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Consider Amazon’s role in the caregiving and older adult market

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In 2018, AARP Foundation began to pilot the Echo devices, including the inexpensive Echo Dot, in low income housing settings. category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Senior-focused groups saw ways devices were used to combat social isolation.

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Technology to help care for individuals with dementia

Aging in Place Technology Watch

If their family member is still driving, a smart phone app for turn-by-turn directions as well as a “wearable” to help their loved one find his/her way. Amazon Echo, Dot Google Assistant , Sir i, Alexa MemoryWell LifePod , SharetheCare , LotsaHelpingHands. Home safety needs to be addressed as well. Smart thermostats.

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Four technology categories to remotely monitor a paid caregiver

Aging in Place Technology Watch

These low-cost items can detect movement and alert whoever is monitoring – as well as be part of a larger ‘smart home’ solution. These technologies can include ‘bed exit’ alerts as well as fall detection – useful in circumstances when the care recipient is left alone at the end of a day or for a period of time. Motion sensors.

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2018-2019 look back and ahead at tech buzz, hope, and hype

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Well, maybe make that 90 million. A new number will emerge after the year ends – likely higher, given that many people buy more than one of the low-priced Dots or Minis. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , hearing loss , dementia care, cognitive decline , VR/AR technology , vehicle/transportation technology-services.

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My review of the Shine by Misfit Wearables #QuantifiedSelf

Medicine and Technology

The Shine syncs with my iPhone and it also tells time in 5 min increments since it has 12 dots that light up. Set your "activity tag" for swimming and tap your Shine 3 times. You can also set your activity tag to cycling if you're a biker. You can wear the Shine using a magnetic clip/clasp or on a wrist strap.

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Three More Signposts on the Road to Retail Health – Weight Loss Drugs, OTC Birth Control and Fashion-Meets-the-Flu

Health Populi

TODAY connected the dots between the newly popularized meds with the fall of the once-popular weight loss franchise Jenny Craig — once the weight loss brand of stars like Kirstie Alley, Valerie Bertinelli and other celebrity “losers.” who started with the question, “What does Mucinex do?”