Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

VA benefits: If you are a veteran, you may be able to get financial assistance to pay for a nursing home through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). category tags: AI and machine learning. It's important to note that these symptoms can also be caused by other factors, such as depression, stress, or certain medications.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations. And represents a vision for home care and what technology should support.

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Leadership Nursing 53

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Kalogon believes it can mitigate this common but potentially life-threatening condition with a smart cushion that prevents any one part of the body from being compressed for too long — and it has already caught the eye of the VA. Pressure injuries are caused when a part of the body can’t get enough blood to it and the tissue starts to die.

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Digital Health Pain management 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

For example, state ombudsman programs will get tech to enable remote monitoring of long-term care facilities, programs were launched to foster digital health innovations for vulnerable populations, reimbursement for telehealth services delivered to people at home, the CART program for collaboration between the VA and NIA for aging in place.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 2, 2019

And in fact, by 2008, the VA had completed a study about the efficacy of in-home telehealth for veterans – in particular, aside from the claims of cost effectiveness, those that had the devices felt more connected to their care providers. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology. That was the good news.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Digital Health Health Information 84

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care , AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , AgeTech

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 17, 2022

Beyond the manufacturer offerings, there are a number of apps that can help people with a broad range of hearing loss – hear are ten of them in alphabetical order, content from the reviews or vendors: A va. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones. Learn more. Learn more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

But they don't put them in , or lost one of them and not replaced it, even though the VA will pay for it. category tags: hearing loss , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors , dementia care. You have 'conversed' with an older person who cannot hear well without hearing aids but owns an expensive pair which are highly adjustable.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JULY 29, 2018

I know that my efforts within the VA on their Patient Portal -- My HealtheVet -- shows that they are really close. Data-Tagging? " I think we are closer than many think. I do expect there is still some standards needed. Authentication? Provenance? Obligations? App-Validation? App-Store?

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FHIR Interoperability 49

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care , healthcare , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. The cost of in-home care, according to Genworth Financial, averages around $5000.

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