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Challenging Innovators to Design for Older Adults: 2014 -2024

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It was published in June of 2014 in conjunction with a Venture Summit event run by Mary Furlong and Associates. This was exactly a decade prior to this year’s What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit. Or reading the wrong tea leaves or basing a product on personal experience (“My grandmother fell down.”) Ten years later.

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Five Offerings from the RockHealth Aging in Place Report

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Venture interest in Aging in Place – is it a turning point? RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+). category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Family caregivers.

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Whatever Happened to Tech-Enabled Home Care?

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Past venture capital investment in home care technology boggles the mind. Some went down and others, like Care.com, gained more, perhaps dubious, investment. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care. So much VC money, so little resulting change. What happened to the others? . Was that last $27.5

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Venture interest in Aging in Place – is it a turning point? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS.

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With Fewer Family Caregivers, What’s the (Tech-Enabled) Plan?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

This age-specific gap was quantified in 2013 by AARP (available caregivers in the population, or the caregiver support ratio, from 7:1 down to 3:1 by 2050). Tech-enabled home care was a venture capital bust -- but imagine, turning to one failure and giving them more money to manage tech for the rest.

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Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. Venture interest in Aging in Place – is it a turning point? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS.

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Recapping the most-read blog posts from 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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. Ten technologies from the 2018 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit (June, 2018). Fewer senior-specific hardware items.

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