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technologies from the Argentum 2020 virtual conference and suppliers

Aging in Place Technology Watch

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. CareMerge is in the Argentum, Senior Living Supplier catalog). Rendever Senior Living.

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The cellphone (50 years old) connects everyone

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Along the way, communication carriers, FCC and other government agencies played a key role – consider the 3G to 5G cutover , creating a threat to older adults with aging 3G clamshell (flip) phones, propelling many into a phone store, where nearly by default they became smartphone owners.

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Insights from 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging

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They will have widespread use in independent and senior living, since many older adults will bring them along at move-in time. category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring. Sensor technology shrinks – and changes form. Sensor technology failed to meet its promise a decade ago.

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

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These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. Senior Housing News: Senior Living Tech Spending Skyrockets, September, 2020.

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Linkage – A rare survey of technology ownership among the oldest

Aging in Place Technology Watch

This 2019 Technology Survey of Older Adults Age 55-100 , conducted online, notes that 80% of respondents (45% of whom live in senior-oriented communities/housing) have smartphones. While they carry flip/feature phones, an iPhone or an Android phone can be used just like a flip phone. And not so positive.

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Five Health and Aging Tech Posts from May 2019

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Consider the slower-growing 8(8% occupied) senior housing industry – where in ten years, 81% of couples will not be able to afford the $60,000 average cost of assisted living (a number that does not reflect higher cost memory care). The report is from NIC – the National Investment Center that provides research to the senior living industry.

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Where is the detailed survey of older people?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

From an economic standpoint -- what will they (or their families) spend money on, how is their health, what is the cost of their care, where do they live? Add moves to senior living or 55+ communities, use of move managers and downsizing specialists. As for tech adoption…the AARP executive summary is upbeat.

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