Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2024

Insurers offer discounts for smart home and some Medicare Advantage plans cover devices for safety and wellness. Imagine a home with a smart doorbell, security system, smart energy monitoring, voice control of lights, temperature, garage doors and more. category tags: Home Care , smart home , aging in place , AgeTech , baby boomers

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

While nothing can beat an in-person experience, physicians can check in on them digitally, through remote patient monitoring tools or video consults. The pandemic has only accelerated this process and the need to innovate better infrastructure and device investments. Technology is rapidly changing the bedside examination.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Note that falls can be detected in a home without a wearable – via a wall-mounted device or through in-home Wi-Fi. Or Alexa Together will move beyond remote monitoring towards mitigating social isolation (as its name implies). category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Some examples are: Remote home monitoring: Elder care robots that can assist nurses and caregivers to focus on the elderly person’s needs 1. Smart implants: Devices that can monitor vital signs, blood glucose levels, or medication intake 1. Do you have any questions about these devices?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

From website review, the cash cow world of medical alert devices and recurring revenue appears from the outside to be largely unchanged. Vendors still claim a that market penetration is still low, that only 8% of seniors believe they need such a device , a helpful persuasion tactic to motivate security dealers and retailers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 12, 2024

According to a study done by Cleveland Clinic , 23% of Americans (no age breakdown) use at least one type of technology, often wearables, to monitor their health. Are older adults attempting to use health tech? Of those, 4 in 5 noticed positive improvements as a result. A 2023 found only 16% of older adults actually using wearables.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring? Both types of monitoring are increasingly likely to be found by home care professionals entering a new care recipient’s home. Passive activity monitoring assists with safety and wellbeing. CPT code 99454: “Remote monitoring of physiologic parameter(s) (e.g.,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The promoters of the standard, intended to make the vision of the smart home, with easily connected devices, a reality. Will that make it easier to use sensors, and therefore make it more appealing? Instead, in the future, hands-on care will be optimized and supplemented with tech-enabled monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Bring-your-own-device is assumed. On the other hand, McMaster researchers see the possibilities in the use of remote monitoring, wearables, alarms and alerts systems, and family caregiver technology support. Consider that the median costs of long-term care are higher than ever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

Room-based monitoring? Monitoring centers like AvantGuard and LifeStation are beneficiaries of this continued problem, as quantified by the CDC. In the past few years the original PERS device concept (a pendant) has been challenged by the Apple Watch and a range of jewelry like Trelawear. Yelling "Help" to a Smart Speaker ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers are beginning to notice the potential in the care of older adults, including the assertion that " Smart clothing is more natural to wear compared to the other wearables and covers a wider area for monitoring." category tags: wearables, smart watch , wearables , AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical. Telehealth and remote patient monitoring services will likely persist through the end of 2022 to replace or supplement in-person physician visits. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

These include questions of inherent bias in medical imaging or facial recognition software , but also in the category of remote monitoring. Consider patients whose behavior changes over time and whether they continue to give permission to being monitored. Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

Wearable devices make up an $81.5 According to Gartner’s January 2021 forecast , this was driven by increased consumer interest in tracking their health status during the pandemic (smart watches) and the growth of remote work (purchases and upgrades to headphones and ear-warn devices). billion global market in 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI is and will be everywhere – in full view and embedded in devices and software. In 2024, AI will likely be everywhere and all around, from tech where it is embedded to AI-centric devices and services, including the emergence of AI in professional care work , back office senior care, and the home-based support of older adults.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Toch Sleepsense. " Toch Sleepsense a non-wearable bed sensor and sleep tracker that allows caregivers to monitor a senior’s safety and quality of sleep in real time. Using high-precision sensors and our algorithm technology, the palm-size device is placed under one wheel or leg of the bed. BoundaryCare. Learn more at Toch Sleepsense.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon CareHub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. But they also have done more work on Amazon Hospitality in partnership with K4Connect (which has rolled out 10,000 Alexa devices to senior living communities).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

The US News site was not an ad itself, but the article was filled with ads for devices. There were only 900 searches for ‘Personal Emergency Response System’ – which is what the device actually is. The older and frailer need remote monitoring – of multiple types. Ditto ‘ConsumerAffairs.com.’ Best and worst companies – more ads.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when Caring things may transition beyond 'things' to experiences.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

Voice assistants made device hardware actually seem smart. A voice heard in a house of an older person living alone cuts through the silence, even if it is a conversation with a device. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and will be added to every feasible device (and new car) and gain widespread use in independent and senior living. Caregiver shortages, prolonged isolation, and aging -- boost in-home monitoring. Hearing technology markets will be further disrupted in 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the older adult segment, the Apple watch validated the prospects of a wrist worn mobile PERS device market – enticing legacy firms to jump in when they had had only a more obtrusive pendant device. And connecting these devices could be useful to senior living organizations trying to differentiate based on their technology services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

With Amazon’s Care Hub, users can receive notifications of their loved ones’ own Alexa interactions to monitor their activity throughout the day or ensure they have been reminded to take their medication, for example. Constant Companion’s systems are supported by advanced security to protect privacy, as well as professional 24/7 monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Its automatic lighting, built-in fall detector, and integrated monitoring system not only reduces falls but can decrease the stress on caregivers, allowing high-risk individuals to be independent again. This product is a remote activity monitoring app for seniors. Learn more at Domalys. CarePredict TouchPoint. iCardioGuard.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Toch Sleepsense is a non-contact sleep monitoring device, easily placed under the foot of a bed that is uniquely designed to detect when a person exits the bed. Tellus. “We’ve built an AI-enabled device that is non-contact (no wearables or cameras) and smart. Learn more at Mariposa Technologies. Toch Sleepsense.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Smart home devices are dumb about tech support. It is just as well – younger device owners are struggling. According to Parks Associates, “Households with heads of household ages 35-44 are the most likely to experience technical issues with their devices.” The future of the smart home and older adult users has not quite arrived.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

Our 4g/LTE IoT solutions remotely monitors our elders vital-signs while tracking people and goods through our robust web-based Dispatcher platform. We can track any device, any person, anywhere in the world. category tags: digital health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , medication management. MoviWear. "

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A pair of prescription devices typically sells for $2,000 to $8,000. Note hat 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss (more than 400 million worldwide) and most do not have any hearing assistance devices. category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring. Feedback is welcome.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

New advances in cloud and telehealth/remote monitoring are forcing the issue. Microsoft's Azure health cloud includes a data service that brings together clinical, imaging, medical devices, and other datasets. Wearables and remote patient monitoring. RPM and simple-to-use wearables for monitoring are easy to use and deploy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The result is VRIcares , its emergency response, vitals monitoring, and medication management matching the Philips Lifeline trio of services. The original Lifeline was a pendant device connected to a box (Communicator) in the user’s home. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

This innovative technology allows users, including those with mobility impairments, to control devices such as phones, tablets, smart home devices, and wheelchairs through simple movements, revolutionizing the way they interact with technology and the world around them.” Learn more. Concha Labs. Learn more. Learn more. Nobi Ceiling.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

GrandPad ® is designed with seniors in mind – the innovative device comes with features for connecting with loved ones, without the complicated features of other tablets. Echo Show. "Drop In is a feature that lets you instantly connect with an Echo device, including a contact's, as long as they have granted permission for you to do so.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And the rest may have standard TV with attached streaming devices. Alternatively, a device can be connected to a TV to enable an organization or family to connect directly with older adults who may not be comfortable with smartphones, tablets or smart speakers. Learn more at UniperCare. . See recent reports: .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

C ognitive Systems Caregiver Aware. " Caregiver Aware is powered by WiFi Motion ™, which is currently active in over 70 countries and leverages connected IoT devices to transform the entire home into a motion-sensing network without additional hardware. Origin Wireless WiFi Monitoring. Learn more. Quil Assure and PeoplePower. "

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

Note the top trends that matter this Many changes underway in the enabling tech categories for older adults – including the importance of tech for home care agencies – not just the apps for the workers, but for care recipients, such as remote monitoring. Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

for remote monitoring of older family members. This was a good clarification of the intent of remote monitoring. At any rate, the device software should be built on a profile of the care recipient and the care circle level of engagement and involvement. Simple personalization improvements -- perhaps all possible right now.

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