Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

The first, HomeEXCEPT was one missed at the time, emerging from a 2017 AARP Innovation Business Plan competition. The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. Livindi. “ Livindi keeps families connected with LivindiPad, a tablet for seniors. Families can send pictures to a digital picture frame.

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Psychiatry Nursing Telemedicine Telehealth 173

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

Chatbots can be helpful to older adults and families. But for older adults or families who hesitant about searching for information or frustrated with online sites or call trees, chatbots can be the ideal solution. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living , Home Care

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

There are wearables that can predict the onset of stroke , track at home blood pressure , as well as fit into Air Tags or Smart Tags that can pinpoint the location of a purse, phone (or suitcase) left behind or a person who is lost. category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring.

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Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

It is a space that benefits greatly from the AI’s inherent capability to learn from accumulated data, combined with its ability to predict possibilities based on that data, informing caregivers, families, and other stakeholders. Remember when voice first technology became ‘voice’.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Perhaps it will be in a home that needs ‘ age-proofing’ a large house with stairs, no nearby relatives and no first-floor bedroom. If they can afford it, they buy suites of sensors to help -- otherwise their families, ever-optimistic, spend the money. Perhaps that retrofit is not affordable.

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Nursing 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Consider that this was first proposed in 2017! Consider the high price (upwards of $6000 per pair), limited insurance company assistance, and much individual isolation, misery, and family frustration. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss , baby boomers.

Digital Health 130

Digital Health 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

And our family doctor’s staff initiated an offer of a Facetime (or Skype or Hangouts or other choice) for a follow-up visit instead of going into the office. Home care (companion or personal care) is typically paid for by families. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF.

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Remote care Telehealth mHealth Nursing 141

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Smart TVs, a treasure trove of data , according to Elizabeth Parks, CEO of Parks Associates, can also deliver access to telehealth services, share family photos, and provide engagement for older adults who may be homebound. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Independa.

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Pharmaceuticals Telehealth HIPAA 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 29, 2022

Probably the most important first step as parents and family members age is to self-educate about options. But in the end, the steps are all the same – look for an advisor like a geriatric care manager, call, visit, ask for references, talk to family members, meet workers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blooming Health's user-friendly platform addresses the vital needs of older adults and the family caregiver population, including wellness check-ins and needs detection around nutrition access, transportation and mobility, emergency preparedness, and follow-ups on the outcome of services provided to thousands of individuals every day.

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Mental health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

New announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. It’s been an interesting technology week.

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Telehealth Digital Health EHR Nursing 156

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Nomo Smart Care , a consumer kit for family caregivers. announces the first-of-its-kind smart technology for the millions of people providing personal care to family members, especially those facing health challenges. Here are five exhibitors/content from the Aging 2.0 Optimize event beginning today in Louisville: Learn more.

Health Technology 75

Health Technology Nursing Telehealth 75

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Part of its three-pillar approach to modernization, VA is leveraging innovative technologies, both in-house and commercial off-the-shelf solutions, to provide Veterans with personalized medical care that addresses their individual needs, and the results for Veterans and their families are amazing. Improving care through technology.

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EMR EHR Connected Health Telehealth 195

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. Residents in senior living communities are having a tough time , cut off from activities and visits from family. Read more. .

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Telehealth Remote care Mental health 102

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It's not just caregivers and clinicians who have had to master the new modality for delivering care; healthcare consumers and their extended network of family and friends now have to adapt to telehealth as a new normal in accessing and receiving care.

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Telehealth EMR Digital Health Primary Care 200

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

First off, many residents have died, and news media organizations are now obsessed with counting and re-counting, totaling up the numbers (more than 10,000 as of today) and then counting some more. 72% of residents are women, most are age 85+, and as noted, 'many also have only a small group of family and friends for support.'

Nursing 110

Nursing 110

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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+). Grayce guides families who help aging and vulnerable loved ones. Venture interest in Aging in Place – is it a turning point?

Digital Health 142

Digital Health Medicare Telehealth 142

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

The epidemic of nationwide worry at home that horrified families has been particularly damaging for older adults, especially the oldest, peering out of windows of nursing homes and senior living apartments at family members clustered outside. Engagement matters. Senior living communities, nursing homes, and home care firms must act.

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Nursing Telehealth 163

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

In the UK, for example, one practice of 8,000 patients, of whom 40% needed a translator, saw more patients go online in the first half of April than during the whole of 2019. One user-friendly solution co-designed by nurses included multilingual patient education videos on social media. " Listen to the full webinar here.

Nursing 171

Nursing Mental health Interoperability Telemedicine 171

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The first big event, CES 2023, brought multiple startups and stalwarts to Las Vegas. Ironically, it was not the big tech news of the month – eclipsed by an OpenAI introduction that had appeared in November, but was suddenly noticed – first in December in the media. A few simple test questions ‘(how do families fund nursing homes?’

Nursing 121

Nursing Digital Health 121

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. The 2023 versions of voice-first interfaces on smart speakers are no longer ground-breaking – 35% of Americans now own one. Sixty-two percent of US adults as of January 2023 are using voice assistants on any device (including in-car, in-ear, at-drive-thru).

Medicare 69

Medicare Telehealth Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This post is the first of two about 2023 notable offerings. It learns your healthy lifestyle patterns, spots any inconsistencies that indicate a potential problem, and generates Wellness Insights to keep your Lifeguard RN and family informed." Learn more. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. And on 9/24 Amazon announced CareHub, a way to monitor family members from afar. And on 9/24 Amazon announced CareHub, a way to monitor family members from afar. But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

Health Technology 105

Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

And family members could thus remain in jobs that they would otherwise abandon to provide care. First look at the job profiles in the Bureau of Labor Statistics and examine the median pay of $29,430/per year. Many innovations are in the market today to help families and care professionals care more effectively for older adults.

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Nursing 139

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

The entrants that can help older adults fit into categories like: Smart displays, voice first interfaces will be ubiquitous. Fifty-three million Americans are providing care to someone with health or or functional needs – in short, they are family caregivers. Expect national organizations to put more focus on for older adults in 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One might well argue that Amazon has and will continue to have a major impact on the quality of life for older adults (assuming senior privacy concerns and technology barriers to adoption are overcome – more on that another time): Offered low-price Voice First devices. What about a call for help without a wearable? Amazon in healthcare.

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HIPAA Digital Health Telehealth 164

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

First the confusion. Organizations everywhere are rallying to the need to fix or solidify connectivity, whether as part of national policy directive, care delivery , family pressure, staff retention, or maintaining service delivery. A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts.

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Remote care Telehealth Nursing Medicare 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

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. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 133

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

First, they needed to make care more accessible for patients, so they needed a service that implemented telehealth into the home, school or workplace, they determined. “They proposed creating a virtual patient-centered medical home – what we call the Virtual PCMH, or V-PCMH – for the patient/family and their healthcare team.

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Telehealth Nursing Healthcare IT 154

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. App with sensors that track movement and patterns to provide family members/caregivers with reassurance that things are as they should be, without the use of invasive video cameras or wearable tracking devices. and what/who is still around. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?)

HIPAA 141

HIPAA Nursing Telehealth 141

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

Not much chance to mitigate the isolation from family in locked-down nursing homes or assisted living. At the same time, the isolation of residents from families and even from each other in locked down communities has created a business opportunity for telehealth and remote care technology firms – with a spike in interest and demand.

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Remote care Telehealth Nursing 168

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Judging by the downloads of The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 , industry observers saw the potential. That chasm highlighted the isolation in senior care facilities and in seniors' homes, widening the distance from families -- and highlighting lack of connection with health providers.

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Remote care Telehealth Patient Experience Nursing 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Maybe these are the perfect gifts – or perhaps for some family members, the DailyCaring list is appropriate. Ideally the product has an online video somewhere that family installers can view, maybe even with family. Perhaps this should have been mentioned first, not last. Consider the video for Amazon Echo setup.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Innovators in 2020 helped mitigate social isolation, enable in-home strength training for seniors, provided the tech mechanics (regardless of infrastructure) to connect older adults to families? Voice first technology – in everything. In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants.

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Remote care Interoperability 118

Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you hadn’t tuned into the Health Populi blog yesterday, 10th August 2020 , you missed the first five letters of my Age of Corona alphabet, curated in my art journal created in the early weeks of the pandemic. ” A surprise element here is the Echo tag that came from a pair of gloves I recently purchased.

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Public Health Leadership Life Science Nursing 295

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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Nursing Telemedicine Telehealth 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

But what if there is a real possibility to help families and older adults with ChatGPT? Then ask Google the same question: multiple (different) answers , first three provided by Ad sponsors, leading with A Place for Mom, the business that is paid to help find care. category tags: AI and machine learning. Bah, humbug.

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Nursing Medicare 122