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Today's staffing shortages make tech a must for the care of seniors

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Motion sensors. Wall-mounted (radar-based) motion sensors, video cameras, are finally making their way into the homes of older adults to detect falls or other risks inside the living space of an at-risk older adult. Examples: HandsFree Health or K4Connect. Examples: Current Health (now part of Best Buy) , and Samsung.

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Sensor technology can help families and short-staffed care providers

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And their role tracking trips to the bathroom has been useful in detecting UTIs , identifying wanderers , alerting about sleep issues , noting whether a person has eaten. 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.

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Ten Technologies for Aging and Health from CES 2024

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Our cutting-edge sensor technology enhances the capabilities of hearables and provides manufacturers with innovative features including gesture and context recognition, speech processing and voice enhancement, as well as precise head orientation tracking. Learn more. Learn more.

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Tech for quality of (an aging) life

Aging in Place Technology Watch

What Parks titles ‘The Senior Assistive Solution Spectrum’ includes non-tech categories, including home accessibility improvements, DME products like wheelchairs, ramps, shower seats, as well as medication tracking. category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking , hearables , smartphones.

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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

Aging in Place Technology Watch

According to Gartner’s January 2021 forecast , this was driven by increased consumer interest in tracking their health status during the pandemic (smart watches) and the growth of remote work (purchases and upgrades to headphones and ear-warn devices). category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP. More when there’s more.

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Asking Bing and ChatGPT about AI-enabled technologies to help older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

But forward motion is detectable. Portable devices and wearable intelligence: Gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services 1 2. Portable devices and wearable intelligence are gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services for older adults.

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Wearables for health and wellbeing

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Tracking heart rate is one of the most basic functions of wrist-worn wearables – and a basic element of tracking includes knowing the target (and maximum) heart rate ranges for your particular age group. Track your exercise. category tags: wearables, smart watch , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health.

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