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Considering Technology Adoption -- AARP’s 2008 Healthy@Home

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Remember Healthy@Home in 2008 ? The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

Health Populi

Sadly, the APA survey found that in just one month, between May and June 2020, the percent of black Americans reporting discrimination is a significant source of stress grew from 42% in May to 55%. The World Health Organization identified stress as one of the top ten determinants of disparities in health in 2008.

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

Trust is a precursor to health engagement, I learned way back in 2008 when I collaborated with Edelman on the first Health Engagement Barometer in 2008. This chart illustrated data from that survey, showing that trust, authenticity and satisfaction were the top three drivers among consumers looking to engage for health.

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Rationing Care in America: Cost Implications Getting to Universal Health Coverage

Health Populi

in 2008, one in three Americans delayed medical treatment due to costs. adults, roughly one-in-five people who are sick and dealing with serious conditions, also put off treatment due to costs, Gallup learned in its survey conducted the week of the U.S. It would not be surprising to know that when the Great Recession hit the U.S.

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We are all novice technology users on this bus

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The term (and features) arose from the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act , amended by Congress in 2008, when the focus was on reducing/eliminating discrimination against people with disabilities. Likely adoption by the 65+ population has far exceeded the 61% percent in the 2022 Pew survey or the most recent AARP Tech Trends survey.

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How COVID-19 is Hurting Americans’ Home Economics in 2020

Health Populi

consumer credit card debt ballooned to record highs in February 2020 since just before the Great Recession of 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And, for 3 in 4 Americans, loss of income was a problem, the KFF survey learned: for 41%, a “major” problem, and for 32%, a “minor” problem.

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Medicare Members Are Health Consumers, Too – Our AHIP Talk About Aging, Digital Immigrants, and Personalizing Health/Care

Health Populi

Power survey on the subject attested]. In my introduction to the survey, I wrote about “digital immigrants,” the other end of the continuum from “digital natives” — young people who were born over the past fifteen years into the digital era of personal computers, mobile phones and mobile-first.

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