Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The 2023 Technology for Aging Market Overview is published. But it is notable in 2023 that: Older adults will adapt to change and adopt new technology. If an affordable technology can be found that meets a personal need (or answers a compelling question ), these days, people will find it and get it to work for them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020. Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental. 2020 saw more entrants into this early segment, particularly in voice assistants and new health-oriented skills, refining what works and adds value.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

Unlike niche hardware and software for seniors, basic Voice First platforms and software will change rapidly and without disruption for users – accompanied by a ‘What’s New’ weekly email and a few suggestions on new tricks to try – but the changes behind the front-facing features will make the most difference.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Trends accelerated by the pandemic continue to emerge, and the population aged 50+ will continue to purchase and use technology, accounting for an estimated 51% of technology spending by 2030. Smart displays and voice-first interfaces will be ubiquitous. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 19, 2023

Consider the five year sequence of reports below, from oldest to most recent, from the introduction of voice tech to the Covid-driven rise of telehealth to smart homes to wearables to sensors to the current research underway (stay tuned!) It now seems obvious that people expect multiple modalities interaction with a technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Then there is software from Volara (now owned by Uniguest , available as part of T ouchtown Voice ) offer tech concierge services that can help save staff some effort supporting individual users. What about voice? Growth has slowed , but voice usage did not – 46% of Americans are accessing a voice assistant at least once per month.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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. AI is a fundamental machine-learning element in voice technology , which is here to stay, despite the noisy racket about Amazon. Netherlands-based Envision.ai

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 25, 2024

We will expect that our profile will drive technology access. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smart home , smartphones, cellphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Within the next few years, more tech experiences will be personalized with willingly provided profile data.

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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 ). Raise the blinds!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We are approaching end of the year – it has been a good one for emerging technologies that can help older adults, today commonly known as AgeTech. The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. HEAR A VOICE: Listen and serve an appropriate response.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

Our cutting-edge sensor technology enhances the capabilities of hearables and provides manufacturers with innovative features including gesture and context recognition, speech processing and voice enhancement, as well as precise head orientation tracking. Learn more. It scans a person's face, primarily focusing on blood flow analysis.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

This cycle was not helped by the behavior of earlier AI technologies like voice assistants. With growing usage of AI technology, numerous ethical questions are emerging. Further, EHR technology lock-in by vendors, according to some, may be a limitation to patient information access and health system innovation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

All that and more make up the new entrants in the 2021 Market Overview of Technology for Aging, to be published by the week of January 11. The availability of a growing trove of data about our behavior has enabled the ever-smarter world of voice interactions and sensors. Voice first technology – in everything.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Starting with the older one (“ Ridiculously symmetrical and highly unusable ”) to the most recent Siri remote – where they give up on usable buttons and enable changing the channel by voice. Why voice interfaces cover a multitude of design sins. No wonder it makes more sense to talk to it. But in the meantime, simplicity reigns.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Fewer workers available invites technology augmentation. In other industries when there are severe labor shortages, companies seek and deploy technology that saves labor cost and/or mitigates the effect of shortages in stores , restaurants, and hotels , for example. How about the care-related industries?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As with all new technologies throughout history, the hype cycle prevails. So it will likely be with the various variants of AI technology, which will likely become dramatically improved in the coming months and years with infusions of investment from firms like Microsoft. This is the case with ChatGPT. Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Voice-enabled innovation softly races ahead. Technology innovation announcements whiz by at what seems to be a breakneck pace. Not just for insomniacs, imagine its utility for the faint-voiced older adult wanting to ask a question. Or in-Car voice technology like Garmin Speak-Plus for directions without a screen (that’s a plus).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Maybe wearables, remote monitoring, telehealth, voice tech – individually fairly inexpensive and prescribed by a doctor or recommended by a family member or neighbor. to supplement in-person care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. What role can technology play in lowering the cost of care? Searching, one finds little mention of technology for care outside of the hospital.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Voice-enabled innovation softly races ahead. Technology innovation announcements whiz by at what seems to be a breakneck pace. Not just for insomniacs, imagine its utility for the faint-voiced older adult wanting to ask a question. The monitoring system is voice activated, eliminating the need for wearable devices.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Technology trackers, don't quit your day job yet. Asked: "What AI technologies are available today to help older adults?" But here are 'answers': Bing Chat: There are many AI-enabled technologies that are available today to help older adults with various aspects of their health and well-being. But forward motion is detectable.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. Furthermore, post-hospital care will increasingly be tech-enabled , including use of voice based chatbots like Sensely’s Molly. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech , healthcare

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

There is quite a bit of chatter in long-term care publications about the need for more technology use, and providers are asked to offer best examples of tech use to win an award (separate categories for senior living, home care, and skilled nursing) at the upcoming Leading Age event in October. Who helps the resident with tech?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing. The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) million.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

Look at the list of accessibility options on an iPhone – and see if a few of those like AssistiveTouch or Voice Control could be of use to some older people). Eventually we may discover that voice interfaces will replace the other methods of interactions, including accessibility settings and beyond.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

Through robust community involvement and data governance, Civitas members across the country are ensuring that diverse voices are heard, and local needs are met. It can streamline the consent process, ensuring that only the necessary information is shared with the right entities, at the right time.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

J abra Enhance Plus sets a new standard for bringing together the convenience of true wireless earbuds with advanced hearing technology to alleviate unaddressed hearing needs. The system also features an Alexa integration for voice control. AI-powered speech technology has the ability to aid the more than 500,000 people in the U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The term “Digital literacy” has been defined by the American Library Association task force as " the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills." Are users keeping up with the pace of technology 'improvements?'

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Care-related service organizations are taking a closer look at technologies that could help them cope more effectively with staffing shortages and other issues. For all ages, isolation is increasingly untenable without the technology to connect to others.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One might well argue that Amazon has and will continue to have a major impact on the quality of life for older adults (assuming senior privacy concerns and technology barriers to adoption are overcome – more on that another time): Offered low-price Voice First devices. And today you can see AARP’s focus in its website AARP Voice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

That’s fun: Open Control Center, tap Mic Mode, then tap Voice Isolation to make sure your voice comes through loud and clear. AARP and OATS do not focus on technology training for iPads. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. More young folk. See ‘Reduce background noise.’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They have smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs, wearables – with the same disinterest in smart home technologies. Smart home technology (still after 5 years of survey questions) still does not appeal – only a third have any and most of the rest are aware but not interested. “Too And the unfilled need for training and instruction continues.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Is the healthcare consumer ready for voice assistants? There is a technology overhaul underway – the biggest change in user experience since the introduction of the web browser in 1991. From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 11, 2023

While startups were MANY that sought a presence in the older adult technology marketplace , now known as AgeTech , many firms were there who had been at CES before. Somalytics sensors are disruptive because they deliver greater sensitivity in a smaller size and at a lower cost than other available sensor technologies. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Older adults benefit from voice-AI enabled innovation and deployment. 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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

Labor shortages are plaguing every industry today –and technology solutions emerge to mitigate them. See robots in manufacturing, automated floor cleaners in stores, or voice-AI order taking in drive-throughs. It is obvious that where it is feasible, technology is introduced to compensate for lack of workers. That is a sign.

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