Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Is this ‘magical’ technology (and its plethora of virtual assistants) in the peak of inflated expectation or has it just come off the peak headed for the trough of disillusionment , just another tech with plenty of current deficiencies and still-unfulfilled promise? Turn on the lights? What was predicted -- what happened?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. category tags: senior living , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Learn more at CarePredict.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Building intelligent assistive devices to help the 1.1 Our connected, wearable products provide a way to deliver mobility assistance and treatment anytime, anywhere. category tags: AgeTech , vision and vision technology , robotics , fall prevention, fall detection Learn more at 6Degrees. Learn more at GaitBetter.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

These virtual patient engagement encounters have become a critical factor in the manner in which a patient will view the competency of their clinician and their overall confidence with the health system that the clinician represents. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

AI can be used to create personalized health plans, deliver virtual care and assistance, provide remote monitoring, detect cognitive decline and falls, manage medication, and provide social and entertainment activities. Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Consider the Genworth data (see Figure 1 ) showing that it cost $108,405 for a private room in a nursing home in 2021, $61,776 for home health aide services, and $54 ,00 0 in assisted living. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , SNF , wearables , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

Remember that memory care is a sub-category within both senior living (aka assisted living) and skilled nursing facilities (aka SNFs). Assisted living is the priciest among older adult housing alternatives, averaging $4635/month, largely private pay. Do senior living providers see the need for tech investment?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Like Apple’s Siri, the software’s understanding of requests was relatively weak (compared to Google Assistant , which emerged in 2018 on Android and iOS). Who knew that by 2019, Google Assistant would be available on more than 50,000 devices (i ncluding iPhones ), with 1 billion users and support for 44 languages on smartphones ?

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Telehealth 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants. Expect moving forward that older users to be willing to trade concerns about privacy via an always-listening device against ease of interaction with voice assistants everywhere. Voice first technology – in everything.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At home, these individuals likely still require assistance with activities of dressing, bathing, medication management, food preparation and household tasks. And many already at home and in assisted living need the same care. Virtual care is coordinated, integrated on the care recipient’s behalf.

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Nursing 128

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

This includes smartphones, tablets, smart home technology, Voice First hardware and virtual assistants, and in-home sensors. Aloe Care is delivering the world's first voice-activated, in-home digital care assistant for older adults. Here are five of them: Aloe Care. Individuals love the easy, streamlined support.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 133

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance." Learn more at HomeThrive. Learn more at MedSign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

And the term wandered over briefly to assisted living. But maybe not always so independently: consider the post-Covid rise of the Medical Home , the rise of ’virtual first’ visits and telehealth care. But it eventually stuck as remaining in your home through thick and thin.

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Telehealth 118

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

A smart lamp that hangs on the wall and anticipates and prevents falls of residents in assisted living and nursing facilities, Aladin uses artificial intelligence (not sensors) to detect changes in motion, temperature, and more. Learn more at Absolute Audio. Aladin Smart La mp. Learn more at ianacare. MightyHealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Using cutting-edge tools such as 3D printing and virtual and augmented reality, clinicians are able to treat patients in ways that were unimaginable in previous decades. to virtually “step into” field hospitals and assist physicians, in real-time, when treating wounded service members.

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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. Wellness VR (Visual).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

For one thing, at least two-thirds of older adults (age 70+) own smartphones , the 65+ population prefers Alexa among voice assistants , one-third of Americans have smart speakers. Researchers want to understand how best to create a voice assistant. Both companies use voice-activated assistants to help seniors in their daily lives.

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Our virtual companions extend the reach of both the provider and health plan into the home. AI and voice, Virtual Nurse Assistant – smart and dynamic, listens and learns, offering personalized, conversational, health monitoring and management. category tags: social isolation , AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline

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Nursing 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Home care vs. assisted living – the demand is for home care. Hospitals continue to close , especially in rural areas. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS. Bills are in Congress will make it permanent. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Weird and wacky, teeny-tiny, virtual, augmented, robotic, metaverse-y – remote this-and-that. Meanwhile, the OTC hearing aids, starting at $199, can be purchased without an audiologist assisting, inside a retail store or online. CES begins next week – but never mind – what mattered in 2022? The high price?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Everyone needs a little help now and then, and with Remote Home Check you can remotely check in on a loved one and provide assistance from home––whether you’re across the street, or across the world. Orbita Assist. OrbitaAssist is an award-winning, voice-enabled, AI-driven bedside virtual health assistant. Learn more at

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Nursing 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

"C aavo's TV-connected platform brings video calls, wellness checks and assistance requests to any TV (even if the screen is off) and allows remote control of the TV from anywhere. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Independa. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

Sanvis Health announced today the release of CareHero™ , a cloud-based virtual care offering tailored for the exceptional challenges that senior living communities are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caspar smart homes are acting as a personal assistant to motivate residents to maintain a healthy lifestyle during times of isolation.

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Nursing Primary Care Mental health Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2019

HandsFree Health. “ HandsFree Health combines WellBe's unique virtual assistant with capabilities from industry-leading health and technology companies including Microsoft, Healthwise, Cerner, and PokitDot. Each tag contains a unique QR code and matching alphanumeric code. Learn more at Clocr. Learn more at HandsFree Health.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Even a telepresence player like Beam threw in the towel and refers to the world it now navigates as ‘virtual.’ Let's take a longer look into this virtual world as it relates to care of older adults and consider such offerings as: Virtual caregiver nurse. Virtual dementia tour. Virtual reality for seniors.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The latest patient engagement survey from Stericycle Communication Solutions found that nearly half of patients have booked appointments online (48%) or sought care from a non-traditional provider (45%) in the last year, with half of those patients using retail care and one-third using virtual care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

Remote Care includes Signia Assistant. This new virtual assistant is built upon the latest artificial intelligence technology and provides 24/7 support in the form of intuitive, text-based dialogue. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , covid-19. Learn more at Phonak. Learn more at Oticon.

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Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

Remote Care includes Signia Assistant. This new virtual assistant is built upon the latest artificial intelligence technology and provides 24/7 support in the form of intuitive, text-based dialogue. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , covid-19. Learn more at Phonak. Learn more at Oticon.

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Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It offered a ‘Remote Assist’ configuration capability for family members to do the setup, two methods of detecting falls – in room and worn on the body. category tags: Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Alexa Together was launched as a $19.99 subscription service for families.

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Telehealth 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (with aRyan Elz and Nick Patel , sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. And on 9/24 Amazon announced CareHub, a way to monitor family members from afar.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And because our classes are taught virtually, you can access everything from the comfort of your own home.” Learn more. platform for senior care, announced today the release of CareHeroTM, a cloud-based virtual. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. DMEConnected. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Consider more about virtual senior living – marketing services to individuals still living in nearby communities. Customized devices and personalized voice assistants to easily access the internet, relevant information, entertainment, communication, and more, simply by speaking. Learn more at SofiHub. SoundMindInc.

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Nursing 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

Is telehealth done, long live healthcare? McKinsey consumer sentiments research indicates 35% of home healthcare visits post-COVID could become virtual visits, using remote care technologies that will be HIPAA compliant, noting that three-fourths of consumers surveyed are interested. Health-related technology adoption.

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Remote care Telehealth HIPAA Medicare 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

In addition, telehealth usage has skyrocketed, with virtual doctor visits expected by Forrester Research to top 1 billion by years end. One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

Virtual caregiving, providing peace of mind to caregivers and improving the quality of life of their loved ones with voice-initiated, intelligent and connected services to support the elderly as they age-in-place. category tags: baby boomers , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth , Family caregivers , VR/AR technology , voice/AI technology.

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