Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

It is perpetuated in associations , venture capital and public policy lobbying. That committing to aging independently at home is a permanent decision. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or they move loved ones to senior living. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help. This is an 8-year program, and a part of the CMS Innovation initiatives.

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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. Nearly a third of older adults, according to a National Council on Aging post , are foregoing visits to emergency rooms, afraid of catching the virus. Five offerings from the Rock Health Aging in Place report.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

But they also exposed gaps of capability in senior-focused communities. These may have revealed -- like the AARP recent survey of the 70+ age group -- the lack of adoption of devices and tech among the oldest. When the crisis has passed, what will the differences be in terms of tech in senior living?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Caregiving and other demands of an aging population are gaining attention. In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

But other categories of usage and their user groups are coming into focus – consider the multiple examples in senior living during the visitation lockdown. These include senior housing, skilled nursing facilities, home care, home healthcare, or healthcare providers. First the confusion.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

Should we expect change from aging-related tech policy initiatives? A good example from the past 3 years: the PCAST report, summarized in an ASA publication by David Lindeman: ' Independence, Technology, and Connection in Older Age." Policies to improve innovation in assistive and robotic technologies? The answer is yes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. No way to share meals with others, access staff-run activities, and build on the expertise of caring for people with dementia that the senior-related industries already established? Just asking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market. Seniors are working longer.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

category tags: smartphones , privacy, security , seniors and aging policy , computers, broadband, and social networking Consider Google and its tightly coupled products. How personalized. An apology followed, along with many more lawsuits and fines, including some large ones in Europe. Did anything change?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

Should we expect change from aging-related tech policy initiatives? A good example from the past 3 years: the PCAST report, summarized in an ASA publication by David Lindeman: ' Independence, Technology, and Connection in Older Age." Policies to improve innovation in assistive and robotic technologies? The answer is yes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Perhaps this is a good long-term sign that there will be more tech minds outside these big firms to allocate to innovation for an aging population that needs new ideas from the best and the brightest. And these folks are aged 35-44. And these folks are aged 35-44. The four posts for November 2022: AI matters for older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2022

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?”). And in 2017, analysis was published showing the ratio of population aged 80+ to care workers, calling it the Paid Caregiver Support Ratio , or pCSR. .

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Nursing 90

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It is extracted from the Technology for Aging 2022 Market Overview, to be posted following CES, and including 30 offerings that were not in the 2021 version. Four Trends to Watch from the 2022 Market Overview Technology for Aging. As the population aged 65+ exceed 54 million, trends emerge. All are worth a look.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When Pew stops tracking senior adoption, does that imply a market saturated? 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. Does that fear imply lack of training?

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Telehealth 98

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. On the other hand, Leading Age CEO was 'enraged' about shortages of PPE. Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. Scratch that.

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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. Nearly a third of older adults, according to a National Council on Aging post , are foregoing visits to emergency rooms, afraid of catching the virus. Five offerings from the Rock Health Aging in Place report.

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When Pew stops tracking senior adoption, does that imply a market saturated? 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. This is a policy change and it's high time that the policy was changed.

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Telehealth 72

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2019

The field is growing , no doubt in parallel to the aging baby boomer population, but it is a very small field that is projected to produce only 3100 new jobs by 2026. The field is growing , no doubt in parallel to the aging baby boomer population, but it is a very small field that is projected to produce only 3100 new jobs by 2026.

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Medicare 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Real seniors lack essential technology. Note this Fact Tank aggregation of technology adoption statistics (tech 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. And shouting. See you there!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2019

Here are five upcoming events to consider – the information provided is from the websites of the organizers: Argentum Senior Living Symposium. As the rules of aging change, so do the rules of providing aging services. Innovation and Technology to Support Healthy Aging for Older Adults” Poster Competition.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2018

You, your family, your clients, know of a nursing home (or other senior care provider), of course, that is at one end of the scale or the other. You, your family, your clients, know of a nursing home (or other senior care provider), of course, that is at one end of the scale or the other. Rant on. Why, you ask? No kidding.

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Nursing 79

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. On the other hand, Leading Age CEO was 'enraged' about shortages of PPE. Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. Scratch that.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. On the other hand, Leading Age CEO was 'enraged' about shortages of PPE. If seniors are being asked to continue physical distancing for the better part of the next year or two, divisions between generations may calcify." And on and on.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

In a taxi in DC – the driver wends his way around buses and pedestrians. It’s the day after the self-driving car killed a pedestrian. The next day, you can find scores of link references to a police comment that the car was likely not at fault though no investigation has completed – or even been started. How does the writer know this?

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Public Health 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 19, 2023

In this report, we use the term Voice First to identify this emerging category of voice-controlled devices, applications or services. While the category has obvious benefits for those with visual and motor difficulties, its power to improve the lives of all older adults is significant. about The Future of AI and Older Adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

T he 2024 Technology and Aging Market Overview is online. According to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, “One third of all homeowner households are now headed by someone age 65 or older. As of 2023, 44% of women aged 75+ were living alone. As of 2023, 44% of women aged 75+ were living alone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

These unsolicited caller scripts (‘is anyone in the home between the ages of 65 and 85?’) But the more fundamental issue remains: The core beliefs of the advertisers and marketers is that people of Medicare age are gullible, isolated enough to talk to anyone, and have done zero research. What’s their secret?

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Medicare 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

It’s almost quaint to look at where the month began – publishing the 2020 Market Overview of Technology for Aging. The 2020 Market Overview of Technology for Aging is now online. This 2020 version reflects the growing market interest in the boomer-senior demographic and its position in the Longevity Economy.

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