Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Here are three categories that can help optimize staff and improve care: Voice-enabled services. Wrist-worn and patch-based wearables have revolutionized care of individuals with conditions like dementia (tracking) or diabetes (monitoring). And machine learning and AI are increasingly part of new offerings.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Future growth of that category may slow due to market saturation or possible innovation cutbacks from vendors like Amazon and Google. But the pivotal entrance of Apple’s fall detection legitimized the market for caregiving smart watch wearables with fall detection. Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers are beginning to notice the potential in the care of older adults, including the assertion that " Smart clothing is more natural to wear compared to the other wearables and covers a wider area for monitoring." Elitac Wearables Balance Belt. " Here are five examples of sensor-enabled smart clothing: HexoSkin. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

But wearables , Radar/LIDAR or Wi-Fi based remote monitoring and fall detection technology could replace pull cords – and be the basis for dashboards showing staff the status of residents in each room. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. The long hall check-in is only when necessary and for those who need assistance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the so-called digital health technology categories. . But the tech has changed – now sensors offer non-wearable, Wi-Fi and room-based fall detection (even in a steam shower). Smart displays and interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The watch changed the landscape for wearables. Today’s wearables market for older adults includes smart watches and necklaces, fall detection wearables (with or without watch faces) and related apps, fitness devices, smart clothing, hearables, dementia tracking, and health monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

Wearable devices make up an $81.5 And AARP’s newest technology adoption report, just published , notes that 20% of the 70+ age range own a wearable. Also notable, considering that most wearables are still paired with them, smartphone ownership has risen most sharply among the 70+, with 77% of survey responders indicating they own one.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

But there was also an awakening to the significance of aging in place , the investment category of older adults , the market power of older adults , including the 65+ population of 54 million. Wearables became more visible – enabling PERS on the wrist. And who knew that the fastest growing subsegment was those aged 80+ ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. eSight is a wearable assistive technology that allows people living with visual impairments to stay on the go while performing the tasks of daily living. Today it is just CES 2024 and it is really a B2B(2B2B) event.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Consider the confrontation today with kiosk proliferation in restaurants, QR codes replacing concert programs, baffling patient portals, unforgiving password processes – it’s a mess.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

M anufacturer of AI-driven behavioral health coach and wearable electroceutical device created to dock with smart clothing for the home-based and remote treatment of sports injuries, chronic illness & chronic pain. Touchpoints Digital Health wearable. " Learn more from press release. Healables. "M Learn more. Rise Gardens. "W

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Note that falls can be detected in a home without a wearable – via a wall-mounted device or through in-home Wi-Fi. Perhaps more observation and fewer wearables will be available – for example, Kepler Night Nurse or KamiCare. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Portable devices and wearable intelligence: Gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services 1 2. Portable devices and wearable intelligence are gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services for older adults. Do you have any questions about these devices?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe wearables, remote monitoring, telehealth, voice tech – individually fairly inexpensive and prescribed by a doctor or recommended by a family member or neighbor. category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living Home remodeling for aging in pace? In what year? And from whom?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If their family member is still driving, a smart phone app for turn-by-turn directions as well as a “wearable” to help their loved one find his/her way. Tech Categories. that point, a wearable with location tracking may help keep their loved one safe and reduce worry about getting lost near their home. Tech Categories.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2020, focus sharpens on technology market categories of aging and caregiving. Wearables became more visible – on the wrist and in the market. The Apple Watch Series 4 disrupted the senior wearables market with its built-in ECG and fall detection, as well as Apple’s partnership with insurers.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

See Market Overview Technology for Aging 2024 ] category tags: smartphones , wearables, smart watch , tablets , AgeTech [This is the first of blog posts that will drive a new report in 2024 about improving tech user experience for older adults.] [See

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Some of these grants will fund projects to determine best practices in care, some new technology for care, including wearables, and some researching new processes to help older adults age in their own home. These grants largely predate the ChatGPT hype. And just in time. [

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For older adults, that included the following potentially obsolete categories: Medical alert devices (fall detectors, communicators, etc.), Without a wearable on the body (like a PERS pendant or watch), it is now feasible and may even be desirable to detect movement, non-movement and falls using Wi-Fi-enabled in-room sensors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the Digital Health technology categories. . category tags: home health care , smart home , IoT and home monitoring , CES 2022 , hearables/hearing technology , AgeTech. Smart displays and voice first interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. Because the technology, even Apple’s, is not intuitive, because the devices connect to the rest of the infrastructure in a community, support is required. See vendor empathy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

The wearables improved and so did cameras and room sensing. And then came machine learning and AI , built into wearables, accessed via wall-mounted devices, and now percolating through patient notes and other healthcare apps, maybe soon into AI interactions with MDs. Are we there yet? Is all of this good enough?

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Toch Sleepsense. " Toch Sleepsense a non-wearable bed sensor and sleep tracker that allows caregivers to monitor a senior’s safety and quality of sleep in real time. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones Learn more at Taprootella.com. Learn more at Toch Sleepsense.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

What will be the year that an uptick in usage for smart speakers and voice assistants turn them into commodity concepts, embedded in devices, expected in homes at miniscule price points, but not actually a standalone category at all? 2020 is that year – when a category is subsumed into technology ecosystems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Tellus. “We’ve built an AI-enabled device that is non-contact (no wearables or cameras) and smart. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , senior living , Family caregivers , AgeTech Learn more at Toch Technologies. All you have to do is plug it in.” Learn more at Tellusyoucare.com.

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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. Along with telehealth, will wearables for health and wellbeing be a priority post Covid-19? And for home care – is there a better way to engage and retain the worker ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

This category (and its much-marketed terminology) is quite literally old news. category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , wearables, smart watch. The subject is a frail older adult – and fear still rules the messaging – top search terms are the result of that messaging, not the cause.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Among the many types and features of sensors, here are five offerings, all info from the companies: PeoplePower. " People Power’s solution leverages passive in-home sensors similar to those found in a security system and does not require cameras or wearables. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

Few have worked out the smooth transition room-based inside-to-outside movement, which could only happen with wearable-related partnerships. See latest report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 ] category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection See future -- by 2030 all baby boomers will be 65+.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Along with telehealth, will wearables for health and wellbeing be a priority post Covid-19? What changes will be wrought in smart home categories – sensors, robotics, predictive analytics that improve remote monitoring and carein a post-Covid world? And for home care – is there a better way to engage and retain the worker ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Today, 30% of the PERS industry is mobile, validating the emergence of wearables other than pendants to take out and about. Without a wearable and a fits-and-starts history, Philips’ exit is no surprise. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

What about a call for help without a wearable? category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Seeing growth in the use of Alexa devices among older adults, in September 2020, Amazon launched CareHub , an app for adult children to ‘check in’ (sort of) unobtrusively.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , wearables, smart watch , IoT and home monitoring , healthcare. The last was offered by a giant US network.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

DETECT THE FALLS: Detect without a wearable. Until the past few years, fall detection has been linked to the PERS market – pendants, and now wearables that have built-in accelerometers for fall detection. NOTE: Next week, a new report, "The Future of Sensors and Older Adults" will be posted. Stay tuned!].

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

OneStep's clinician app collects key gait measurements during a simple 30-second walk, without any extra wearables or equipment." Learn more at TapestryHealth. category tags: AI and machine learning , caregivers , dementia care, cognitive decline , digital health Learn more at OneStep. And your work is valuable.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The Apple Watch leads competitors in the watch category (prior to the Series 4). category tags: wearables, smart watch. I am sure they believe themselves to be age-agnostic, despite their oxymoronic growing focus on health (half of US health spending is for individuals age 55+ ). Because they feel young and fit.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Population health data will help identify those at greatest risk of health issues and likely readmission to hospitals (see Figure 1 Table of Categories that may matter). . Figure 1: Table of technology categories that may matter. Wearables, remote patient monitoring. Engagement, cognitive, wander management wearables.

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