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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from February 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are four blog posts from February 2021: Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. Frail patients, according to insiders, are increasingly being discharged from hospitals directly to home, bypassing rehab nursing homes. Stay tuned. Déjà vu all over again.

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Five blog notes from September 2023 Aging and Health Technology Watch

Aging in Place Technology Watch

That two-thirds of doctors and nurses are experiencing moderate or a great deal of burnout at work. Louisville ownership has transformed both its members and sponsorship -- senior living, skilled nursing, healthcare, insurers. Setting the stage for The Future of Care Work research. Here are five exhibitors/content from the Aging 2.0

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from June 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Who can comprehend that 43% of Covid-19 deaths are linked to nursing homes? Or that high speed internet would not be available in nursing homes or the dementia care units in assisted living where their relatives now lived. Here are the five blog posts from June 2020: Tech adoption older adults matter more now than ever.

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Six Covid-19 Aging and Health Technology blog posts from May 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

We have been incredulous, watching older adults die alone in a nursing home , and then dying in many nursing homes. We wait and watch to see what will be different, especially for older adults and their access to technology, moving forward. Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day.

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The death rates from Covid-19 (or with Covid-19) of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living were horrific on the one hand and daunting to prospective move-ins. So by late 2020, EVERYBODY wants to age in place – an unprecedented trend, says Rock Health – and health innovators have taken note.

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Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The death rates from Covid-19 (or with Covid-19) of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living were horrific on the one hand and daunting to prospective move-ins. So by late 2020, EVERYBODY wants to age in place – an unprecedented trend, says Rock Health – and health innovators have taken note.

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Five pivotal posts from Aging and Health Technology Watch March 2022

Aging in Place Technology Watch

So many weeks, so many blog posts to, uh, post. And the shortages in home care , home healthcare , skilled nursing facilities and senior living are juxtaposed with an overall labor shortage, just as the oldest baby boomer has turned 76 and has significant remaining life expectancy. Isn’t March a l-o-n-g month?