Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care. As predicted in The AI Revolution in Medicine , care advice will validated by providers – and providers will become familiar and comfortable with obtaining information from chatbot assistants to help even a bit with the pressure of their jobs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2024

How can those offerings be combined into coherent solutions and services (even subscriptions) that preserve that sense of wellbeing at home, for the longer term? category tags: Home Care , smart home , aging in place , AgeTech , baby boomers

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Even with full-time jobs or living many states away? Even for an aging family member with significant dementia and a family has limited assets to pay for (if they could find) home care? Even in homes that are inappropriate for people with disabilities and complex conditions? Who exactly? Seniors and families need them?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the very end of 2022, a new offering, ChatGPT, emerged from OpenAI , funded in the billions by Microsoft and others, that puts online access to information in a smart new light – even Google is nervous about its possible future obsolescence, if it can eliminate the need for ad-fueled search, where it makes most of its money.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health. That’s a strong business model and habit that’s hard to break. In a webinar broadcast on 28 February, Prof. Best Buy Health is working with over two dozen health systems in the U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2022

One might assume that post-Covid census data will show even higher penetration. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking. Yet older adults are still stranded without technology by their geography. Consider that more than 15% across the US of the 65+ households have no computer and no Internet. Attachment Size.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” category tags: AgeTech , senior living. Consider their newly published document explaining the industries to those who may still not see what’s happening.” Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4%

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2023

But even in 2012, it was apparent what the carriers wanted to do and everyone knew the impact it might have on older adults. Hopefully. category tags: smartphones, cellphones , Technology - AARP , AgeTech Remember that landlines offered the exact location of callers. Yes, of course, that was an issue in high-rise buildings.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

And the same app on a PC, iPhone and Apple Watch are strikingly different, assuming the app interface is even visible on the watch. But even the proficient will be frustrated by forced change. See Market Overview Technology for Aging 2024 ] category tags: smartphones , wearables, smart watch , tablets , AgeTech

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 22, 2023

However, even with the amendments, the job of making locations accessible to those with disabilities, including wheelchairs, left much to be desired, as the AXS map initiative demonstrates. Some health systems endorse their use – even providing a guide to helping older adult members move up the learning curve. Why on earth?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

A voice heard in a house of an older person living alone cuts through the silence, even if it is a conversation with a device. That means they likely eat meals alone, and in particular are alone in the evening and during bad weather. The future: Voice assistants will help mitigate growing social isolation of the oldest.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Even with wealth, older adults at some point in their lives will need some level of assistance. You read it every day in the popular press – the bad news about the 65+ and their future care burden and the good news about the 65+ and their wealth (22% of US spending in 2022). And while demand and costs are up – availability of workers is down.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

It is beginning to emerge even in market segments that may have been slow to see (or seize) the opportunity. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And so the growth in smartphone ownership is led by older adults And it’s pretty tough to buy a ‘dumb TV’ these days even if you wanted one, though it’s feasible. Growth is not the same as adoption. category tags: smartphones , tablets , wearables , smart home , Television/Smart TV

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But even Apple folk have been in restaurants were all of the 50-somethings were sporting Apple watches. Because the technology, even Apple’s, is not intuitive, because the devices connect to the rest of the infrastructure in a community, support is required. Actually, it looks like the watch became a guy thing – maybe saving a life.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Friend of the Pharmacist RFID relies on tiny tags smaller than postage stamps affixed to each medication container, kit, and tray. These tags store critical information and respond by reflecting radio waves from RFID readers.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We can assume that of those, the long-term care facility subset of percentage has even less Internet acc ess for residents and patients. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , SNF , wearables , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring. Bring-your-own-device is assumed.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

Or conducting focus groups, even less prevalent today. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones Or reading the wrong tea leaves or basing a product on personal experience (“My grandmother fell down.”) How about fielding a survey before spending investor’s money -- sounds crazy, huh?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

However, the fault is less with the tools than with the mediocre data available,,infrequently updated even with basic statistics. don’t match the US Census ( 56 million ) which should be the final arbiter for both. Remember when voice first technology became ‘voice’. We take all this AI for granted.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But it also became apparent that some older adults who were shut out from these due to limitations in vision, hearing, dexterity, and even dementia. And even if they did, they might need help with an up-to-date Internet router, managing software upgrades, and avoiding spam and web threats. Device access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Figure 2 Percentage of adults 45+ with difficulty hearing even when using a hearing aid 2019. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss , baby boomers. Figure 1 Percentage of adults 45+ who used a hearing aid 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 29, 2023

Since age data is widely available, and even well-organized lists are available for purchase , it is not surprising that phones of older adults ring multiple times per day. category tags: smartphones, cellphones , seniors and aging policy , Seniors You may know someone of Medicare age with a phone?

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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 12, 2022

But the tech has changed – now non-wearable and radar-based fall detection (even in a steam shower), tiny paper sensors in a mat , wearables that can predict the onset of stroke , ones that feature biometrics, including blood pressure , and even Air Tags or Smart Tags that can pinpoint the location of a phone (or suitcase) left behind.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

But for those who are unsure even of the question, the responses are very, uh, chatty. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living , Home Care No contact info, though, so at some point the user is sent off to the source websites.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And even the Federal Trade Commission is wary of the current hype and AI-powered marketing claims. category tags: Generative AI , AI and machine learning , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , AgeTech These two letters, AI, have risen to top of tech talk and media minds.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

They are never seen in the same room at the same time, working as “Clark Kent and Superman” – tag-teaming with love, resilience, and faith. [To All along, and even to this day, she remains under close surveillance by her oncologist with bloodwork and scans.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2024

A recent survey conducted by 9amHealth found that 48% of Americans are on or want to be on a GLP-1 medication, and a staggering 20% would even change their jobs to get access to coverage for the drugs.

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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. Even without the pandemic, home care was slated to grow. Even at the proposed minimum wage of $15/hour, full-time care would cost at least double the $51K average cost of residential assisted living. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 8, 2023

And it is not just them Government too is motivated to enable them to remain there, even when it may not make the most sense. And even ChatGPT can cough up ways that AI can help in care delivery. The government has offered up an AI bill of rights and Congress is, uh, thinking over their role in regulation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Both of these prompted methods of obtaining stories enable families to access them after a family member has passed away – or in Storii’s case, even help an ALS patient record and save his or her voice before it has deteriorated. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech , healthcare

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden. However, even with the amendments, the job of making locations accessible to those with disabilities, including wheelchairs, left much to be desired, as the AXS map initiative demonstrates. Even Bing and ChatGPT have lousy answers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And will older adults even have a choice? 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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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I covered how to include Test data in Production Environments using the HTEST tag. That article explained how data that is not real patient data, that is to say 'test' data, would be tagged with HTEST. It still should be attempted, even if other methos are also used. So, this is possibly of limited use.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Because the rate of change accelerates, even with the most sophisticated skills, it is becoming difficult for everyone, including older adults, to stay current. category tags: AgeTech , smartphones , robotics , AI and machine learning , VR/AR technology. Are users keeping up with the pace of technology 'improvements?'

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Either way, evening and nights are where the oldest and frailest will need tech-enabled services, including sensor-based remote monitoring, voice-activated calls for help, calming conversational AI, all types of wandering and fall detection, hearing, vision, and robotic assists, whether in the form of tables, prosthetics, smart wheelchairs and more.

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