and home health care -- are overwhelmed with demand and worker shortages.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

Most of the startup companies noted in this 2017 report, Tech-Enabled Home Care , either disappeared, like Home Hero, pivoted like Honor or had to be overhauled, like Care.com. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. Introducing tech into home care has seemed, until fairly recently, a lost cause.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 20, 2020

Size matters – consider a small agency when a startup is still small. Why tech vendors and startups need to get to know both. These days, given the overlap in the health and aging tech marketplaces – and the needs of older adults, it is useful to understand that overlap and pitch to it (versus exclusively one or the other).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The Philadelphia event hosted a simulated Day in the Life that included Hamilton Captel (tech for hearing impaired) and VR startup Embodied Labs. The show also had a Startup Garage– here are five companies from that section (material from their websites): Keenly Health. Learn more at Keenly Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

AARP’s AgeTech Collaborative launched in 2021 with a splash (and 50 startups) that has widened into an age wave, or a sort of Match.com for age-related companies to find others, including collaborators, sponsors, pilots, and more. The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

Embodied Labs (a VR offering) won AARP’s innovation pitch in October and Wavelet Health won the Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit Business Plan competition. Ohmni Labs won the Global Startup Competition at Aging 2.0. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. announces the first-of-its-kind smart technology for the millions of people providing personal care to family members, especially those facing health challenges. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0 Nomo International, Inc.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

Along came a gaggle of gadgets for the wrist, including Medical Guardian’s, but also Verizon’s Care Smart watch – teen-focused and largely disliked by reviewers, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 with fall detection , the Garmin Lily (with fall detection) , HandsFree Health Smartwatch , BestBuy Lively app for Apple Watch , UnaliWear Kanega , and many more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems saw dramatic spikes in virtual visits and telehealth adoption in the patient population. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country in the first few months of the pandemic.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. Meanwhile, startups focused on aging are shunned by the VC community.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2019

Digital Health is in its bubble of $8.1 billion in 2018 , which amounted to 8.6 % of VC investments , despite limited exit strategies – but investors love it. Startups focused on the aging/technology space, however, receive only 0.7% Will too many digital health gadgets be invented – because they can?

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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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Through three focus areas; Active Life Mealtime and Digital care, Camanio Care wishes to support people's basic needs and increase accessibility and quality within health care." Outpatient Inc is a venture-backed startup that's building a platform to help families and patients manage their healthcare in a modern and unique way.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

We'll share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. And that will only change in the months and years ahead as more startups get funded, proofs-of-concept demonstrate success and pilot programs take flight into production environments. Sign Up Customnize Your Content. Collection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 24, 2019

Voice First in health -- examples proliferate – is this a fad, or is there staying power? Startups (37) are building voice apps ; consider that voice skills seem to be populating like weeds in healthcare , the big vendors want to be popping up at the bedside in patient care, and of course, all this deployment will change healthcare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

With that as context, here are five startups exhibiting at Aging 2.0 The platform ultimately facilitates personalized CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) driven health intervention that increases individuals' treatment adherence and helps improve people's lives." category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Grandcare Systems was founded in 2004 followed by a sensor-based remote monitoring startup and consolidation wave in 2009-2010. Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50.5% -- during the same period." Remote monitoring products and services built with sensors have been around for decades. million) in 2012.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

But this week, here is advice for startups and new entrants when thinking about reaching an older adult audience. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care , CES 2022 , hearables/hearing technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

In an interview with Best Buy Health for their 800,000 recipient newsletter, these were the 7 trends we identified that will persist throughout the year -- and beyond. These should be of particular note to startups and tech companies that want to reach the older adult market. Otherwise the market has moved on – to remote monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Last month a startup launched with $35 million of funding to create a virtual caregiver nurse , targeting the labor shortage in private duty care. category tags: VR/AR technology , Seniors , Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

The offering of remote consultation, diagnosis, and suggested treatment is now a white-labeled offering embedded inside insurance, health care providers, and employee wellness services. Mcare Home Health Hub. HIMSS was canceled – but the briefings went on to shed a light on what’s new. Learn more. ?Mcare Learn more. . Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

But this week, here is advice for startups and new entrants when thinking about reaching an older adult audience. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The research report, Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020 has now launched and interviews are underway. Here are the blog posts from August for consideration: Wearables for Health and Wellbeing. Here are the blog posts from August for consideration: Wearables for Health and Wellbeing. What to make of all this? Read more. .

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