Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Next the Swedish study about automotive touch screens versus buttons – you can guess. 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. And a new era of complexity for the user will be born.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 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. Every day there is some new article about the impact of Covid-19 on older adults -- or another study turns up that you missed. Social isolation of older adults – a problem and an opportunity.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

FallCall Solutions announced today that the company has launched its second product, FallCall™ Lite, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) app built exclusively for Apple Watch and iPhone. A clinical study conducted by St. Learn more at FallCallLite. Keenly Health. This is a source of worry for caregivers, too.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Yet a new study just published noted that 91% of baby boomers felt overwhelmed by technology, with computers being the most daunting device. Below that, advice on how to share what you’re watching on Apple TV (pictured are several smiling youths). Watch and listen together? And behold there’s the SNOOPY Show. More young folk.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Second, the proliferation of gadget introductions targeting seniors appears to have slowed down, and the use of standard platforms (smartphones, tablets, computers, smart speakers and smart watches) ramped up. The Apple Watch and Fall Detection – What’s it Mean (Sept, 2018)? Why such a small percentage?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The pilot study of 16 adults aged 75 or more years and living alone in an independent living community used an Amazon Echo device for eight weeks. April 22, 2021) " Constant Companion and Canary Speech have formed a new strategic partnership to study how voice technology can be used to identify human conditions in specific populations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In a study by Walgreens, researchers found that every 1% improvement in adherence saves about $50 in healthcare spending. It was nerve wracking watching her pick up a bottle and study the label before taking a pill. category tags: medication management. My cousin took meds from as many 20 different bottles.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The growing cost of providing in-person care will be an impetus for delivering more care remotely, including digital health technologies for diagnosis and remote monitoring, the use of wearables like smart watches or other jewelry to sense a problem like a fall and alert others. (See category tags: baby boomers , Seniors , aging in place.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

The program was piloted in San Diego and Chicago, and studied for its positive impact by LeadingAge CAST. . . NOTE: If you are reading this in email, please read it on the website: Aging in Place Technology Watch ]. category tags: VR/AR technology , Seniors , Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

They are astonishingly low already, according to a Rand study , at 1 per 100 million miles traveled. Watch workers line up on Friday at a bank to cash their paychecks. category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , finance , fraud protection , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2018

According to studies, among adults aged 70 and older with hearing loss who could benefit from hearing aids, fewer than one in five (20 percent) has ever used them. One 2017 JAMA-published study compared the capability of several PSAPs to hearing aids and noted comparable benefit for at least one of them. Why such a small percentage?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

In fact one of those which went to UnaliWear for Best IoT Device, a firm we have long tracked in the aging tech market segment, but given the rise of smart watches , the potential transcends that segment. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health. or Silicon Valley Review.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

That can be due to a variety of barriers, including fear that they are not using them properly (UCSD study) , lack of internet access (which would limit awareness), low technology literacy ( TechCrunch ), including lack of familiarity with terminology, and physical challenges ( research from MPDI ). Read more. . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The study also found that technology use reduced feelings of loneliness. NOTE TO READERS: If you receive this blog in an email, please click to see the full post on Aging in Place Technology Watch website where if you like, you can comment. Let’s not keep having this conversation for the next 18 years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2019

The highlight of this document published in June – from age 60 to 80 and beyond, older adults spend more time on their screens (watching TV or videos) than on anything else other than sleep. For the 65+, only 26% in another study during the same time period were identified as Netflix users. And that includes time spent working.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 19, 2023

Blending years of analyst experience and more than a decade of in-depth research on the older adult technology market, this forward-looking study is illustrated with descriptive graphics, predictions, and quotations from interviewees. The Future of Smart Homes and Older Adults (2021).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s quaint to read the complaint about the Apple Watch interface, which is quite annoying and 100% dependent on a smartphone app. Furthermore, its fall detection validated the market transition of caregiving smart watches replacing PERS pendants. Today, user interface obfuscation is inversely proportional to product utility.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

One day soon, onset of a stroke can be detected ( Celloscope ) when your smartphone watches your face droop as you read your email. It’s easy for all ages to create a trusted circle to watch out for each other. category tags: hearing loss , vision and vision technology , CES 2019 , PERS , Mobile PERS , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

One day soon, onset of a stroke can be detected ( Celloscope ) when your smartphone watches your face droop as you read your email. It’s easy for all ages to create a trusted circle to watch out for each other. NOTE: If you are reading this in email, read it on the website: Aging in Place Technology Watch ].

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Chilmark Research

JULY 13, 2015

Its use in clinical and drug trials dovetails nicely with its Baseline Study initiative to collect genomic data in the name of helping physicians predict the onset of chronic conditions far sooner than is currently possible. There’s also Calico Labs and its mission to study age-related diseases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What followed was an exercise in classification, metadata, and tagging. Use of personal protective equipment against coronavirus disease 2019 by healthcare professionals in Wuhan, China: a cross-sectional study. Tagging is further search refinement. Next, let’s talk about metadata (data about data) and tagging.

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