Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

Note the wave of announcements of 'free' tech services and sea changes. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth. And that does not seem to have any change in tech use, though it may just not be documented.

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Remote care Telehealth mHealth Nursing 141

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Today’s wearables market for older adults includes smart watches and necklaces, fall detection wearables (with or without watch faces) and related apps, fitness devices, smart clothing, hearables, dementia tracking, and health monitoring. Do tech and service vendors, senior living firms, families and older adults see the potential?

Digital Health 135

Digital Health 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Today if looking for assistive tech for older adults, today there are multiple options, including Amazon or Best Buy. So remote configuration and support partners must be a major part of the offering – or doom the user and family to frustration and eventual tech abandonment.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2023

MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. In the world of hype for those who have followed the tech industry, the phrase ‘greatest thing since sliced bread’ comes to mind. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , Mobile PERS

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

Consider accessible design – where does it fit in the design world? The tech advances but the people don’t. category tags: assistive technologies , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , baby boomers , Television/Smart TV. Or the change to impenetrable touch screens on smartphones and tablets.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

But what if it is a device that should fit into a Wi-Fi home network with other devices, a printer, a few voice devices, and maybe a camera? Instead, remote configuration and support partners must be a major part of the offering – or doom the user and family to frustration and tech abandonment. What they have in common?

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health 69

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.

Remote care 75

Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Network with non-entrepreneurs -- those who can understand the offering and see a practical context into which it fits. Blue Star Senior Tech. Learn more at Blue Star Senior Tech. category tags: aging in place , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Networking is critical to entrepreneurs. And most critical?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It was filled with tech from wall-to-wall and bus ride to bus ride. A competition winner here, a spotlight on hearing there , health tech here – here a robot , there a drone – everywhere a bus ride and 170,000 people, all apparently young and agile. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Learn more. .

Primary Care 75

Primary Care Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Meanwhile, The older adult technology market is still comprised of four main categories , into which the new entrants and inventions, including wearables, sensors, AI, and predictive analytics, will fit. Think back on the cycles of tech deployment. How do wearables contribute to health and wellbeing of older adults? Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The biggest older adult tech news from August was audible. The big five hearing aid manufacturers will once again remake and remarket themselves, their brands and pricing to fit the new rule. The big five hearing aid manufacturers will once again remake and remarket themselves, their brands and pricing to fit the new rule.

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Nursing Medicare 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 1, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. A few topics that stood out: We can hear voice tech with all devices and for all people – especially for seniors. Shall we sum those up as winter?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

You probably knew this – that 2018 was the year of voice tech and healthcare. Google offers a long list of assistance with health and medicine questions, fitness exercises and tips , and symptom checkers. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI technology.

mHealth 83

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 83

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” The three news items on women’s fashion brands speak to all three nouns: consumers, tech and household finance. Note the third of 3 recommendations nicely fits into my discussion above: inclusive design gives people independence. .

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Healthcare Innovation 220

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Note the wave of announcements of 'free' tech services and sea changes. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth. Side-effect: Covid-19 Should Close the Remaining Older Adult Tech Gap. Covid-19 and Senior Living’s growing use of tech.

Nursing 62

Nursing Telehealth Remote care 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

Health tech and service providers want to speak – at least a little. Home health care – perhaps the best fit for Voice First. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , home health care , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth , digital health. So what’s intriguing? Answers to some questions are obvious -- or obviously missing.

mHealth 78

mHealth Digital Health HIPAA Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2019

I have a smartphone app that mostly, but not always, syncs with my fitness watch , but accidental touch of the watch’s amazingly touchy screen undoes the style and requires the phone to put it back the way it was. . category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , cell phones, smartphones , TV remote control.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If your phone is enabling what you need (text, pics, email, browser, fitness tracking, social media) and you have no external motivation (like that family photo share ) you won’t upgrade unless your phone is broken or you are a tech glutton for punishment. category tags: smartphones, cell phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2019

Here are a selected few areas that are not generally discussed in forums about tech for aging – future blog posts will explore this material further -- here's hoping that prospective inventors, providers of existing solutions for older adults will read the whole report to find more suggestions. . In-home rehabilitation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

In another tech publication (“ Big Think – your daily microdose of genius”), you can read that in over 1.5 Lobbying for looser regulations has reached a new and quite convivial pitch – note the fun formation of a ‘supergroup’ of car company and tech lobbyists , supported by the mantra of reduced accidents and greater safety.

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Public Health 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

So where does Voice First technology fit into the senior living equation? That price includes a hearing test, fitting, initial batteries and more. category tags: hearing loss , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors , dementia care. Pilots are typically newsworthy at their start.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

We are focused on the higher cost of care – and certain older adults fit that profile. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , healthcare , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Prioritize which patients need attention, build in virtual visits, but also have a tablet-based protocol. Learn more.

Telehealth 146

Telehealth mHealth EHR Nursing 146

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2018

Audiologists recognize that their focus may have evolved to provide hearing tests as a process step for fitting an individual with appropriate hearing aids – and perhaps less on providing lower cost options such as teaching coping strategies that may be no cost or low cost. category tags: hearing loss , Technology - AARP.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is the sixth article in Healthcare IT News ’ Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 feature story series, and it focuses on the kinds of stresses telehealth managers face, how telehealth technology hurts managers’ abilities to cope with those stressors and how telemedicine tech helps them manage stress.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care 169

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2021

Especially if the product will be launched at an online or in-person show, briefing analysts and reporters enables the firm to refer media to the analyst to understand where the offering fits in an industry. category tags: tech-enabled home care , IoT and home monitoring , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 30, 2018

He soon realized that his own patients, many of whom are lower-income and struggling with complex health problems, wouldn't adopt the same solutions as the tech workers in his Google network. In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. Who's left out?

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Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 84

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

Learn more at Taiwan Tech Arena. The app identifies design elements and appliances like refrigerators, sinks and stairs then provide additional information with specific “to-dos” or fixes to help make the home safer, more comfortable and a great fit." the app will give off an alarm to notify all family members. Not yet available.

mHealth 121

mHealth Digital Health Telemedicine Telehealth 121

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Today or soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. Especially if the product will be launched at a trade show, briefing analysts and reporters enables the firm to refer to the analyst to understand where the offering fits in an industry.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. On the flip side, if the service is in the process of nationwide expansion , call or stay tuned – maybe your product fits into the service or ecosystem. It’s 2018 and in full sprint to the year-end finish.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. On the flip side, if the service is in the process of nationwide expansion , call or stay tuned – maybe your product fits into the service or ecosystem. It’s 2019 and in full sprint to the year-end finish.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 8, 2022

CES 2022 – smaller in size, but big in tech futures. Many big companies decided at the last minute to stay home, eliminating, as one attendee noted, the lines at Starbucks. category tags: CES 2022 , hearables/hearing technology , vehicle/transportation technology-services , digital health , robotics. Learn more. ITRI PoseFit.

Digital Health 75

Digital Health Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

If there was a key trend in all of this racket, Sleep has become a tech obsession, the uptake of Digital Health is almost here, new variants of companions and assistants were pervasive, including Google Assistant inside everything and Amazon voice devices everywhere. EyeQue Vision Tracker. Learn more at Widex.

Digital Health 107

Digital Health 107

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 2, 2018

You want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech, caregiving, product or service. Is this a tool for chronic disease management (not exactly 'wellness') or is this one for tracking a fitness regimen (sounds like wellness)? category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , social media , Technology - AARP. dispensers?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

If there was a key trend in all of this racket, Sleep has become a tech obsession, the uptake of Digital Health is almost here, new variants of companions and assistants were pervasive, including Google Assistant inside everything and Amazon voice devices everywhere. EyeQue Vision Tracker. Learn more at Widex.

Digital Health 53

Digital Health 53

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

Connected Health 188

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR 188