Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 25, 2024

In the future and with the assistance of conversational AI, the user should be able to override those and specify a profile that spans all tech interactions, acting as a complexity-hiding agent on the user’s behalf. Facial recognition profiles today enable easy device access and authentication.

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MARCH 30, 2023

AI use in care delivery and marketing is not new - it just seems that way. Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. Learn more at Botco.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Wondering if there's any news about AI? MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Beyond direct interaction, AI is already all around. Reminding ourselves of definitions clarifies what we are talking about: " AI-enabled programs can analyze and contextualize data to provide information or automatically trigger actions without human interference." And ChatGPT can be accessed through any mobile browser.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These two letters, AI, have risen to top of tech talk and media minds. And even the Federal Trade Commission is wary of the current hype and AI-powered marketing claims. The future Internet of AI-enabled Caregiving is mandatory. AI will not power the hands-on labor, but rather will free it up for more actual care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Wearables, smart home tech, and home assistants (assume that means voice offerings) have not crossed the halfway mark in adoption. Discussions of AI makes older adults skeptical. category tags: smartphones , tablets , wearables , smart home , Television/Smart TV For those with smartphones and wearables, daily use is prevalent.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Advanced machine learning and AI services are applied to learn individualized lifestyle patterns privately and securely within each home. Predictive AI can make healthcare simple, affordable, and accessible without compromising the quality of care. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 6, 2024

It's time for AI-enabled personalization. In the future and with the assistance of conversational AI, the user should be able to override those and specify a profile that spans all tech interactions, acting as a complexity-hiding agent on the user’s behalf. Will customers return a device they don’t understand? Not likely.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Even with wealth, older adults at some point in their lives will need some level of assistance. While professional care providers will play a key role, increasingly their work will be augmented by software -- apps, machine learning and conversational AI. Tech will assist work in home and home healthcare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The monumental investment that swept AI and media visibility underscored how AI could help older adults. And the shortage of labor in the care industries put a spotlight on the gaps in care that AI tech can help close. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to PHI analysis, the job pays so poorly today that 40% live in low-income households and 43% rely on public assistance. However, today, there are numerous research efforts to develop smarter robots – consider the MIT project (2021) or Boston Dynamics’ AI Institute (2022). Will older adults be open to their potential and use?

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MAY 10, 2023

New report published - Future of AI and Older Adults. From the findings; One of the media-fueled risks today with the plethora of AI-related hype is the tendency to find and publicize deficiencies and mistakes, reinforcing the premise that it is too early for benefits across industries like senior living or home care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

With the 2018 lens to guide the market today, here are a few ways the user experience and thus the ecosystem may ratchet upwards: Natural language and especially AI will improve – no upgrade required. Given the hype about AI and corresponding investment to hire talent and build capability, it is likely that Version 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

Chatbots may be forging a new path for assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training. Imagine an AI-enabled future for tech user experiences. Should AI help navigate overly complex apps and the enormous Internet? Ask ChatGPT 4 how best to produce or manage passwords.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Some of them died, sometimes as some have said, from the ‘ long lie time ’ (one hour or more) before being found or assisted. category tags: fall prevention, fall detection , AgeTech , baby boomers. As you read this, you might think about your own circle and the people who fell.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Meanwhile, the OTC hearing aids, starting at $199, can be purchased without an audiologist assisting, inside a retail store or online. AI Everywhere, including in senior care. Possibly the biggest change yet to be fully realized may be the advent of embedding AI in senior-focused technology. The high price?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). Are voice assistants useful to those with hearing impairments or stutters (not so much, though some are hopeful )?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Some of the key trends: AI is behind the scenes -- everywhere. In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants. Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri , Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And many forward-thinking CIOs and other technology leaders see how fast AI tools are evolving, and they are looking excitedly to a future where further clinical innovation will occur at rapid speed. But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

CarePredict, the leading AI-Powered Digital Health company for seniors and their caregivers offers CarePredict PinPoint Toolset consisting of Contact Tracing, Location Tracing, Path Tracing, and Room Traffic tools for Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Nursing Homes, and Hospital facilities.” Learn more at CareMerg e.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

Retailers look for innovation, especially AI , product developers look for distributors, corporations look for better ways to work. 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. Learn more. Learn more. Orcam Hear. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

More seniors used telehealth at home during the pandemic – and today the landscape is set for growth in the use of AI in care delivery: Consumers are all in on self-diagnosis and care. Today 11,000 urgent care centers are in suburbs and cities across the US, staffed by nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Raz Mobility Phone. " RAZ Mobility is a provider of mobile assistive technology, released a major update to the RAZ Memory Cell Phone that adds video calling capability, and other features, that significantly enhance the device for both seniors and caregivers. Learn more at BoundaryCare. Learn more at Toch Sleepsense.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

while its embedded AI adapts to individual capabilities (range, tremor, etc.)." Building intelligent assistive devices to help the 1.1 Our connected, wearable products provide a way to deliver mobility assistance and treatment anytime, anywhere. Learn more at 6Degrees. Learn more at RightHear.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

CES 2024 is over, with 135,000 attendees, and AI as the story of the show , and according to AARP, offering the promise of better aging and even helping to fix the caregiving crisis. At Dream Face, we are developing socially assistive robots that ease the workload of caregivers and provide support to aging adults. Learn more.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With the beginning of HIPAA-compliance, diagnostic capabilities based on voice, and increased personalization capability, Voice First technology promises to provide greater assistance to health professionals and a better experience for consumers at home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Only 2% of the 65+ (or 818,800) live in assisted living community – half of them with some degree of dementia. million category tags: AgeTech , senior living , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , seniors and aging policy Consider that the current census estimated population aged 65+ is 60.5 million, of which 33.2 million are men.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. Senior living organizations showed signs of accelerating tech adoption, particularly in areas of AI for remote monitoring and safety.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Is this ‘magical’ technology (and its plethora of virtual assistants) in the peak of inflated expectation or has it just come off the peak headed for the trough of disillusionment , just another tech with plenty of current deficiencies and still-unfulfilled promise?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

Or believing that a direct to consumer approach was affordable or scalable – before the broad adoption of social-media based marketing or the introduction of Conversational AI. Chatbots may be forging a new path to assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training.

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MARCH 31, 2021

We create effective behavior triggers, and put hot triggers in front of motivated people through AI informed buddy matching. Speaking out loud to make your voice assistant turn off all lights, play your music, or start the heater in your car feels great initially. Learn more at Dance4Healing. Flic Smart Button.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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. GAIN KNOWLEDGE WITH AI/MACHINE LEARNING. AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Use personalized data to trigger action.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

to virtually “step into” field hospitals and assist physicians, in real-time, when treating wounded service members. VA is developing strategic partnerships with industry leaders to help guide research around future applications of AI. Breakthroughs in AR technology are also now enabling doctors in the U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. AI-powered speech technology has the ability to aid the more than 500,000 people in the U.S. Learn more from press release. Healables. "M Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The regulation of AI in the US – will it happen? The past few weeks have brought broad-based wails of AI anxiety. Then there is the AI laundry list of anxieties that keeps the media busy. A regulatory framework has emerged (2 years ago) in Europe, with the purpose of helping Europe become a hub for AI innovation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Growth has slowed , but voice usage did not – 46% of Americans are accessing a voice assistant at least once per month. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Perhaps not surprising, but as of 2022, 36% of Americans own a smart speaker of some type.

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