Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care. Here are four observations from the just-completed research interviews on this topic: Machine learning and analytics convert population health to a ‘population of one.’ You know the statistics and they are alarming.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. In healthcare, there are research reports and predictions, though adoption has been slow. Botco’s chatbot technology has been deployed at Carlton Senior Living. AI use in care delivery and marketing is not new - it just seems that way.

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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. And for some, technologies were not affordable – median income of a household age 75+ is $34,925. Training access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 31, 2022

And it’s also the reason they entered the fall-related technology market – with a new offering. Research for the upcoming ‘Future of Sensors and Older Adults’ is underway – and the conversations are intriguing. category tags: fall prevention, fall detection , AgeTech , baby boomers. The innovators know that a crisis is ahead.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Each part of the continuum wants to use technology to deliver better, more efficient, and health-aware care. Care facilities need to be responsive, prepared and equipped with technology that continually evolves and adapts. Mariposa Technologies. The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2022

The growth has been tracked most recently in survey samples that compared the most recent with prior time periods: AARP surveyed 2063 and Pew Research surveyed 1502 adults. Yet older adults are still stranded without technology by their geography. Figure 1 A look at regions stranded by geography -- without technology access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What changed in technology adoption of older adults? Ranting about technology adoption 15 years ago , it obviously was a different world. As the old Forrester Research tagline observed, "Technology Changes Everything." category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking Fast forward to today. million 56.1

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Network Infrastructure Precision Medicine Privacy & Security Telehealth Its CIO looks ahead to a future with advances in mobility, imaging, telemedicine, virtual reality, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, data security, genomic sequencing and translational research.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S. “Macy’s?” ” you ask.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer. VA is answering these questions and dozens more by transforming its technology systems to create foundational change. Improving care through technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

According to research interviewees from multiple reports , the user experience across multiple categories of technology is on the decline, and in some cases the drop in customer experience quality is precipitous -- will conversational AI help ? Has the tech user experience substantially improved? and ‘where are the programs?’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

And AARP’s newest technology adoption report, just published , notes that 20% of the 70+ age range own a wearable. And miniaturization and integration mean that nearly invisible wearable technology, such as diabetes patches or smartwatch sensors, will be unobtrusive enough to be tolerated about traditionally reluctant elderly users."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We also knew from previous research that loneliness may be linked to a greater risk for cognitive decline as well as high blood pressure , heart disease , obesity , a weakened immune system, anxiety, and depression. So what is the role of technology in mitigating social isolation today?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sensor technology is increasingly useful in the care of older adults. As part of the research into the Future of Sensors and Older Adults , interviewees outlined ways sensors could be useful for mitigating fall risk. And sensor technology can help family members whose aging relatives may be living alone with some risk.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And there is much to consider about in-home privacy with a technology that can map the interior of a home. And there is much to consider about in-home privacy with a technology that can map the interior of a home. Context matters: consider the likely status of people in 10 years. It makes you think.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

This year’s Innovation Challenge invites proposals designed to address the biggest issues faced by healthcare providers, patients and organizations. This year’s Innovation Challenge invites proposals designed to address the biggest issues faced by healthcare providers, patients and organizations. CEO of CharmHealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Writers of these 2019 articles about the topic are not so sure that new technologies for this population may not be reaching their intended audience. Here are five new technologies that could provide benefit to older adults – content is from the companies: Clocr. Each tag contains a unique QR code and matching alphanumeric code.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Technology usage has climbed sharply during Covid-19. Pew Research notes 53% of responders in April consider the Internet as ‘Essential’ – although, no surprise, the oldest did not. In addition, telehealth usage has skyrocketed, with virtual doctor visits expected by Forrester Research to top 1 billion by years end.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2019

In 2017, it was clear that virtual reality technology had evolved beyond the point of experiments and was having a number of limited introductions into the world of older adults , including senior living environments ( Rendever ) as well as pain mitigation ( FirstHand ). Lumeum was birthed from access to technology.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

One of these was the Longevity Health & Innovation Summit , which featured numerous longevity and technology experts as well as a pitch challenge. All these events provide a platform for innovation competitions, presentations, collaborations and networking among funders and innovators in the age-related technology market segments.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

Here is where we were on technology adoption at the start of the pandemic, and the wave of telehealth interest heated up. And a plethora of companies raised their hands to offer their engagement technology for free. Health-related technology adoption. Caregiving Technology Adoption. T echnology Adoption – Pew Research.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition to the government-supported discount on broadband access, the report recommended “uture-focused tools and assistive technology, such as smart homes, wearable blood pressure and heart monitoring devices, automated pill dispensers, e-learning modules, task management apps, speech amplification and adaptation systems, and geo-tracking.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare. Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare. Five technology offerings to mitigate social isolation of older adults. Learn more at Care.coach. CareAngel. "AI

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

It demands efficiencies and technologies that have continued to largely elude home care and senior living industries. Research has already shown that AI can help with many aspects of older adult care. People who need care workers will tell you – the media will tell you, and the industry will tell you.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And many forward-thinking CIOs and other technology leaders see how fast AI tools are evolving, and they are looking excitedly to a future where further clinical innovation will occur at rapid speed. But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

Technology companies have stepped up to fill in some of the access gaps. More technology changes have followed and are anticipated moving forward. Technology Adoption – Pew Research. Technology Adoption -- AARP. The AARP Research survey of older adults was completed in 2019, published in early 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

There is a technology overhaul underway – the biggest change in user experience since the introduction of the web browser in 1991. Voice First technology – the ability to use natural language to speak to and be spoken to by devices and software – has become at least one mandatory user interface in every business and consumer interaction.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What is the status and future of remote care technologies? As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). Conversations? Not so much.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

November was an interesting month in the technology industry. Over the last few years, a growing number of applications of AI and machine learning have entered the market of caregiving technology for older adults. The cost of long-term care. Ask yourself, what care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care. Here are four observations from the just-completed research interviews on this topic. You know the statistics and they are alarming. Doctors and nurses are burning out, especially in the ER. Demand and costs are up, and availability of workers is down.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

As the retreat to home settles in, what does it mean for technology use? And in the face of this lockdown, likely more technology may be used at home by older adults than is detectable in surveys. From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6 per 100,000 of population) during the month of March indicated 13.5%

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Between boosting the deployment of telehealth technologies, once-delayed initiatives became instantly late. Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce. The opportunity for wearables (outside of PERS) has barely begun to show signs of penetrating the older adult technology sector.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. What might they be to help with loneliness? Please nominate another six -- especially consider those with dementia.

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