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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. But ‘aging in place’ is still a challenge and maybe a pipe dream for seniors in their late 70’s or 80’s. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. Stay tuned.

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Four Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from November 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Meanwhile, some thoughts about living to 100 – despite the endless repetition about shrinking life expectancy in the US , those that live past age 65 may last another 30 years …or more. What will the experience be like – today’s centenarians offer a clue to how they came to live as long – genetics, healthy lifestyle, marital status.

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Recapping the most-read blog posts from 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are the most-read blog posts from 2018 – take another look if you missed them. 2018 Market Overview of Technology for Aging in Place was published (March, 2018). One in three between age 65 and 74 has hearing loss , and nearly half of people aged 75+ have some significant level of hearing loss. Feb, 2018).

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Five tech and aging blog posts from October 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0 Remember Healthy@Home in 2008 ? The survey was fielded in December of 2007 with a population of 907 adults aged 65-98 (the mean age was 74). Read more. . .

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CENSUS DATA: Finding caregivers (family or paid) is harder than ever

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AARP Public Policy research in 2013 revealed a future crisis in availability of people to care for an aging population (“You take care of Mom, but who will take care of you?”). A 2015 blog post examined census data by county ( Stranded by Geography ) and identified retirement destinations that had the worst ratios at that time.

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Consider the potential for wearables and older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It changed many dimensions of life, including making people look and feel cool, reinforcing healthy behaviors -- including the importance of standing up when it notices you've been sitting too long. According to AARP’s 2020 research report , 16% of the 60-69 age group and 11 percent of the 70+ own a wearable, presumably a smart watch.

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2009-19 Market of Technology for Older Adults -- All change, all the time

Aging in Place Technology Watch

This is the tenth anniversary of the launch of this Market Overview of technology for ‘Aging in Place’, to be published in March 2019 – the category of offerings that help enable older adults to remain longer in their home of choice. The more things change. In 2009, the market was forecast to be $20 billion by 2020. . But don't bet on it. .

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