Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

CDC notes average life expectancies for women (86) and men (83). And please note that the industries to help those ‘aging in place’ -- home care and home health care -- are overwhelmed with demand and worker shortages. Meanwhile, how about an aging and reality check-up? Americans are aging long but not necessarily aging well.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6 category tags: covid-19 , Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones. per 100,000 of population) during the month of March indicated 13.5% those hospitalized were aged 65+.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

” A surprise element here is the Echo tag that came from a pair of gloves I recently purchased. I layered in some fashion-themed scrapbook paper and a tagline from an old magazine ad: “Bracelets and gloves to charm the feminine heart.” “H” is for hand-washing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

And the CDC has expressed concern about risks and modified procedures for older adults and pick-up of prescriptions in pharmacies. The CDC failed to mention technology. category tags: medication management , covid-19 , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at PillPack. . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

And the CDC has expressed concern about risks and modified procedures for older adults and pick-up of prescriptions in pharmacies. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , medication management , social isolation , covid-19 , Aging, ageism. Covid-19 and Mid-Year Look at 2020 Tech Trends for Older Adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health. Diabetes is a critical health problem. Today, the obesity rate for adults 60 and over has risen to 41%.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

Or to put the question another way, what is it that these devices do that can help maintain or improve health, noting that 32% of baby boomers today get no exercise whatsoever , according to the CDC. category tags: wearables, smart watch , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Consider the CDC definition of health literacy for individuals – " find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others." category tags: IoT and home monitoring , robotics , Home Care , home health care , senior living , SNF. Welcome to iPad!

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Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Or to put the question another way, what is it that these devices do that can help maintain or improve health, noting that 32% of baby boomers today get no exercise whatsoever , according to the CDC. category tags: wearables, smart watch , baby boomers , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Read more. .

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It could also mean easier fixes such as updating meta descriptions and title tags, either manually or using plug-ins like Yoast SEO for WordPress. Optimizing your website for SEO can boost your search rankings and make it easier for people to find your clinic and providers when searching for your types of services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6 category tags: covid-19 , Seniors , Aging , senior living. The oldest adults that appear to be at greatest risk dying from Covid-19 are not those of a specific age, but those in the oldest age ranges, particularly with 'underlying conditions.'

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2019

Correlated with the rise in screen time for the 60+ population, it’s no surprise that 41% of individuals aged 60+ have been identified as obese according to the CDC. Both CDC and the screen time data show that higher levels of education correlate with working past the age of 60 (Pew) and, not surprisingly, lower levels of obesity (CDC).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2023

Yet the CDC data about older adult mortality is dated 2021 – and the health status answer? category tags: Generative AI , AgeTech , Aging, ageism Consider degenerative arthritis, osteoporosis, Parkinson’s disease, late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease. It's for the 65+.

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Nursing 134

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The CDC has an Environmental Justice Index to find correlations between environmental problems and health. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH. ” (page 25) A similar call for equity through the use of SDoH data, including community engagement, was made in an IBM paper in 2022.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 10, 2018

Tagging features for encounters (categorizes like visits). Basic clinical decision support ( US Preventive Services Task force recommendations , CDC Immunization guidelines , HEDIS measures , GoodRX (prescription pricing comparison tool). Medication lookup engine from RXNorm.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Some sources trusted Dr. Fauci, some President Trump; some trusted the CDC, others didn’t – all over the map. What followed was an exercise in classification, metadata, and tagging. Tagging is further search refinement. Next, let’s talk about metadata (data about data) and tagging. These are general categories.

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Nursing 52

Society for Participatory Medicine

MARCH 19, 2020

With this platform they can tag sub-groups (for example ones who have COPD), then e-prescribe info about the pandemic that’s specific to that group. Clinicians can also pull in additional open-source content from resources like the CDC or foundations and e-prescribe that, too. Image credit: purchased from Dreamstime.

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