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To boost tech adoption, consider the benefit of a survey

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The ACS will size tech adoption – and not a minute too soon. We might learn from the upcoming American Community Survey (ACS) data release which households have broadband connectivity, own a computer or other devices – down to a level of granularity that includes that rarely surveyed category, age 85+.

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Miss one of these? Six aging and health tech blog posts from April and May

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And in 2020 (pre-Covid), AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving survey showed that nearly 1 in 5 Americans provided care to a family member with health or functional needs. Many of these caregivers destroyed their own health and wellbeing by doing so. category tags: Home Care , Family caregivers. Then things got worse.

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