Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Consider what’s happened with over the counter hearing aids, now available in kiosks at retailers like Walmart and Rite Aid. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services. Each of these changes will make a difference for older adults and those who serve them. Up ahead -- CES 2023. Check it out !].

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David Chou

MARCH 25, 2023

The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 Walmart already has a significant retail footprint with approximately 5,000 stores that generate walk-ins to their clinics. Winning the Patient Acquisition Game The shift from fee-for-service towards value-based care requires a massive collection of patients to manage appropriately.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

hour was as low as that of Walmart workers. Walmart workers, say the company, average $14.26/hour The CNA job is in a different league of difficulty from the Walmart job. category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. It used to be that CNA (certified nursing assistant) pay at an average of $12.52/hour

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The FDA finally issued its approval in August 2022 for the sale of hearing aids over the counter, directly to consumers without an audiologist involved, offered through retailers like Walmart and online. category tags: AI and machine learning , hearables/hearing technology , fall prevention, fall detection , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

And the hearing technology market, first disrupted by hearables, saw its biggest disruption in 2022 – FDA approval of OTC hearing aids, driving the average price downward by as much as $3000 , driving sales online and into retail stores like Walmart. Older adults also are leaving a legacy of photos and stories for their loved ones.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” “While Walmart and Amazon could be formidable competitors,” Marshal Cohen of NPD Group notes, “this customer wants a company that understands her.” The back of the jeans will be pocket-less and will have a higher rise.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

Where to recruit this low-paid workforce in a high employment time, competing with wage levels of Walmart and McDonald’s? category tags: senior living , baby boomers. Finally, will we read the same lament in 10 years about the large population of now-aged boomers who cannot afford assisted living? Count on it.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The biggest risk to this industry will be labor shortages – and the pressure to raise wages to compete for workers with firms like Amazon and Walmart – where the jobs are less demanding. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 5, 2018

All four of these posts are about our technology life, as shoppers in stores as recently as July 1 , our experience with user interfaces that are designed for none , catching up on the hype/hope/fading hope about self-driving cars , and finally, the only thing that can terrorize a company the size of Walmart – Jeff Bezos and Amazon.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

from Walmart. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging , smart home , Voice First/AI technology. And gee whiz, one of the uses is pathway lighting to find the bathroom – presumably replacing motion-sensing night lights for $7.97 Was that accidental innovation that benefits older adults?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 12, 2018

Retailers like Walmart , BestBuy, and Costco all sell hearing aids – coupled with Costco-provided audiologist -services – Costco’s site offers its own branded for $1600 per pair. category tags: hearing loss. As hearing aid prices are disrupted, the PSAP and other hearables disrupt the industry.

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Medicare 74

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2018

At the very most polite, a ‘smaller group of players’ (see proposed Walmart and Humana). category tags: computers, internet and social networking , baby boomers , digital health , senior living. Or when they form into near-monopolies like Amazon. Remember that Google gets 78% of all search ad dollars.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 8, 2018

All four of these posts are about our technology life, as shoppers in stores as recently as July 1 , our experience with user interfaces that are designed for none , catching up on the hype/hope/fading hope about self-driving cars , and finally, the only thing that can terrorize a company the size of Walmart – Jeff Bezos and Amazon.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

Walmart, in particular, had a huge uptick in this during the 2018 holiday shopping season. The tag line of the book is how AI can help humanize health care. In addition to the “data is the new oil” mantra, Marc noted the growth of omnichannel in retail that has begun to re-shape the consumer-facing optical industry.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

For example, Anthem and Walmart introduced the Healthy Benefits program, a card that covers $50 to $330 of OTC spending per quarter depending on the plan. Indirect costs are an additional layer of value: for companies, workers using OTC meds generate $34 billion in workplace productivity benefits.

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