Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

Another long-time PERS player sees a watch, makes a watch. Medical Guardian already had a PERS watch (from Omate) – which Amazon reviewers did not love ; other than HELP and telling the time, there wasn’t much to it anyway. When Apple Watch launched in 2015 – pendant PERS (slowly) saw the future.

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APRIL 21, 2021

According to Gartner’s January 2021 forecast , this was driven by increased consumer interest in tracking their health status during the pandemic (smart watches) and the growth of remote work (purchases and upgrades to headphones and ear-warn devices). category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Consider the Apple Watch fall detection age default. By now, and for most, no big deal, you may know that the Series 4 watch has fall detection. Assuming that Apple knows your date of birth AND it is 65+, the default setting turns the Fall Detection feature on – you then have to turn it off. Still with me? Still with me?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The watch changed the landscape for wearables. Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens. When Apple announces, industries listen. Last week they announced two features of a new watch, ECG monitoring and fall detection. To date, the Apple Watch may have been of greatest interest to 40 year old males. Well, that was then – or he just wasn’t saying.

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JUNE 25, 2020

Then in April, Verizon does it again, launches a PERS, this time a smart watch offering, called the Care Smart Watch for seniors. At $149, no monthly service fee, the watch is released without an associated call center or a guaranteed responder network. That statement has no connection to today's Care Smart Watch for seniors.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

BoundaryCare is an app for the Apple Watch that promotes caregiver peace of mind and empowers aging-in-place by silently gathering information about safety and wellness and sharing this data with caregivers when necessary. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones BoundaryCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

So residents who will 'shelter in place' stock up on supplies and watch the 24-hour source of all fear – cable news, looking for guidance from Jim Cantore , that icon among storm trackers. When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens. When Apple announces, industries crane their necks to hear. Read more here. Read more here.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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. That created revenue growth for Apple, but also more opportunity for Apple watch-based competitors like Fall Call Solutions.

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Tech companies like Apple, Google, Samsung and Withings are competing with fashion watch purveyors like Fossil (which boasts dozens of popular brands like Burberry, DKNY, Armani, Diesel, Tory Burch, Kate Spade, Callaway Golf, Skagen, Michele and Adidas, among others) and Tag Heuer.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Imagine if the Digital Health technologists had to deal with the FDA to get you a tool like the Apple Watch’s health features approved in 2018 , the equivalent of 10 minutes after the watch was announced. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss , baby boomers.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Meanwhile, many usable TV remote control devices are in the market, including an Apple TV button remote from Function101 and you can also get a button universal remote control – and even one that is back-lit – so you can see the buttons – crazy! We can speak to the Apple TV, the car radio, a smart watch and lock the front door.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch? The goals can be entered into a smartphone app, for example, on Apple Health or Samsung Health , and the Bluetooth-synchronized device coaching feature will buzz and/or display encouragement as you move and as goals are achieved. Was it fear of ailments that worsen with lack of exercise?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Still baffled, they may go back to the store for troubleshooting suggestions – Apple seems to expect this. Within the context of consumers’ willingness to own smart home devices, smartphones, smart watches, smart appliances and more, the need for tech support may be growing and the solutions may not appear not to be.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

fire alarms, some smart watches, E-readers, and GPS trackers. 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. Apple and Google innovations begin to matter – and then there’s Amazon.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

As for the younger among the 54 million individuals aged 65+, they need a smarter watch or activity band, that encourages, uh, activity. and as time goes on, that device needs to be connected to a monitoring center, not 911, as with Apple watch alone , to triage the nature of the person’s problem.As

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APRIL 24, 2019

Or that Apple would produce a watch with built-in fall detection, automatically activated for the 65+ ? If the Apple Watch Series 4 detects a hard fall while you're wearing your watch, it taps you on the wrist, sounds an alarm, and displays an alert. Learn more at Apple. AppleWatch. "If

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MAY 17, 2023

Along came wrist-worn fitness devices like Fitbits and Apple Watches, which by 2018 had introduced Fall Detection for older adults linked to profiles in Apple Health. category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection , Remote monitoring , AI and machine learning Are we there yet? Is all of this good enough?

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. TouchPoint is the companion of another CarePredict product called Tempo, which is a wearable device, similar to a watch or wristband, designed to track subtle changes in a senior’s daily activities and behavior. For Apple Watch.” and what/who is still around.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , tech-enabled home care. Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. Apple watch sells fear to the young. Perhaps you have seen the scary Apple Watch ad about 911 calls.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s quaint to read the complaint about the Apple Watch’s interface, which is annoying and 100% dependent on a smartphone app, but it may turn out to be Apple’s most popular product ( 30 million sold in 2019 ) and huge popularity in 2020. Today, user interface obfuscation is inversely proportional to product utility.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

The goals can be entered into a smartphone app, for example, on Apple Health or Samsung Health , and the Bluetooth-synchronized device coaching feature will buzz and/or display encouragement as you move and as goals are achieved. Getting assistance matters: Help you get help if you fall. Provide an Electrocardiogram (ECG).

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Consider Amazon’s Whisper Mode – “I think you just whispered to me – Sau ‘turn on’ Whisper Mode.”

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AUGUST 28, 2018

FallCall Solutions announced today that the company has launched its second product, FallCall™ Lite, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) app built exclusively for Apple Watch and iPhone. category tags: Mobile PERS , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection , medication management , Family caregivers.

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MARCH 4, 2021

The watch changed the landscape for wearables. Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

The Apple Watch and fall detection -- what about it? When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens. When Apple announces, industries crane their necks to hear. Last week they announced two features of a new watch, ECG monitoring and fall detection. Does Apple really want the 65+ population to buy an Apple watch?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Second, the proliferation of gadget introductions targeting seniors appears to have slowed down, and the use of standard platforms (smartphones, tablets, computers, smart speakers and smart watches) ramped up. The Apple Watch and Fall Detection – What’s it Mean (Sept, 2018)? When Apple speaks, a puzzled market listens.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Is Philips throwing in the towel, now that Verizon, MobileHelp , UnaliWear , FallCall Lite (Apple) – all have caregiving smartwatches with watch faces (and there's even Trelawear's necklace ) that are unobtrusive? category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Picking on Apple because they are there, but of course they are not unique. Below that, advice on how to share what you’re watching on Apple TV (pictured are several smiling youths). Below that, advice on how to share what you’re watching on Apple TV (pictured are several smiling youths). Watch and listen together?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While Philips auctions its innovation-free Lifeline business – others offer caregiver watches that provide a less visible, more useful safety alternative when living alone, walking the dog, or afraid of falling. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS.

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JUNE 19, 2018

There are investors that think the Apple Watch will eliminate the PERS device and its remarkable recurring revenue market. They believe this despite knowing that the Apple watch has $400 price tag and it lacks a call center. And only 20 % of boomers and 5% of seniors are buying them. . . Attachment Size.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Philips GoSafe , MobileHelp Philips Auto Alert , FallCall (Apple Watch) Android Auto , Apple CarPlay. . category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline. Amazon Echo, Dot Google Assistant , Sir i, Alexa MemoryWell LifePod , SharetheCare , LotsaHelpingHands. Wandering/driving. GPS Tracking. Fall detection.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

Quite a few people will, though it is hard to get a real number – which is ironic, since Amazon, Google, Apple, Samsung, etc. Some could query Google Assistant on smartphones or in their cars with Apple CarPlay (via Siri ) or Android Auto. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. and what/who is still around. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?) Fast forward to 2021. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Check out this startling sampling of Apple user complaints. ZDNet published a list of Apple complaints posted on Reddit (which has an Apple forum of more than 800K members) – the list was eye-opening and filled with rage about (storage, connector, power) limitations. Today Apple has 44.3%

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MARCH 29, 2018

Kanega Watch. Patent-pending battery system in the band, you never have to take your watch off to charge – and unlike Apple watch or Samsung Gear, we don’t require a smart phone (because it’s built in). All of the material included here is from the firms, listed in alphabetical order. Learn more at Onist. . .

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