Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

A re-read shows how excited the 31 interviewees and participants were, offering their vision of the future of this technology and its potential use by older adults. Furthermore, senior living communities also quickly adopted Zoom and VR during the pandemic to provide engagement beyond speech. As for ease of use?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Now there are training programs , VR initiatives for pain management , remote diagnostics , and more VR headset vendors. Most recently and perhaps not surprising, the VR buzz has faded at CES 2019. NOTE: If you are reading this in email, please read it on the website: Aging in Place Technology Watch ].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

The second five are finalists in the AARP Innovation Labs Pitch Competition for companies focused on providing peace of mind to family caregivers through the use of VR, AI and other disruptive technologies. category tags: baby boomers , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth , Family caregivers , VR/AR technology , voice/AI technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 1, 2019

Hearing technology got an upgrade and a lower price. 2018 was a big year for disruption in the hearing technology sector following a big change in regulatory terminology at the FDA and a win for consumers who may prefer self-service hearing tests, self-fitting of lower priced hearing aids, and self-service adjustments.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

In 2018, technology utilization grew – so did frustrations. While Internet and social media technology use has plateaued over all age ranges, Facebook still has captured only 41% of the 65+. In early 2019, AARP Research published a technology survey taken in 2018 which showed ownership of smartphones growing to 65% of the 65+.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

DoseData released an RFID-tagged drug database to help pharma companies monitor drug supplies within hospital inventory systems. New Jersey-based health system AtlantiCare has implemented Orbita virtual assistant and conversational AI technology. Patient relationship management platform Equiva unveiled its Connected Home Health Hub.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2019

For older consumers and their families, the technology market and senior housing industry are two cases in point. Or mull over the technology industry, which is releasing new versions of every category faster than you can Google them, filling voids like adding mouse for the iPad. Technology, Bad Design, and the Kitchen Pliers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The Philadelphia event hosted a simulated Day in the Life that included Hamilton Captel (tech for hearing impaired) and VR startup Embodied Labs. category tags: senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. The show also had a Startup Garage– here are five companies from that section (material from their websites): Keenly Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First there is the significant uptake of voice-enabled technology, was forecast to be transformative , and so it was, in senior living, in the homes and families of seniors, and as an interface in newer cars to make giving and hearing directions easier. What technology matters for older adults? Feb, 2018).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

Here are four blog posts from June: Four technology categories to remotely monitor a caregiver. Senior Living organizations are eager to try new technology. So where does Voice First technology fit into the senior living equation? category tags: hearing loss , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors , dementia care.

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