Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

Karie provides an automated solution to the common, costly, but completely preventable problem of poor medication adherence for elderly patients living alone. Our elderly devices come equipped with heart rate monitors, fall detection and GPS - taking care of our elders has never been easier." Learn more at AceAge. Dance4Healing. "

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Digital Health 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In India, a conversational AI chatbot was developed for the elderly and disabled. Beginning a new report -- The Future of AI and Older Adults - thoughts welcome] category tags: AI and machine learning , AgeTech , baby boomers Conversational AI already plays a growing role in care delivery. 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. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection Smart implants: Devices that can monitor vital signs, blood glucose levels, or medication intake 1.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Consider Japan’s use of robots with the elderly. category tags: robotics , Family caregivers , Home Care. Will robots have human-like (humanoid) forms, or will they be distributed as individual assistant devices for particular tasks, as with floor cleaning or as a retrieving table? Will older adults be open to their potential and use?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. And the $146 million that went into PointClickCare – that is software for long-term care ( LTPAC ), another euphemism for what it really is – care of the elderly , generally in nursing homes.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In the description of #7, Realizing the Promise of Virtual Health (in shorthand above, “Accelerating Digital Health”) Manatt includes this snippet/paragraph from the World Health Organization , spelling out digital health in a way that uncannily encompasses the team’s ten goals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

CareYaya. " CareYaya is the fastest-growing health-tech startup in America, solving home care for those with elderly loved ones and medically vulnerable children. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech Butlr also announced partnerships with leading solution providers that are deploying the technology."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Note that PACE programs for frail and low-income elderly are now directed by CMS to use remote technology for "activities that would normally occur on an in-person basis," such as scheduled and unscheduled participant assessments, care planning, monitoring, communication, and other activities.”.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. You search the tech forums, find the example of what happened and voilà, there’s the fix. Enter the tech concierge. Some senior living companies during Covid saw the need to help residents with their devices. Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

Is it probable that low-paid staffers are the only people who can help elderly residents with their smartphones, if they have them? category tags: senior living , homecare , SNF , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Who helps the resident with tech? After a decade, is it likely that IT staff support is limited (or remote)?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

LeadingAge) "EchoCare, founded in 2015, has developed the Elderly Care Home Observer (ECHO) system, a unique sensing system for the care of the elderly during their stay at home. category tags: healthcare , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , home health care. Learn more at Curadite. Learn more at OrbitaAssist. .

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Nursing 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Given the barriers of social distancing, the path of least resistance seems to have been to mandate isolation of elderly, considered, sometimes inappropriately , vulnerable, to be treated differently. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking.

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Mental health 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking , hearables , smartphones. The oldest baby boomer (of the total of 54 million) is 76; 34% of the US population is aged 50+ (meaning 108 million people); 12% of that 50+ population are solo agers (13 million) -- previously and hideously titled ‘elder orphans.’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

For example, despite the enormous cost of medication non-adherence among elderly patients , do designers understand older adult preferences when designing a medication adherence app ? category tags: assistive technologies , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , baby boomers , Television/Smart TV.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

And no matter how tough the Walmart job is, when you compare it to toileting, lifting, feeding, and moving the frail elderly, it takes a very special person to do that work. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care. Are investors mulling that realistically when they pour in big sums? And if so, when?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

And miniaturization and integration mean that nearly invisible wearable technology, such as diabetes patches or smartwatch sensors, will be unobtrusive enough to be tolerated about traditionally reluctant elderly users." category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP. More when there’s more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 29, 2022

category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , senior living. Years ago, it might have been hard to find answers to questions, especially in the midst of an emergency – when a parent is being discharged from a hospital and the home is unsafe. The role of a geriatric care manager seemed critical just to understand terminology and options.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Scams of the elderly is now a $37 billion industry. Scam revenue (and some say underestimated) has reached $37 billion annually – making scamming the elderly an industry that attracts new and creative entrants on a regular basis, equal in revenue to book publishing industry. and blocking the rest – or paying for a smartphone app.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

And look at this depressing list for setting up an iPad before giving it to an elderly relative. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Simplicity – once the firm’s motto – got lost in translation. We want to turn on a ‘voice first’ device and have it welcome – not abuse us.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Furthermore, shrinking reimbursement rates for rehabilitation/nursing home stays and reduction in Medicaid coverage boosts risks to those frail elderly who are most likely to be readmitted to the hospital post-discharge and who may be least equipped to take care of themselves. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care.

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Nursing 128

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living , Home Care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). Perhaps the assisted living staff or the senior’s family could no longer handle the older adult who may have significant care requirements. No matter where older adults live, technology capability matters.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

Virtual caregiving, providing peace of mind to caregivers and improving the quality of life of their loved ones with voice-initiated, intelligent and connected services to support the elderly as they age-in-place. A sleeve that uses electrical stimulation to regenerate muscles and prevent falls for the elderly. Learn more at LifePod.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 30, 2018

The bad news -- another in a long line of ‘robots and chatbots look after the elderly,’ with promotions of those oft-promoted Care.coach and ElliQ , adding Catalia Health’s cute Mabu. As for the categories, the tech in this article may be useful for the alert elderly and/or their in-home caregivers.

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Nursing 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2019

If you were lucky to read Don Norman’s rant in Fast Company , you must agree with his view of design and its mismatch with the needs of the elderly. You would agree with Don that today’s designs fail all people, not just the elderly. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , cell phones, smartphones , TV remote control.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

If we can speak a command to play music, control the lights, or open the shades – benefits can accrue to the elderly living alone, to individuals who are blind or have macular degeneration, and those with disabilities. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , home health care , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth , digital health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

Consider the EU guidance : “The chief of the European Union's executive has warned the block's elderly that they may have to stay in lockdown till 2021 due to the new coronavirus.” category tags: Aging , Seniors , social isolation , social media. Consider interesting the behavior of ‘leaders’ during the time of Covid-19.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living , Home Care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). Perhaps the assisted living staff or the senior’s family could no longer handle the older adult who may have significant care requirements. No matter where older adults live, technology capability matters.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

But scams targeting the elderly have ballooned to a cost $3 billion annually , and that includes only those that are self-reported. See updated Report 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking It hasn’t happened yet.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2019

The results of our pre/post evaluation of VR exposure show that virtual reality can help our elderly to maintain a high level of positive emotion and relaxation. category tags: VR/AR technology , Seniors , senior living , healthcare. Learn more at DigitalTrends. Wellness VR (Visual). Reduce stress and promote well-being in seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

But that can be a problem for the elderly – Pew claims that only 66% of the 65+ population are on the Internet. Also increasing -- the potential role of the Internet in mitigating social isolation among the elderly. category tags: computers, internet and social networking. Nextdoor users are Internet users.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

mcare Home Health Hub, which gives caregivers of all types – from physicians and pharmacists to home care providers or family members – the ability to see and speak to elderly or disabled dependents and confirm compliance with medication treatment plans from anywhere. The two-way video capabilities of the ?mcare

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Telehealth mHealth EHR Nursing 146

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

With Apple, a search for ‘elderly’ (turns up zip) and ‘seniors’ brings up the executive team. Half of the aged 75+ population has a ‘disabling’ hearing loss – no doubt contributing to social isolation and poorer health , not to mention the 5+ million of the elderly living with Alzheimer’s and/or dementia. Okay, never mind. .

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Medicare 76

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

KamiCare. " KamiCare sensors identify when an elderly person falls by detecting the abrupt changes of body movements. category tags: AI and machine learning , Family caregivers , Home Care. Learn more. See latest report The State of Voice-AI and Older Adults 2022.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Caring for children is moving right along – how about more for the elderly, who consume so much more healthcare? category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI technology. Google Actions/Assistant: Google is already perceived by some as better at answering questions via Google Assistant.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. And the $146 million that went into PointClickCare – that is software for long-term post-acute care ( LTPAC ), another euphemism for what it really is – care of the elderly , generally in nursing homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Consider what it meant for the elderly with dementia, for families cut off from in-person visits, and what the caregiving nightmare was like in nursing homes. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Aging, ageism.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at Claris Companion. Ageless Innovation. "JOY JOY FOR ALL Companion Pets are designed to bring comfort, companionship, and fun to elder loved ones. Learn more at OneClick.chat.

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