Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Discussions of AI makes older adults skeptical. And despite machine learning, predictive analytics and generative AI capabilities increasingly being part of nearly all newer software product versions (for example, see AI in search or healthcare ), older adults seem uncertain as to how AI will impact them.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living Further, 42% of women aged 75+ live alone. to supplement in-person care. In what year? And from whom?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Despite that difference, users are still pushed by their devices and software to accept new device variants and software versions, whether they want them or not. Notice the new roles of AI, robotics, and virtual reality as analogues for the future. You must take that upgrade, now!”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This weekend exposed a conflict at OpenAI , the November 22, 2022 bringer of ChatGPT , between the board that wants to develop AI for good and perhaps another view, AI for commercial profit. Guess they weren’t big fans of AI for Good. AI for Good – not so good these days. The so-called ‘regulation’ of AI is a dream.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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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. Separate user interfaces from physical devices – making software portable across platforms. Or conducting focus groups, even less prevalent today.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

All are confronted with buggy software and frequent bug fix releases , such a problem on iPhones that an embarrassed Apple redirected software work towards fixing. Should AI software detect when a user is having difficulty and chime in with suggestions? And Google is no better with Pixel phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Smart Care Facility Platform transforms healthcare settings with powerful AI-enabled automation that improves processes, saves valuable time, reduces costs and eases burdens on care teams so they can focus on delivering the best patient care possible." The care.ai Now partnered with Samsung. Learn more at care.ai Mariposa Technologies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

While professional care providers will play a key role, increasingly their work will be augmented by software -- apps, machine learning and conversational AI. Even with wealth, older adults at some point in their lives will need some level of assistance. Healthcare delivery is migrating away from hospitals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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). Over the next few years, care organizations will make more disciplined use of their own data that an AI technology such as a chatbot can access or present to a caregiver.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2023

Or will it be a conference-specific event management technology in which all interactions will be buried in the must-look-at software? The splintering of platforms will be made worse with AI. In addition to fragmentation of AI interaction tools and choices , which of the plethora of options will make sense for new offerings?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

As they roll out new leading-edge technologies – AI and automation, telehealth and remote monitoring, EHR optimization and patient engagement – they're realizing lasting positive outcomes for their patients and their bottom lines. million medication instructions without.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Community, state (see California’s $50 million for technology access for older adults and people with disabilities), national (see NIA Johns Hopkins AI and Aging $20 million ) or broadband (see federal $826 million for broadband in Colorado ). Driven by AI offerings, new tech introduction is accelerating.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2023

The AI hype cycle is distracting everyone. But it’s not too early, as the new report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 , points out through interviews with those deploying conversational AI and machine learning technology today. And from the other May blog posts: Wondering if there's any news about AI?

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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

JUNE 13, 2023

As seen in 2012, the future of home care would transform, supported by software. It’s 2023 and the emergence of AI everywhere. The report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 surfaced a great deal of interest across care services and tech providers. So in July, a new report will be launched – the Future of AI and Home Care.

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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. The software is used to set notifications for specific events and see changes in the patterns for activities of daily living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living Further, 42% of women aged 75+ live alone. to supplement in-person care. In what year? And from whom?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 22, 2023

Moving forward, however, AI-enabled search (as with the new Bing chat ) should help us find information that we need. Perhaps informing us about these features (which vary from version to version of software) will be less painful for the novice user. So far it is impressive. Note multiple videos on accessibility features when asked.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

As seen in 2012, the future of home care would transform, supported by software. 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. AI and the Future of Care Work.

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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. Will AI enablement help senior living achieve just-right staffing at a given time or location? And what about the newest AI innovation to outsmart people, ChatGPT ? .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 19, 2023

million write off of a failed in-house software deployment process. Data, of course, is the backbone of AI. category tags: senior living , Home Care , home health care , tech-enabled home care Consider Jet Blue’s interest in buying Spirit, getting planes and pilots(infrastructure) that match its current business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

For years device and software tech ‘improved’ to a point of widespread optimism about our tech future. So now many health systems are charging for use of online portals that provide a way to engage with the physician, for example, responding to messages in MyChart , the EPIC software portal. QR code to access programs for performances.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

AI-software can execute tasks typically performed manually, helping staff members streamline their workflows. AI-software automates and helps guide the telehealth tasks required to build, strengthen, and expand the patient-provider relationship. AI and Patient-Staff Interactions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

One of the experts suggested that the university is the right place to introduce it – perhaps across the disciplines of mechanical engineering, architecture, software engineering, or hardware device design. category tags: assistive technologies , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , baby boomers , Television/Smart TV.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AI — CharmHealth , a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, today announced that Binah.ai is a leader in health and wellness check software which makes health data more accessible for better care at lower costs. The Software Advice logo is a service mark of Gartner, Inc.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

February – that’s when the 2023 AI hysterical hype cycle went into full gear. DALL-E (creating images from text captions) and other generative AI tools have become, uh, visible, and perhaps really useful in film-making and video game development. AI and the Internet of Caring Things. Which means it will become very useful.

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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. With the fusion of AI and human connection, we have created the optimal service of a caregiver and speed of digital products." Five technology offerings to mitigate social isolation of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care. What are factors that underscore the need and potential for AI in care work? While professional care providers will play a key role, increasingly their work will be augmented by software -- apps, machine learning and conversational AI.

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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 ). Launching a new research/report project this month– Voice-AI for Older Adults 2022].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

February – that’s when the 2023 AI hysterical hype cycle went into full gear. To be tackled in an upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , being researched now. AI and the Internet of Caring Things. These two letters, AI, have risen to top of tech talk and media minds. Which means it will become very useful.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Then there is software from Volara (now owned by Uniguest , available as part of T ouchtown Voice ) offer tech concierge services that can help save staff some effort supporting individual users. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Do designers actually test a design with users before scaling it up for manufacturing or releasing the new software? category tags: Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , vehicle/transportation technology-services , smart home. It was the “easiest car to understand and operate, by a large margin.”. But in the meantime, simplicity reigns.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Each of those devices is enabled for older adults by either more targeted marketing and packaging, enabling software, or bundling into solutions for in-home caregiving and/or healthcare. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to PCN clinical directors, e-triage through software such as EMIS has been especially effective in boosting capacity and the information gathered from patients through online triage has tended to be more efficient and of good quality. Elsewhere artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to speed up this process.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2024

Should AI software detect when a user is having difficulty and chime in with suggestions? Read more. category tags: smartphones, cellphones , vehicle/transportation technology-services , AgeTech Are there innovations on the horizon that will improve the tech user experience?

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