Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

Today 95 million US adults have smart speakers and 85% of US adults own a smartphone. Both platforms are now in position to deliver value and benefit to older users -- and thus the opportunity to speak and be heard. These ideas became part of Amazon’s growing number of offerings for older adults.

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MAY 24, 2023

AI and older adults – powerful if enabled. Within five years, however, it is inevitable that the role of this tech revolution in our lives and those of older adults will enable changes in society’s focus, occurring in and across multiple domains. AI in cameras was noted in The Future of Sensors and Older Adults 2022.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Aside from returning a product that is baffling to deal with, what should people, not just older adults do? But depending on the region, many of the customers may be older adults who struggle with the website for appointment scheduling, never mind the device.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

The core of coordination rests on communication, which is notoriously poor for older adults seeing multiple healthcare providers. See this 2022 study about care coordination in healthcare for older adults – 42% perceived poor care coordination, including 14.8% Care coordination in healthcare is largely a pipe dream.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What changed in technology adoption of older adults? Older adults began to go online, and between 2017 and 2022, according to the US Census the 65+ population grew to more than 56 million people, and the percentage without a computer in the home shrank. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Older adults and caregivers are served by a number of offerings and events. In the meantime, here are five recently announced innovations and services for the older adult marketplace worth checking out: BloomingHealth. category tags: AI and machine learning , Scams -- all types , senior living , AgeTech Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

Chatbots can be helpful to older adults and families. As part of research on the Future of AI and Older Adults, interviewees are talking about the potential role of chatbots – and why they should matter. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living , Home Care

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

This year, that revision is being published right after CES 2024, which featured multiple offerings of possible utility to older adults , especially those with physical limitations. As such, the report is intended for those businesses (for-profit, non-profit) and services that want and need to serve the older adult segment.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

Design still needs to include older adults. None of these concepts are specific to designing for inclusion of aging adults. None of these concepts are specific to designing for inclusion of aging adults. And we know that older adults, some not online, are an afterthought when new emergency processes are created.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

These should be of particular note to startups and tech companies that want to reach the older adult market. In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical. It’s not just older adults who need help.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

The availability of high speed Internet enabled the growth in smart home technology for older adults. From in-home motion sensors to Amazon Care to Alexa Together, homes of older adults will continue to be smarter and more useful, especially for healthcare. The stampede into the home boosted demand for broadband access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Asked: "What AI technologies are available today to help older adults?" But here are 'answers': Bing Chat: There are many AI-enabled technologies that are available today to help older adults with various aspects of their health and well-being. Technology trackers, don't quit your day job yet.

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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. As January’s end, the excitement continues. Stay tuned.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2022

Tech adoption among older adults is clearly growing. The growth has been tracked most recently in survey samples that compared the most recent with prior time periods: AARP surveyed 2063 and Pew Research surveyed 1502 adults. And Linkage Connect surveys the oldest, with a sizable sample of 2398 older adults.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

So many really want to help older adults – yet so often ‘help’ can be elusive. Consider the implications of adoption of sensors to deliver and improve the care of older adults -- then look forward five years. Now take a look at the new report The Future of Sensors and Older Adults. Feedback is welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 12, 2022

The 3G sunset has had plenty of warning, but will that matter to older adults? Leading older adult advocates, including the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and AARP, may imagine that there is trouble ahead. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. What, should people worry?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But its importance at every age, especially for older adults, is ever more critical – when you consider how much useful information is available to us from or about our healthcare providers and related services. category tags: AgeTech , smartphones , robotics , AI and machine learning , VR/AR technology.

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JULY 26, 2023

One study confirm (again) that adults aged 55+ prefer to age in their own homes – even as a Mather study notes that they might be happier and healthier in a senior living community. A variety of chronic conditions like arthritis, dementia, diabetes or mobility issues may plague older adults in their longer and later years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2024

Aging and older adults are low profile at both events. A few organizations at these events, like AARP (VIVE) and Best Buy Health (HIMSS), clearly have a vested interest in the health status and care of aging adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Life has been worsening for older adults – in senior living and at home. Every day there is some new article about the impact of Covid-19 on older adults -- or another study turns up that you missed. What’s been going on with older adults in the context of social isolation and loneliness?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Each of these changes will make a difference for older adults and those who serve them. But all that is just a beginning – early January brings the Consumer Electronics Show and many more innovations that can help older adults with health, mobility, cognitive issues, and caregiving. Stay tuned for blog posts in January.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

For older adults, television is a solid rock in an ever-shifting technology landscape. Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. Learn more at ONSCREEN. Saltbox TV. "S

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

The older adult coronavirus statistics skew toward oldest. The oldest adults that appear to be at greatest risk dying from Covid-19 are not those of a specific age, but those in the oldest age ranges, particularly with 'underlying conditions.' The US statistics do what nearly all US data analysis does – 'older adult' equals 65+.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2023

But even in 2012, it was apparent what the carriers wanted to do and everyone knew the impact it might have on older adults. In that case, you may have noticed a side effect – more older adults acquired smartphones , coincidentally when the clamshell phone needed replacement.

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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. Why do surveys of older adults matter? AARP’s survey that combines older adults into a 70+ age group ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Aside from vacuum cleaners , robot toys , and socialization with older adults – robots in the home are not yet at the SciFi level in the film Robot and Frank. Will older adults be open to their potential and use? And will older adults even have a choice? Consider Japan’s use of robots with the elderly.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

But narrowing the focus on the world of older adults, the possibilities are impressive. Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

More programs are emerging to get older adults to tech parity. The first eye-opener was the OATS/Humana report about the 22 million adults 65+ who lack home broadband. Then AARP and OATS joined together to teach tech to older adults. category tags: computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It’s already been a big year for new Amazon offerings that could benefit older people. 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. And today you can see AARP’s focus in its website AARP Voice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. But it also became apparent that some older adults who were shut out from these due to limitations in vision, hearing, dexterity, and even dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2021

The buzz about broadband and older adults has grown louder since the start of the pandemic – which worsened social isolation for so many older adults. So why don't more older adults have broadband connections in their homes? One issue is cost which can be prohibitive to many older adults.

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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. The two events are parallel, both laser-focused on needed innovation to benefit older adults. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones

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JANUARY 2, 2024

As part of that update, it is worth considering changes that occured in the past year that matter to older adults and families. Older Americans Act Update 2023. category tags: caregivers , Family caregivers , Home Care , computers, broadband, and social networking

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But for some older adults, it’s one negative experience after another. See new report, AI and The Future of Care Work 2023 ] category tags: technology support , Technology - AARP , smartphones, cellphones The more technology changes, it’s a step back for some. And in a macro sense, maybe it is. Didn’t think of that?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

That category is less about products specifically designed for older adults as it is about the marketing of many existing offerings as useful to them. The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2022

At the same time, a vulnerable older adult population lacks adequate care in many parts of the country, sometimes due to wage issues, but more often due to the overall fierce competition for workers across industries. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care. Decisions based on emotion, not fact.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

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. The opportunity for wearables (outside of PERS) has barely begun to show signs of penetrating the older adult technology sector.

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