Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

August, so warm, so replete with nursing home doomsayers and endless scam calls. The scam: You may know someone of Medicare age with a phone? But this is sloppy scamming based on weak data – maybe the caller only knows phone numbers, despite spoofing the geographic location so that it appears to be a neighborhood call.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2018

And the phone call has turned into a source of harassment and scams. Is it Rachel from Cardmember Services or the IRS Phone Scam , a fake carpet cleaning offer or worse, the disabled veterans scam , or the grandparent 'this is your grandson' scam ? The list of scams is long – the solution list is short.

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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. Naturally, there is new advice on avoiding scams via text messages on cell phones (charmingly called Smishing). Not just the weather scares -- how about scams and fraud?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A prior report recommending change in the hearing technology industry may have contributed to or encouraged the sale of PSAPs and the introduction in 2018 sale of over-the-counter hearing aids – and may have encouraged additional categories of hearing aids and the growth of interest in 'hearables.’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. Last week in a meeting with some senior execs, there it was again – warning about scams, exploitation and worse. An optimistic view of home care’s future as seen from 2012. The regulation of AI in the US – will it happen?

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Leadership Nursing 53

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A prior report recommending change in the hearing technology industry may have contributed to or encouraged the sale of PSAPs and the introduction in 2018 sale of over-the-counter hearing aids – and may have encouraged additional categories of hearing aids and the growth of interest in 'hearables.’

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Medicare Telehealth 63

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Robocalls and scams -- a phone-based war against us all. And the phone call has turned into a source of harassment and scams. Is it Rachel from Cardmember Services or the IRS Phone Scam , a fake carpet cleaning offer or worse, the disabled veterans scam , or the grandparent 'this is your grandson' scam ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Consider recently purchased technology from multiple categories -- including smart speakers, use of Google Assistant, Alexa, Bixby, Siri -- with ownership subdivided by age -- and perhaps purchaser, such as an adult child. category tags: Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , aging in place , Aging.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

But scams targeting the elderly have ballooned to a cost $3 billion annually , and that includes only those that are self-reported. See updated Report 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking It hasn’t happened yet.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2019

But other factors could be at play as well for seniors – well-publicized online scams and fraud , well-publicized surveys that show older adults as sharers of fake news , and the need for better training for users trying to protect their identity and privacy. category tags: smartphones , computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 17, 2019

The category has been generally described as software "designed to be a threat to, challenge, and eventually usurp entrenched traditional financial services providers with the purpose of being more nimble and serving an underserved segment, or providing faster, better service." Learn more at EverSafe. Golden Financial Care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Hartford: The Data Doesn't Lie -- Raise Your Phone Scam Awareness, August, 2021. category tags: Home Care , smart home , wearables, smart watch , Mobile PERS. 2021 Client White Papers. iN2L: Technology-Enabled Support and Respite for Dementia Caregivers, Sept, 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Or too much media reporting about scams, breaches, and identity theft – most of which it is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to prevent? Senior discounts are offered in at least 180 categories. category tags: Seniors , seniors and aging policy , computers, internet and social networking , cell phones, smartphones.

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Telehealth 98

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2018

Older adults will be increasingly vulnerable to defaults and privacy hacks -- not just AARP-monitored scams. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , baby boomers , digital health , senior living.

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Digital Health Health Data 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Scams targeting the elderly have ballooned to a cost $3 billion annually , and that includes only those that are self-reported. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. New entrants should first form local partnerships to test communication and effectiveness before going national.

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Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Or too much media reporting about scams, breaches, and identity theft – most of which is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to prevent? Senior discounts are offered in at least 180 categories of services and products today, including cell phone plans. Does that fear imply lack of training?

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Telehealth 72

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 17, 2019

Takeaway: Re-use and redeployment has happened – as for apps, they are a-plenty, including scam apps. category tags: Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones. Engage with older adults to turn bystanders into buyers. Too often market research can be self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 20, 2024

You may have noticed that scam innovation is beginning to outpace the product development cycles in other categories – (although some scammers seem able to be scammed themselves ). Or you can examine the behavior of the same software applications across multiple devices. And did we mention health care sites? My Chart , myself.

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Patient Experience 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It has become a source of entertainment in our home to string scam callers past the bot to the frenetic-sounding call center. For those few who still have landline phones, scammers make them ring. Or we just let the phone ring 3 times – bots have limited patience. But you don’t see are ads that say 'Turning 26? Let’s talk about your choices.'

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Medicare 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 20, 2023

Last week in a meeting with some senior execs, there it was again – warning about scams, exploitation and worse. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech The past few weeks have brought broad-based wails of AI anxiety.

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