Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 3, 2024

The month of May -- and the hostility about AI overflowed. Given the pace of change in AI technology – both the software and its rate of adoption – it’s curious that recently the Wall Street Journal published an aging survey about what customers don’t use and/or like about chatbots. Too late, adoption happened anyway.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

DALL-E (creating images from text captions) and other generative AI has become, uh, visible, and perhaps really useful in film-making and video game development. The rise and rise of generative AI everywhere. Conversational AI already plays a growing role in care delivery. Likely -- but we need to wait and see.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) In what year?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

New progress for dementia care. 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. TaprootElla. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 19, 2023

For too many years, high quality data about care of seniors has been elusive. Lack of standardization of technology platforms – or lack of care platforms altogether – hobbled the care industries -- senior living, home care, home healthcare. In senior living a decade ago, Brookdale was about to spend $2.8

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JUNE 27, 2023

Care workers – it’s not a shortage – it’s a crisis. People who need care workers will tell you – the media will tell you, and the industry will tell you. From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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

JULY 21, 2023

The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

AI and older adults – powerful if enabled. There are few limits to the possible benefits of AI in its many forms, conversational, generative, Chatbots and more. Some say that we are in The Golden Age of AI. AI-enabled cameras to detect falls and other anomalies. Monitoring with nuance.

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APRIL 27, 2023

It’s a scary time to think about AI. AI is terrifying about the possibility of making people (and journalists) obsolete or initiating accidental destruction and havoc. Other counties with serious caregiving labor shortages see the possibilities – and if anything the US senior care industry is late to the party.

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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. We're disrupting the established, broken system of care. Learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

AI hype, fear and loathing are on the agenda. The Gartner hype cycle on AI is now published – and predicts, of course, a future plateau in generative AI. And finally, to cap things off, today the big guns of the tech industry, will spend seven hours behind closed doors discussing how to regulate AI.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As an aging population grows, the supporting labor force for aging services, both in communities and for in-home care, simply isn’t there, lured away by better pay across multiple sectors. It continues to be a struggle to fully enable the senior care service industries with high-speed internet capability. Stay tuned!].

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Necessity will drive AI usage in care work across all five care types (healthcare, home health care, home care, senior living, and Skilled Nursing Facilities). The care continuum will become a data-driven reality for just-right care. The changes that are most likely within the next five years?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

(CareMerge is in the Argentum, Senior Living Supplier catalog). Caremerge Voice provides a new level of instant access to community information and concierge services that senior living communities and residents are going to love. Rendever Senior Living. Learn more at CareMerg e. CarePredict Pinpoint. Learn more at CarePredict.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI is and will be everywhere – in full view and embedded in devices and software. From the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, throughout 2023 the software industry was full of announcements, all AI, all the time. CES 2024 also offered AI everywhere and in nearly every announcement.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care, avoiding emergency rooms or long wait for a doctor visit.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap. Boston Consulting Group analyzed the care crisis recently asserts that the lack of paid or unpaid care workers to provide care of children or aging parents may prevent them from filling unfilled jobs, noting the 99 million people today who are not in the workforce.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Companies emerged or announced updates addressing dementia care. The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. RubyWell helps all family caregivers save and make money, so you can regain financial stability and focus on caring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The cost of senior living care at $54,000/year over any length of time is staggering, pushing move-in ages out to 84. The move to senior living is a move of desperation for many families, given that their loved one is likely to have dementia and needs more care. What it means – a tech opportunity. million 27.2 million 33.3

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

This type of tech had obvious benefits, even then, but today, what was obvious then has become a crisis of care today. There are simply not enough workers to care for the aging boomers and beyond. That spells opportunity for motion and camera-based sensors that are being deployed for care of older adults. Learn more.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) In what year?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Has the future arrived in the world of seniors, senior housing, home care? The first and most remarkable for older adults has been realized -- improvement in natural language and the associated AI can occur without user upgrades. Is voice first indistinguishable from magic? As for ease of use?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

And in New York State, the rollout of AI companion robot ElliQ to 800 seniors reportedly resulted in a "95% reduction in loneliness. Below are a few examples of different types, with all information derived from the websites of the companies: Care Coach. " Five technology offerings to mitigate social isolation of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

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. This could be an enabler for differentiating behaviors among users in senior housing, hospitals and nursing homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The dream of reimbursement for remote care became a reality during the pandemic. Telehealth services will remain to replace or supplement in person visits likely throughout 2022, and Dispatch Health’s in-home urgent care is now available nationwide. It’s not just seniors who need help.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

HomeEXCEPT. “ HomeEXCEPT is hardware and software for active seniors, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and researchers. The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. Livindi. “ Livindi keeps families connected with LivindiPad, a tablet for seniors. Verizon Care Smart Watch. Learn more. Learn m ore.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

Several times in the past decade, interviews were conducted with experts that lead to some reports about the home care industry. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012. And represents a vision for home care and what technology should support.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Setting the stage for The Future of Care Work research. These points and more are the backdrop for the upcoming November report, The Future of AI and Care Work. Time for AI in healthcare? AI hype, fear and loathing are on the agenda. Five innovations to benefit older adults and their care providers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2023

The AI hype cycle is distracting everyone. Note the concerted efforts 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. And from the other May blog posts: Wondering if there's any news about AI?

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MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. The slow rollout of Wi-Fi in senior living was, to say the least, a miscalculation about the future. Consider that older adults remain in hospitals and rehab facilities because there are no workers to help them with care at home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

Long forgotten now, it was briefly in Wikipedia to define the benefit of a continuing care retirement community where you did not have to leave the community if you required higher levels of care. A growing number of the 50+ population are solo agers, those with no close relatives to share in their future care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020. The pandemic catalyzed simultaneous innovation efforts on multiple fronts – many of the initiatives will become fixtures within the emerging remote care technology ecosystem.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Trends worth noting about care work. Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs. What will drive innovation in care?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Certainly that must be what senior living residents and older adults living at home do, not to mention the of-course sizable tech staff working in senior living and elder care. Some senior living companies during Covid saw the need to help residents with their devices. Enter the tech concierge. Thoughts welcome.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Staffing issues continue to plague senior care organizations. And the shortage of care workers is mirrored in other industries – signs are posted everywhere seeking workers in the midst of the ‘ great resignation.’. How about the care-related industries? And machine learning and AI are increasingly part of new offerings.

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