Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

New progress for dementia care. Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help. TaprootElla. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

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. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. AI is more established in marketing , even in senior-related businesses. Learn more at Botco.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. Consider that the median costs of long-term care are higher than ever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The 2023 Technology for Aging Market Overview is published. But it is notable in 2023 that: Older adults will adapt to change and adopt new technology. If an affordable technology can be found that meets a personal need (or answers a compelling question ), these days, people will find it and get it to work for them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Look at the ten years or more between the first wave of useful sensor tech for seniors (2005 with GrandCare Systems ) until the newer collection of offerings. 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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As with all new technologies throughout history, the hype cycle prevails. So it will likely be with the various variants of AI technology, which will likely become dramatically improved in the coming months and years with infusions of investment from firms like Microsoft. Conversational AI already plays a growing role in care delivery.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s been an interesting technology week. CareMerge is in the Argentum, Senior Living Supplier catalog). Caremerge Voice provides a new level of instant access to community information and concierge services that senior living communities and residents are going to love. Rendever Senior Living. Learn more at CareMerg e.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2024

They have fueled growth in the home remodeling businesses, spending on bathroom modifications and other aging-related enablers, especially home care – which may be an out-of-reach luxury for many. With the boom in scam innovation , government initiatives and new tech emerges regularly to stop or eliminate scamming of seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

And the shortage of labor in the care industries put a spotlight on the gaps in care that AI tech can help close. Butlr Care. "Butlr, a leading provider of anonymous people-sensing technology, today announced the availability of Butlr Care. We're disrupting the established, broken system of care.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Each of these will no doubt feature startups of services and technologies, many incorporating AI ) in multiple areas. SkyPoint Cloud AI Platform for Senior Living. SkyPoint’s generative AI platform enables senior living operators and staff to “chat with their data” grounded in context. Events are ahead like Aging 2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

The 2024 Market Overview of Technology for Aging will be published during CES 2024. It is likely that technology enablement and access will be components of each of the initiatives as they evolve. Dementia care. Medicaid Home Care Services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What changes in care technology will be different later in this decade? Consider the implications of adoption of sensors to deliver and improve the care of older adults -- then look forward five years. What will be different in this second technology wave, both from today and from the market a decade ago?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap. Boston Consulting Group analyzed the care crisis recently asserts that the lack of paid or unpaid care workers to provide care of children or aging parents may prevent them from filling unfilled jobs, noting the 99 million people today who are not in the workforce.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But ‘aging in place’ is still a challenge and maybe a pipe dream for seniors in their late 70’s or 80’s. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). That may work for the most well-to-do seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Care workers – it’s not a shortage – it’s a crisis. People who need care workers will tell you – the media will tell you, and the industry will tell you. From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We are approaching end of the year – it has been a good one for emerging technologies that can help older adults, today commonly known as AgeTech. The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. AT THE EDGE: Alert without Wi-Fi. Stay tuned!].

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With the beginning of HIPAA-compliance, diagnostic capabilities based on voice, and increased personalization capability, Voice First technology promises to provide greater assistance to health professionals and a better experience for consumers at home. Technology for Aging 2020 Market Overview. But the future is exciting.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. The slow rollout of Wi-Fi in senior living was, to say the least, a miscalculation about the future. Consider that older adults remain in hospitals and rehab facilities because there are no workers to help them with care at home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Before the recent hype cycle , there have been multiple technologies offered for older adults that incorporate AI and machine learning. Add in the NSF grant to Georgia Tech for AI-CARING ($20 million) to help older adults, including those with dementia. These grants largely predate the ChatGPT hype. And just in time. [

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) In what year?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The cost of senior living care at $54,000/year over any length of time is staggering, pushing move-in ages out to 84. The move to senior living is a move of desperation for many families, given that their loved one is likely to have dementia and needs more care. What it means – a tech opportunity. Check it out.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

They are hopeful about the new technology designed to help them. Home care agencies are contacted, transportation providers of rides to-from appointments surface, food is delivered, and other services are brought in. category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

In the time of Covid-19, some are talking about an increasing use of technology in their nursing homes. Others are discussing the race to enable ‘televisits’ -- noting outreach from AARP to CMS to boost the requirement for enabling technology in nursing homes. But they also exposed gaps of capability in senior-focused communities.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But ‘aging in place’ is still a challenge and maybe a pipe dream for seniors in their late 70’s or 80’s. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). That may work for the most well-to-do seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Technology innovation announcements whiz by at what seems to be a breakneck pace. Or in-Car voice technology like Garmin Speak-Plus for directions without a screen (that’s a plus). Life has been worsening for older adults – in senior living and at home. What is the status and future of remote care technologies?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sensor technology is increasingly useful in the care of older adults. 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. And the shortage of home care aides is only going to worsen over the next decade.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

A re-read shows how excited the 31 interviewees and participants were, offering their vision of the future of this technology and its potential use by older adults. Has the future arrived in the world of seniors, senior housing, home care? Or is Voice First today, per the Gartner hype cycle, just another interface?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

Long forgotten now, it was briefly in Wikipedia to define the benefit of a continuing care retirement community where you did not have to leave the community if you required higher levels of care. A growing number of the 50+ population are solo agers, those with no close relatives to share in their future care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

Each year, the Technology for Aging Market Overview is revised in January of the new year. The purpose of the document, however, is to aggregate and review trends from 2023 that shape 2024, technology changes that matter, and offer, by category, a sampling of products, services, and sites of relevance to the older adult market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Companies emerged or announced updates addressing dementia care. The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. RubyWell helps all family caregivers save and make money, so you can regain financial stability and focus on caring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Certainly that must be what senior living residents and older adults living at home do, not to mention the of-course sizable tech staff working in senior living and elder care. Some senior living companies during Covid saw the need to help residents with their devices. Enter the tech concierge. How about those aged 65+?

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AUGUST 22, 2023

In one study of studies , the authors concluded that while it seems apparent that it can be helpful, specific technologies were not studied separately. And in New York State, the rollout of AI companion robot ElliQ to 800 seniors reportedly resulted in a "95% reduction in loneliness. Learn more at CareAngel. Learn more at GrandPad.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lots of talk about remote care technologies -- but will the 2020 crisis convert to actual technology change? So much has changed in recent months as a result of Covid-19 -- startling changes that previously were incremental. Consider the components of technology to deliver remote care. What should they be?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Necessity will drive AI usage in care work across all five care types (healthcare, home health care, home care, senior living, and Skilled Nursing Facilities). The care continuum will become a data-driven reality for just-right care. The changes that are most likely within the next five years?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. But is that the best setting for dementia care? No surprise: Data underpins care quality in senior living and home care. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Staffing issues continue to plague senior care organizations. And the shortage of care workers is mirrored in other industries – signs are posted everywhere seeking workers in the midst of the ‘ great resignation.’. Fewer workers available invites technology augmentation. How about the care-related industries?

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