Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2014, AARP’s Health Innovation @50+ sponsored a report, Challenging Innovators: Matching Offerings to the Needs of Older Adults. They range from the obvious but ignored concepts of understanding who else was in the entrepreneur’s chosen market (“No, I don’t really know, but surely we are better.”)

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And not least, look at the shortage of workers in the care industries and the obvious but elusive pay raise that would match the market of possible workers. What will be different in this second technology wave, both from today and from the market a decade ago? Now take a look at the new report The Future of Sensors and Older Adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

Since then, Medical Guardian became a market leader ($100 million investment from WaterStreet ), with Florence Henderson as spokesperson and Ruth Bader Ginsberg as a customer. market and believe that it has a low penetration rate into the potential market of worried older adults or their physicians and families.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

billion global market in 2021. And AARP’s newest technology adoption report, just published , notes that 20% of the 70+ age range own a wearable. Our research report process is identifying more of those wearables. category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP. Wearable devices make up an $81.5

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Can AI be useful in the older adult markets of home care, senior living and beyond? AARP sponsored an entire large area for its AgeTech Summit – talks and displays of new tech for an older adult market, cataloguing participants in an online directory. The 2023 Market Overview – Technology for Aging. Read the report.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Marketers think older adults are stupid. It is dumb not to report complaints about misleading advertising, and so older consumers are doing just that , with 74% reporting unsolicited calls among other inappropriate marketing messages.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And multiple other companies are jumping into the market, perhaps playing catchup with early entrants. Beginning a new report -- The Future of AI and Older Adults - thoughts welcome] category tags: AI and machine learning , AgeTech , baby boomers Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

But there’s a problem: AARP’s tech trends survey from 2024 and their 2023 guidance from AARP on inclusive design practices, it’s clear and as the AARP report notes, “No one prefers badly designed, over-complicated products.” Tech user experience experts focus on everyone except older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The first eye-opener was the OATS/Humana report about the 22 million adults 65+ who lack home broadband. Over the years, numerous offerings of senior-friendly website and technology products have emerged, many cataloged in the 2021 Market Overview of Technology for Aging. category tags: computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2022

While many of the questions are intriguing (and used for redistricting ) and the data results are much-reported , technology ownership is rarely discussed. The ACS does not spell out what type of wearable device -- but it includes smartwatches and fitness devices -- some barely in the market in 2015. Smartphone use.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

The 2024 Market Overview of Technology for Aging will be published during CES 2024. Also in 2023, AARP updated its report, Valuing the Invaluable: Strengthening Supports for Family Caregivers. category tags: caregivers , Family caregivers , Home Care , computers, broadband, and social networking Dementia care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

The more things change in the PERS/medical alert industry… Long ago (10 years, to be exact), a survey report plus future market predictions was published. And yet in the 2013 report, Next Generation Response Systems , the future was visible. On the LifeAlert website, the woman is still falling and can’t get up. Are we there yet?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 28, 2020

Apple’s Safari did not appear until 2003 and Google Chrome in 2008 – eventually these dominated the browser market, though three cheers for the existence of privacy-oriented browser Brave (2016) and search tool DuckDuckGo (2008). And who knew that political reporting would devolve into reporting the tweets of politicians?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In addition, half of all households reported difficulty in setting up their Wi-Fi network (see Figure 1 ). And check out January 2023 updated Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: AgeTech , Technology - AARP , technology support Parks Associates' update this week is illuminating.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

Because of the sheer size of the older adult market, and the wealth of baby boomers, vendors increasingly see them as constituents for new offerings. Here are just four of the trends identified in the 2022 Market Overview, Technology for Aging. . Hearing technology markets will be further disrupted in 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

Poor information hobbles market perceptions about older adults. AI use in care delivery and marketing is not new - it just seems that way. Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. It is beginning to emerge even in market segments that may have been slow to see (or seize) the opportunity.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Time for the Market Overview Technology for Aging 2021. A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected , made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+) lack wireline broadband access at home. It’s a new year and the baby boomers turn 75. million aged 65+ have home broadband.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

According to research interviewees from multiple reports , the user experience across multiple categories of technology is on the decline, and in some cases the drop in customer experience quality is precipitous -- will conversational AI help ? With 75% market share in the US, it is fair that most see this app in one form or another.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

To reach older adults and their families, one go-to-market channel is not enough. But new market entrants should find local partners to test product effectiveness before going national. But scams targeting the elderly have ballooned to a cost $3 billion annually , and that includes only those that are self-reported.

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David Chou

MARCH 25, 2023

The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation recently released a report forecasting the revolutionary changes that retail firms and tech giants will bring to healthcare delivery in 2023 and beyond. The $260 billion primary care market, previously dominated by traditional fee-for-service providers, is rapidly transforming.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2023

But it’s not too early, as the new report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 , points out through interviews with those deploying conversational AI and machine learning technology today. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , Mobile PERS AI and older adults – powerful if enabled.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Would it be more useful than speaking, tapping, typing and button-pressing? [Another in the series of posts preceding an upcoming report about user experience.] [See See 2024 Market Overview, Technology for Aging ] category tags: Television/Smart TV , smart home , vehicle/transportation technology-services

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What will be different in this second technology wave, both from today and from the market a decade ago? In fact, 63% of healthcare companies reported a security incident related to ‘unmanaged IoT devices.’ From the report, T he Future of Sensors and Older Adults 2022 , to be published Nov, 2022]. . Is this optimism justified?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

Most of the startup companies noted in this 2017 report, Tech-Enabled Home Care , either disappeared, like Home Hero, pivoted like Honor or had to be overhauled, like Care.com. In today’s very competitive post-Covid job market, with all of the associated issues, the home care industry seems ripe for change. That is a sign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

AARP sponsored an entire large area for its AgeTech Summit – talks and displays of new tech for an older adult market, cataloguing participants in an online directory. market upon the exhibition at CES 2023." Smaller by half (100,000) than in olden times, there were plenty of new tech offerings there. Learn more. Rise Gardens. "W

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

In 2011, as part of the Linkage Technology Survey of Adults age 65-100 , the report observes that there are few surveys of technology ownership among the older adult population. To identify target markets and close gaps. Again it helps vendors to target markets more effectively. Why do surveys of older adults matter?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. 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? AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Stay tuned!].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. Now, we’re bringing transformative technology to one of the most needed, fastest-growing markets — home care." GetSetUp.io

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2021

A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected , made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+) lack wireline broadband access at home. Not a surprise -- that follows other reports over the past year or two like Pew (2019), which noted that only 59% of the 53.7

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Large events like Leading Age, Argentum, and sub-events within CES and HIMSS all point to the business potential that draws startups as well as new offerings from existing players – in what may become an increasingly crowded market. mcare is far more than a pill sorting system with self-reported validation. Learn more at Curadite.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Paddy Padmanabhan The markets are buzzing with the latest Rock Health report on funding for digital health in the first half of 2021. What the explosion in VC funding data doesn't tell us, however, is how all these heavily-funded startups are doing in the market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

And multiple other companies are jumping into the market, perhaps playing catchup with early entrants. To be tackled in an upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , being researched now. In addition, half of all households reported difficulty in setting up their Wi-Fi network (see Figure 1 ).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2020, focus sharpens on technology market categories of aging and caregiving. AARP published a new report that showed growing interest in technology among those aged 70+. What other changes matter for this market? Wearables became more visible – on the wrist and in the market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). This was further explored in a 2020 report called Voice, Health and Wellbeing. They believed (hoped?)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

Several times in the past decade, interviews were conducted with experts that lead to some reports about the home care industry. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012. An optimistic view of home care’s future as seen from 2012.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” On 15th February, Macy’s launches a new brand of clothing, Verona, targeted to Muslim women, featuring hijabs, maxi dresses, and trousers, among other items, the New York Times reported today. ” The items will be priced between $6 and $29.99

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