Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

Certainly ccess has improved: Ninety-five percent of Americans use the Internet and more than 80% have broadband at home. The difference in interfaces between phone and computer versions of apps. Has the tech user experience substantially improved? Restaurants and health facility check-in are but two examples.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Your voice, all over the Internet, has been captured and is being used to scam your mother out of her savings by calling her begging for help with your voice, saying “Mom, Mom, Mom” in a convincing enough way for her to part with her cash. He agrees to go to Microsoft and 500 of OpenAI’s 750 employees threaten to quit. Older adults.

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Medicare 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In the age of Zoom , the Internet can – and has -- been a lifeline for some who older adults who use it to stay connected to family and for those care providers use it to stay connected to those older adults. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking.

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Mental health 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The divide is both economic and social. Consider the barriers to actually doing much on the Internet using a new device. Consider the barriers to actually doing much on the Internet using a new device. Then there is Internet access – find it ( 12,000 providers! category tags: computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Long ago, in a world far, far, away – it was easy for the oldest to say that they don’t see the benefit in technology, Internet access or other devices. Free Internet? And do we mean ‘Digital Divide’ – or do we really mean Internet Access Divide? And do we mean ‘Digital Divide’ – or do we really mean Internet Access Divide?

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Telehealth 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

And at the end of 2021, 90% of US Internet users accessed the Internet via a mobile phone. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Tech complexity for new users is getting worse. You want to see what that means by checking the manual. How naïve.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In-home and high-speed access to the Internet is still elusive for many in the US. And even if they did, they might need help with an up-to-date Internet router, managing software upgrades, and avoiding spam and web threats. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking.

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Remote care Nursing Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 12, 2022

But maybe they haven’t noticed whether they have older Kindles (which still need access to an Internet-based library of books) and that there’s no Internet access for them unless they are on Wi-Fi. Many people do not remember much about January 1, 2000, the day all systems that stored 2-digit years would become useless calculators.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It took the combination of 73 million boomers, a pandemic emergency, and the sheer size of the aging population to transform a 2009 market niche into this 2021 market category worthy of investment-- less about products specifically designed for older adults as it is about the marketing of many existing offerings as useful to them.

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Health Technology Telehealth 88

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Finally, a new report details access limitations and disparate costs for high speed Internet across the US. The boomer-and-beyond market has caught the eye of the tech industry. How do I know this?

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2021

This new report has a point of view -- despite surveys that indicate that people use their smartphones (wireless versus " wireline ") to access the Internet, truncated screens can be problematic. In-home and high-speed access to the Internet is still elusive for many in the US. AARP encouraged access as early as 2013.

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Telehealth 123

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

And survey frequency about Internet access had dwindled over a decade. The New York Times notes that some older adults don’t have computers. And there are efforts here and there to help seniors get or upgrade computers. News organizations rarely discussed tech adoption among seniors. Déjà vu all over again. You get the idea.

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Health Technology Nursing Digital Health 114

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Strategically speaking.

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Telehealth Public Health Mental health eHealth 170

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 28, 2020

But you probably did not try them unless you were a geek -- because there wasn’t much to look at then on the so-called World-wide-Web. No doubt both will disappear into acquisitions. What you saw was what you got. All these tools were initially innocuous, before tracking our behavior online became pervasive and profitable. As for Facebook?

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Nursing 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The BMW iDrive example from 2007 prompted some drivers to turn around and bring the car back to the showroom. Consider whining from this site in 2012 about smartphones and again in 2013. And poor UI doesn’t always guarantee poor sales. And it’s fall detection validated the market transition of caregiving smart watches replacing PERS pendants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 19, 2018

Reviewing the past 10 years of blog posts ( from 2008 until 2018 ), in the beginning, consider the categories and innovations. And the sub-topics of categories -- Communication & Engagement, Safety & Security, Health & Wellness, Learning & Contribution – remain as the collective elements of a framework that can make it so. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. And the rest may have standard TV with attached streaming devices. Learn more at Independa. Learn more at MedSign. Learn more at ONSCREEN. Saltbox TV.

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Pharmaceuticals Telehealth HIPAA 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It continues to be a struggle to fully enable the senior care service industries with high-speed internet capability. So tech companies are beginning to offer AI-enabled cameras and sensor systems that can detect a change based on tech that is closer to the user (EDGE computing), versus transmitted to the cloud for initial processing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The 2022 FCC broadband progress map revealed the geographic areas of the US that lack high speed Internet access, and even if it were available, many do not go online, whether due to perceived lack of benefit, high cost, or low awareness. To reach older adults and their families, one go-to-market channel is not enough. It hasn’t happened yet.

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Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

This probably includes the 31% of the 65+ surveyed in April who said that access to the Internet was essential. And as one article noted , the higher surveyed number (67%) accessing the Internet includes those who do so in a library or senior center – and most of those in the US are currently closed.

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Telehealth Nursing 90

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 11, 2020

How essential has the Internet been during this pandemic? Read down the April Pew report with the moniker, “53% of Americans say the Internet has been essential during the Covid-19 pandemic. It may help to place this view in the tech context of social isolation and telehealth. Streaming video? Searching for a good restaurant?

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Telehealth Remote care Nursing 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

Companies continue to invent and introduce technology. In the face of the devastation and economic collapse precipitated by the pandemic, many tech firms soldier on, finding opportunity, re-spinning products, and announcing new capability. Here are just five focused on older adults: Megilla. The benefits of social connection—the antidote—are clear.

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Nursing Primary Care Mental health Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2019

category tags: smartphones , computers, internet and social networking. category tags: smartphones , computers, internet and social networking. In 2019, Tech adoption changes -- some. It’s known as the Amazon effect. And those prices do not include a monthly data plan.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What is the status and future of remote care technologies? As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. This work began in the summer of 2020 as the Covid-19 lockdown was underway. The pandemic has likely transformed the senior-focused ecosystem.

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Remote care Telehealth Medicare Primary Care 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Nextdoor users are Internet users. But that can be a problem for the elderly – Pew claims that only 66% of the 65+ population are on the Internet. Also increasing -- the potential role of the Internet in mitigating social isolation among the elderly. What people need most may be hyperlocal. Imagine that – a culture of civility.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 24, 2018

How about a text message with a picture of the sender, someone you know, pitching a fund-raising and time-limited opportunity – in a category the recipient knows well. On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. Except that it is fake, finding the phone number because it is widely distributed. of Americans are wireless-only homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

These are compelling, but the overall story is about the oldest on the wrong side of the Digital Divide, which is notable and particularly pitiful in settings like nursing homes , Note in the Johns Hopkins Covid-19 guidance about nursing homes , at the very end, authors acknowledge the risk of social isolation and make a few (lame) recommendations.

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Nursing 127

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Finally, a new report details the access limitations and disparate costs for high speed Internet across the US. Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19? How do I know this?

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

h overall among seniors, last reported in 2016 ) – and the most recent data cited on Internet use, seniors were quoted in a 2016 survey, 44% of responders did not use the internet users. Add the difficulty (and costs) of getting an operational router, high speed internet printing from multiple devices, streaming from devices. .

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Telehealth 98

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Tech firms are trying to boost access to the internet and devices – will this become 2021 action priority for non-profits and government? Has this produced a permanent fear of contact with others, including families, especially on holidays ? Will that help? What are the key dimensions that need to be addressed moving forward?

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Remote care Digital Health Telehealth 101

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2019

Lacking access to smartphones, Internet, in-home broadband/WiFi cuts oldest out of access to modern telehealth, communication and engagement, in-home sensors, outside-home GPS, fall detection, and device integration with smartphones. Not adopting tech -- it's not okay. Is the coverage spotty? The price too high? The benefit still unclear?

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Telehealth 96

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

h overall among seniors, last reported in 2016 ) – and the most recent data cited on Internet use, seniors were quoted in a 2016 survey, 44% of responders did not use the internet. Add the difficulty (and costs) of getting an operational router, high speed internet printing from multiple devices, streaming from devices. .

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Telehealth 72

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 9, 2018

The business model of the Internet is crushing us. We could start with Twitter, which is deleting millions of bots, trolls, and other fake accounts (often with automated software generating hundreds of tweets per day). This is raising concerns over the company's growth and true number of monthly users. The company claims that it has 2.9

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Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 29, 2019

The Internet, Family, Google and Friends are their trusted sources, and online training is the preferred method for learning about communications tech. So Link·age Connect is an outlier that asks ownership questions and documents age breakdowns of responders, half of whom were age 75+. And another, age 80+: "I would be lost without it."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

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. Who can comprehend that 43% of Covid-19 deaths are linked to nursing homes? Who could have imagined the economic impact of job loss and (almost all) business shutdown? Let’s hope July is better!

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Health Technology Nursing Telehealth Remote care 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

ZDNet published a list of Apple complaints posted on Reddit (which has an Apple forum of more than 800K members) – the list was eye-opening and filled with rage about (storage, connector, power) limitations. Oddly, in the center of the online article was an iPad ad). Today Apple has 44.3% Today Apple has 44.3% Like Google.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2018

April showers, daffodils and other flowers. Depending on where you went in April you could experience spring multiple times – each time buds and birds emerging. With them, much news about technology, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the smug – not sure that so much time to look at and listen to Mark Zuckerberg’s confession felt like a positive.

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