Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

AI can be used to create personalized health plans, deliver virtual care and assistance, provide remote monitoring, detect cognitive decline and falls, manage medication, and provide social and entertainment activities. Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Some examples are: Remote home monitoring: Elder care robots that can assist nurses and caregivers to focus on the elderly person’s needs 1. Conversational agents and assistive robots: Systems that can provide social interaction, entertainment, or reminders 3. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Today, 30% of the PERS industry is mobile, validating the emergence of wearables other than pendants to take out and about. In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions including mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance. You get the idea.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Despite the best efforts of industry leadership and management, the gap between the numbers of patients and families seeking assistance and the availability of workers to provide that care is accelerating at an unsustainable pace. category tags: Home Care , AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living

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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 CarePredict.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blooming Health's user-friendly platform addresses the vital needs of older adults and the family caregiver population, including wellness check-ins and needs detection around nutrition access, transportation and mobility, emergency preparedness, and follow-ups on the outcome of services provided to thousands of individuals every day.

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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. And at the end of 2021, 90% of US Internet users accessed the Internet via a mobile phone. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Or CES 2019 , when Google Assistant was everywhere and today, when it appears to be ‘ going down the tubes.’ At Dream Face, we are developing socially assistive robots that ease the workload of caregivers and provide support to aging adults. These assertions have been made before, of course. In tech, nothing is forever, though.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions including mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance. You get the idea.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

Contrast this approach with the separation of ‘accessibility’ settings on devices that are distinct from general settings on mobile phones. category tags: assistive technologies , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , baby boomers , Television/Smart TV. without the need for special adaptation or specialized design."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Everyone needs a little help now and then, and with Remote Home Check you can remotely check in on a loved one and provide assistance from home––whether you’re across the street, or across the world. Other smart pill dispensers and mobile compliance apps depend on self-reporting rather than direct observation. ?mcare’s Orbita Assist.

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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. The Petnow app is the first app to identify dogs and cats with simple scans on your mobile phone. Dr. Jesse Joonho Lim, the founder of Petnow Inc. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

Leveraging voice recognition and AI-based technology, the SmartCall virtual assistant proactively calls users, asking a variety of key wellbeing questions to detect situations requiring attention.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

A smart lamp that hangs on the wall and anticipates and prevents falls of residents in assisted living and nursing facilities, Aladin uses artificial intelligence (not sensors) to detect changes in motion, temperature, and more. Learn more at Absolute Audio. Aladin Smart La mp. Learn more at CarePredict. iCardioGuard.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016. You wonder what investors may be actually thinking about this space beyond aging demographics and the possible assist from technology. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care. Today’s home care workers face serious challenges. hour to start at Walmart.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

And the term wandered over briefly to assisted living. A variety of chronic conditions like arthritis, dementia, diabetes or mobility issues may plague older adults in their longer and later years. But it eventually stuck as remaining in your home through thick and thin. CDC notes average life expectancies for women (86) and men (83).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Today if looking for assistive tech for older adults, today there are multiple options, including Amazon or Best Buy. So mobile health devices, apps or medication reminders may be useful, but touch a tiny aspect of the whole person’s life or health. Upgrades must be invisible or painless. The real user need – a service problem solved.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

This includes smartphones, tablets, smart home technology, Voice First hardware and virtual assistants, and in-home sensors. Aloe Care is delivering the world's first voice-activated, in-home digital care assistant for older adults. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to a 2023 Experian survey report , these frustrations are a result of inability to schedule an appointment quickly, use a mobile device to schedule, or expect more digital options to manage their care. Patients are frustrated with health care access. Still, 80% of what happens to our health happens outside a medical setting.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

C aavo's TV-connected platform brings video calls, wellness checks and assistance requests to any TV (even if the screen is off) and allows remote control of the TV from anywhere. Uniper Care is a leading provider of age-at-home, TV-based and mobile-based solution for care delivery and social engagement. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Home care vs. assisted living – the demand is for home care. Hospitals continue to close , especially in rural areas. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS. Bills are in Congress will make it permanent. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance. You get the idea.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Observers have high hopes, both for Atul Gewande’s role leading the Amazon – Berkshire Hathaway – JP Morgan Chase partnership – and for ways Alexa can assist patients and doctors, maybe considering Suki for Doctors , the model of KidsMD or its partnership-based Flu Doctor Skill.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

Six mobility offerings from AARP AgeTech Collaborative. The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. See recent report: The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , Home Care , tech-enabled home care

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

As 2023 began, tech vendors used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to launch a gaggle of gadgets, not solutions, to mitigate life barriers from hearing loss to limited mobility. Voice assistants and hearing aids. Older adults also are leaving a legacy of photos and stories for their loved ones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the older adult segment, the Apple watch validated the prospects of a wrist worn mobile PERS device market – enticing legacy firms to jump in when they had had only a more obtrusive pendant device. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2020

LifeStation announced Mobile LTE , small and fast, a pendant linked to a sizable 24-hour call center. In any event, the user manual for Sureresponse is still around and promises to "connect you to assistance every hour of every day." category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Seniors , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Network Infrastructure Precision Medicine Privacy & Security Telehealth Its CIO looks ahead to a future with advances in mobility, imaging, telemedicine, virtual reality, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, data security, genomic sequencing and translational research.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2019

HandsFree Health. “ HandsFree Health combines WellBe's unique virtual assistant with capabilities from industry-leading health and technology companies including Microsoft, Healthwise, Cerner, and PokitDot. Each tag contains a unique QR code and matching alphanumeric code. Learn more at Clocr. Learn more at HandsFree Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The time is right for engaging with an AI-powered avatar for health advice, including assisting with fall prevention. OneStep’s technology works from any smartphone, capturing ongoing gait and mobility data that helps establish baselines and longitudinal patient data. Here are five more from 2023, all text from the company websites.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

A sad tale - reading the lament about the numbers of seniors who will not be able to afford assisted living in 10 years. The upshot – 54% will be unable to pay the $60,000 average annual cost of assisted living (make that $93,000 in Washington DC), even if they sell their home. category tags: senior living , baby boomers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 17, 2022

With manual translation, you'll speak into the translate app one at a time and wait for Google Assistant to read back your translated speech. category tags: hearing loss , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones. Learn more. Hamilton MobileCapTel. And this is a free service, available throughout the United States.” Learn more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Passive activity monitoring assists with safety and wellbeing. Today, Bluetooth connectivity to mobile devices like smartphones enables data from blood pressure cuffs, weight scales, and blood glucose monitors to be transmitted to providers’ systems. . Care recipients with mobility limitations or safety risks benefit most.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

The Stay Smart Care mobile app will also alert all caretakers linked to your account." Tochie. "Tochie enables caregivers to assist seniors with personalized voice reminders to help them stay on top of their medication or caregiver schedules, and daily tasks or appointments. Learn more at StaySmartCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

Their award-winning emotion recognition and behavioral prediction analytics technology utilize cognitive modeling and advanced machine learning algorithms to provide enriched conversational insights for interaction with voice assistants, chatbots, robotic virtual assistants, social healthcare robotics and mobile voice assistants."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

So the newly developed one has more features – including step-counting, a voice-assist charge warning, and communication (from the watch) with a care circle. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch.

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