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New technologies may mitigate fall risk – and just in time

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Death rates are rising, projected to be 7 up to deaths per hour for the 65+ by 2030. Did you know that medical costs from falls was $50 billion in were projected to be $52 billion in 2020? And it’s also the reason they entered the fall-related technology market – with a new offering.

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CENSUS: Senior care growth means tech change will be mandatory

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Census Bureau projects that in 2050, the U.S. Figure 1 Estimated revenues from care related services 2013-2020. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. These assertions are built on the Service Annual Survey (2021). Consider the details shown in this table: The U.S. population ages 65 and over will be 83.9

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Will robots help us in our homes – now and within 10 years?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

However, today, there are numerous research efforts to develop smarter robots – consider the MIT project (2021) or Boston Dynamics’ AI Institute (2022). Clearly there will be a need for caregiving robots or robotics to help with bathing and dressing, meal preparation and cleanup, socialization, and multiple in-home safety-related tasks.

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In 2023, The Future of AI and Older Adults is now -- and also up next

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Some of these grants will fund projects to determine best practices in care, some new technology for care, including wearables, and some researching new processes to help older adults age in their own home. And just in time. [

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Falling short on solving the care crisis, now and in the future

Aging in Place Technology Watch

PHI published an analysis of this direct care workforce , including its projected growth based the growth in the aging population. category tags: Home Care , home health care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , tech-enabled home care. The chances that both categories will draw from the same labor pool seem unlikely.

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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care – a paradigm shift

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By Bill Siwicki | May 06, 2020 Topic: Connected Health Mobile Patient Engagement Telehealth Short Headline: Remote Patient Monitoring Featured Decision Content: Project Promo: Hospital-at-home, RPM and other related telehealth services are an increasingly large component of the care-delivery equation for many hospitals and health systems.

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Consider the potential for wearables and older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness.