Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

Among so many choices, here are 10 offerings in the markets of aging and/or disability, that are shown at CES 2024, described in media releases or on their websites, and may be available now or in the future: Bosch Sensortec MEMS sensors. Or do hear well but need assistance in crowded or noisy environments. Learn more. Learn more.

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MARCH 12, 2022

Trends accelerated by the pandemic continue to emerge, and the population aged 50+ will continue to purchase and use technology, accounting for an estimated 51% of technology spending by 2030. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care. Disruptions in the hearing technology market will persist.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Look at the ludicrous amount of time it took to officially enable buying hearing aids over the counter. Look at the ten years or more between the first wave of useful sensor tech for seniors (2005 with GrandCare Systems ) until the newer collection of offerings. Note that uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with dementia.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. And for sure, the pandemic institutionalized the role of in-home telehealth, with CMS reimbursement presumed to become permanent , or at least regularly renewed.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Consider what’s happened with over the counter hearing aids, now available in kiosks at retailers like Walmart and Rite Aid. Observe that despite the hysteria over Amazon layoffs , voice technology has passed its hype cycle and is now present and utilized in at least 95 million US households. Caregiving technology trends.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Technology innovation announcements whiz by at what seems to be a breakneck pace. Oe in-Car voice technology like Garmin Speak-Plus for directions without a screen (that’s a plus). Learn more at Care Hub. Learn more at CNET. Learn more at Constantcompanion.com. Voice-enabled innovation softly races ahead.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? 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 ). Raise the blinds! They believed (hoped?)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Consider the high price (upwards of $6000 per pair), limited insurance company assistance, and much individual isolation, misery, and family frustration. Self-care and self-service processes and procedures are what consumers demand today – whether it is travel, making medical appointments, or shopping.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

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. Learn more at Amicus Brain. Learn more at BoundaryCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Home care vs. assisted living – the demand is for home care. Hospitals continue to close , especially in rural areas. The future?

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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. And there are online training services like GetSetup that offer live online classes for older adults. Enter the tech concierge. How about those aged 65+?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Examine the CDC life expectancy at birth – lamenting that two decades of growth in life expectancy at birth have been erased, either by Covid-19, drug overdoses, suicides or disease. Only 2% of the 65+ (or 818,800) live in assisted living community – half of them with some degree of dementia. million 27.2 million 33.3

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. In the meantime, here are five recently announced innovations and services for the older adult marketplace worth checking out: BloomingHealth. Learn more at Lifesgenie.com. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Care-related service organizations are taking a closer look at technologies that could help them cope more effectively with staffing shortages and other issues. Voice assistants and hearing aids. Communication and engagement. Health and wellness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Perhaps it will be in a rural area, on a property with considerable land, but no nearby services. They are hopeful about the new technology designed to help them. Home care agencies are contacted, transportation providers of rides to-from appointments surface, food is delivered, and other services are brought in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. It's the secret sauce.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Depending on the product or service, it may need a mix of resellers/distributors, face-to-face, and online sales. If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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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

MAY 4, 2023

MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. With the rise of hospital-at-home programs , you guessed it, more will be AI-enabled. Over time, non-medical home care organizations will see AI as a means of improving care management and service to recipients.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. Now, we’re bringing transformative technology to one of the most needed, fastest-growing markets — home care." GetSetUp.io

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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. Real-time alerts can be sent to caregivers or emergency services, ensuring timely assistance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. So many factors converge now that were highlighted during the pandemic – consider the need for telehealth services as an alternative to in-person visits. Home care has been a long-standing technology laggard, but that may be changing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

It can tell by looking at a person's posture whether they might have taken a fall and need help." Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. market upon the exhibition at CES 2023." Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

For older adults, television is a solid rock in an ever-shifting technology landscape. 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. Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at Independa.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We are approaching end of the year – it has been a good one for emerging technologies that can help older adults, today commonly known as AgeTech. The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Stay tuned!].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer. VA is answering these questions and dozens more by transforming its technology systems to create foundational change. Improving care through technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. At home, these individuals likely still require assistance with activities of dressing, bathing, medication management, food preparation and household tasks.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. And for some, technologies were not affordable – median income of a household age 75+ is $34,925. Device access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But before we dive into the startups next week, here is one more look at 2022 – what was notable that could/might/will serve and help older adults? Meanwhile, the OTC hearing aids, starting at $199, can be purchased without an audiologist assisting, inside a retail store or online. 4G cell phone. The high price?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

In this new market year of Voice First technology, information about the user has been responded to in rudimentary ways and with little or no memory of how the dialogue began. when someone says, either at home or out and about: “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” or “I am in pain.”. and “Who should be contacted?”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

At a recent event, recommendations from design experts were discussed and considered in the context of aging adults. The British Standards Institute defines inclusive design as: “ The design of mainstream products and/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

It’s at the point where the surgeon general recently declared it to be a serious health risk : " 29% increased risk of heart disease, a 32% increased risk of stroke, and a 50% increased risk of developing dementia for older adults. Five technology offerings to mitigate social isolation of older adults. Learn more at Care.coach.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance. That may work for the most well-to-do seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Notable at the end of 2022, the Administration for Community Living published the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. Some of these tools are included among examples in the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview. Factor in the need for accompanying age-friendly and ongoing training on technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021.

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MARCH 4, 2020

The 2020 Market Overview of Technology for Aging is now online. 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. Learn more at EnvoyatHome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 17, 2022

Ava’s speech-to-text app provides 24/7 real-time audio transcription with about 5 errors in 100 words based on AI, and the highest possible accuracy with Ava Scribe at about 1 error in 100 words. This uses smartphone technology to translate traditional sound-based alerts into ones that can be recognized by people who are hearing impaired.

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