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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Maybe you are an older adult living alone and just want to chat with someone. Here are the five blog posts from August: Taking stock of the tech market for older adults – what’s happened? What is the context for technology change in 2023? Five technologies to mitigate social isolation.

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Five Covid-19 Technology and Health Blog Posts from April 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

That was followed by a collection of companies offering free services for use of their technologies in the context of an increasingly isolated older adult population in senior living communities, nursing homes and at home. Side-effect: Covid-19 Should Close the Remaining Older Adult Tech Gap.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Six Tech (Aging and Health) Blog Posts from July 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Voice First technology – triaging the healthcare opportunity. In other blog posts from July: The crushing clutter of the Internet -- as irritating as non-stop telemarketing calls. But it's not raising concern about the business and social value of Twitter. Five recent Caregiving technology offerings from 2018.

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