Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon CareHub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. But they also have done more work on Amazon Hospitality in partnership with K4Connect (which has rolled out 10,000 Alexa devices to senior living communities).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

Chatbots may be forging a new path for assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training. Should AI help navigate overly complex apps and the enormous Internet? category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

AARP partnered with OATS to offer live video classes that can help with using apps. And check out January 2023 updated Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: AgeTech , Technology - AARP , technology support But there are some options. Candoo offers a 100% remote tech concierge service.

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MARCH 9, 2021

The report predicted and soon in 2018 came to pass that voice devices , and even Virtual Concierges in senior living would become commonplace. During the 2020 pandemic peak of social isolation, the absence of voice tech in senior living became nearly intolerable – and companies like K4Connect and stepped up. What didn’t happen?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

AI chatbots will be built into senior living concierge services. Training an AI chatbot on the various services and schedules offered by a senior living community will be required. Older adults may be less embarrassed talking to a chatbot about tech uncertainty than calling up their long-distance grandson.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Pajama-like clothing is the only way to consume the content vastness of this entirely online Consumer Electronics Show with 500 exhibits, 70,000 registered attendees, and 3 full days of sessions, many pre-recorded, some live. This product is a remote activity monitoring app for seniors. Learn more at Absolute Audio. iCardioGuard.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

eSight is a wearable assistive technology that allows people living with visual impairments to stay on the go while performing the tasks of daily living. category tags: vision and vision technology , hearables/hearing technology , smart home , digital health Learn more. Learn more. Valencell Cuffless BP. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Voice interfaces will migrate to be expected infrastructure in smart displays and apps, added to every feasible appliance, device, and vehicle. They will have widespread use in independent and senior living, since many older adults will bring them along at move-in time. Sensor technology shrinks – and changes form.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

It seems to have become part of everyone’s lives including the way in which we interact with doctors and other healthcare professionals. Apps, apps and more apps. The NHS has a troubled history with apps with local and national teams often competing to build in-house products, and thereby competing with industry.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

A user can also “drop in” on a loved one by video calling them within the app. Constant Companion. "Constant Companion uses voice technology and video to create engaging experiences for older adults, anyone living alone, and senior communities. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs. Even with wealth, older adults at some point in their lives will need some level of assistance. Doctors and nurses are burning out, especially in the ER. Demand and costs are up, and availability of workers is down.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Recognizing that people may live a lot longer, perhaps even to 100. Combine that change with the ‘ Forgotten Middle Market’ of senior living. In senior living or home care, permission to track this type of information is likely (hopefully) given at the onboarding of a new care recipient or resident. Watch and listen together?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

What technologies can help mitigate this growing labor crisis in the senior care (home care, home health care, senior living, long-term-care) services market? Multiple senior living organizations saw the possibilities and deployed voice technology, even as part of concierge services. AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Stay tuned!].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

Note the top trends that matter this Many changes underway in the enabling tech categories for older adults – including the importance of tech for home care agencies – not just the apps for the workers, but for care recipients, such as remote monitoring. Hearing aid users need smartphones and apps.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

CareAlert is an app and an AI platform that continuously learns behaviors so it immediately knows when you should be notified. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2020

The average PERS wearer is still an 82-year-old woman, likely living alone, which is why PERS devices are useful in the first place. And removing the watch feature, various wrist-worn wearables have fall detection and a call center – such as Alert1 's device or the Lively Wearable 2 (used with smartphone).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

And there are apps for the watch that will contact a 24x7 call center (Best Buy) and FallCall Solutions. Combine that data with other stats, like the fact that 44% of women aged 75+ live alone. See latest report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 ] category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection

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MARCH 4, 2020

Aloe Care includes a Smart HUB for live, two-way hands-free communication and Smart Sensors to detect falls, motion, air quality, and temperature. People who use the service have 24/7 access to support, including a professional emergency response team and a family app for optimal care collaboration. EnvoyatHome.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Boston Medical Center specifically serves a significantly disproportionate number of disadvantaged patients living in the Greater Boston community. They live in a virtual world, so this app and the ability to access their care team through text messages [are] much more comfortable."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

It is an end-to-end solution featuring Cognitive Systems' patented algorithms, clean iOS and Android app interface." The Quil Assure platform functions by utilizing ambient sensors placed strategically around a senior’s living space. category tags: AI and machine learning , Family caregivers , Home Care. Learn more.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 17, 2024

For the 2024 Innovation Challenge, CharmHealth will accept proposals in the following categories: Hardware Accelerated AI, Generative AI, Tech Led Innovations, Mobile Health Apps, Healthcare Accessibility, and Social Change Solutions. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C. “The CEO of CharmHealth. “We

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Louisville ownership has transformed both its members and sponsorship -- senior living, skilled nursing, healthcare, insurers. Now live on Walmart.com, Nomo Smart Care is designed for seniors who want to live at home while maintaining their independence, and for their family members who worry about their daily well-being.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

Senior living companies are readying telehealth services (see Holiday Retirement ) and no doubt more will follow. Lots of chatter is underway this week about Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, remote care technologies for senior living (where no visitors are allowed). category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The chances are good that their family member can remain at home through early stages, even continuing to live alone Even after a diagnosis, they'll continue to wonder whether it really is dementia and look for another test they can do at home. Activities of daily living. GreatCall Lively Home MedMinder , PillPack Ring Nest.

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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?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Notable at the end of 2022, the Administration for Community Living published the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy Another study noted that the average family caregiver is a baby boomer woman.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

We designed the Claris Companion tablet for seniors living at home so their family can connect with them socially using email and text messages, photos, and videos, while caregivers can receive alerts and monitor compliance with medications, treatments, and important appointments.” GreatCall Jitterbug Smart2 and Link App.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and apps. They will see widespread use in independent and senior living, since many older adults will bring them along at move-in time. category tags: home health care , smart home , IoT and home monitoring , CES 2022 , hearables/hearing technology , AgeTech.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

Sanvis Health announced today the release of CareHero™ , a cloud-based virtual care offering tailored for the exceptional challenges that senior living communities are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. App which brings our simple to use connectivity solution designed for 75+ seniors to any Android and iOS smart phone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Senior living organizations showed signs of accelerating tech adoption, particularly in areas of AI for remote monitoring and safety. OneStep's clinician app collects key gait measurements during a simple 30-second walk, without any extra wearables or equipment." Companies emerged or announced updates addressing dementia care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For senior living communities: get a branded app, choose the story to create, record your residents answering previously loaded questions. The app then creates a branded movie with music instantly. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Learn more at Leeo.com. Learn more at Somatix.com. Learn more at myseismic.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

A sad tale - reading the lament about the numbers of seniors who will not be able to afford assisted living in 10 years. The report is from NIC – the National Investment Center that provides research to the senior living industry. If one member of a couple is still living in the home, the number rises to 81%.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

Some may require a smartphone app and in-office guidance from the audiologist to get started with it, or at the least, read an explainer about " merging face time with FaceTime." The latest models of the Phonak Marvel are telehealth compatible as they connect via the Phonak Remote Support™ App. Learn more at Oticon.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

Some may require a smartphone app and in-office guidance from the audiologist to get started with it, or at the least, read an explainer about " merging face time with FaceTime." The latest models of the Phonak Marvel are telehealth compatible as they connect via the Phonak Remote Support™ App. Learn more at Oticon.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2019

Meanwhile, over at the $30 billion (2018) home care market, a worsening shortage of workers in the midst of demand growth, is creating a recruiting near-panic among agencies, senior living firms and families, and produced. category tags: Aging , Aging technology , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Tile Mate: A small tracker that can be attached to keys, wallets, or other items and can be located using a smartphone app 1. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection WIDEX MOMENT™: A digital hearing aid that can adjust to different sound environments and stream music or phone calls 1.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Taught in small-group classes by live certified trainers, our focus is on building strength by integrating stretching, balance, cognitive and resistance exercises in a safe, engaging way. Kinesis Balance App. care offering tailored for the exceptional challenges that senior living communities are facing. Learn more. Learn more.

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