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Asking Bing and ChatGPT about AI-enabled technologies to help older adults

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Technology trackers, don't quit your day job yet. Tile Mate: A small tracker that can be attached to keys, wallets, or other items and can be located using a smartphone app 1. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection But forward motion is detectable. The result of good PR from the companies named?

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Five Dementia Care Offerings in 2023

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Toch Sleepsense. " Toch Sleepsense a non-wearable bed sensor and sleep tracker that allows caregivers to monitor a senior’s safety and quality of sleep in real time. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones Learn more at Taprootella.com. Learn more at Toch Sleepsense.

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Hearing aid pricing and weak insurance – older adults lose out

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Another survey (Hearing Tracker) of 2000 hearing aid users was conducted (led by an audiologist) last year that reported what users typically pay ($2372 per hearing aid.). Looking at the Hearing Tracker survey demographics. The majority of responders in the Hearing Tracker survey were older, mostly 55-74, though a quarter were 75+.

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One last look at 2022's important changes before CES

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fire alarms, some smart watches, E-readers, and GPS trackers. category tags: smartphones , smart home , AI and machine learning , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , fall prevention, fall detection. For older adults, that included the following potentially obsolete categories: Medical alert devices (fall detectors, communicators, etc.),

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Hyperlocal social networking – when Nextdoor matters most

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So residents who will 'shelter in place' stock up on supplies and watch the 24-hour source of all fear – cable news, looking for guidance from Jim Cantore , that icon among storm trackers. category tags: computers, internet and social networking. What people need most may be hyperlocal.

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Highlighting Eight Technologies from the 2019 Market Overview

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It also features a GPS tracker and camera which helps the caregiver keep a track of their loved ones. LocateTracker is GPS tracker which can be attached to almost anything. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , hearing loss , wearables, smart watch , vehicle/transportation technology-services.

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Considering Technology Adoption -- AARP’s 2008 Healthy@Home

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The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy. Oh yes, and does it save money?