Aging in Place Technology Watch

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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Technology trackers, don't quit your day job yet. 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. But forward motion is detectable.

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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. This is the case with ChatGPT. Okay, okay, so it’s a beginning.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to PHI analysis, the job pays so poorly today that 40% live in low-income households and 43% rely on public assistance. And there is much to consider about in-home privacy with a technology that can map the interior of a home. What types of robots and/or robotic assistance will be useful in a decade? Thoughts welcome!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It’s easy to say, and it resonates -- especially compared to other long-standing terms like assistive technology, gerontechnology and durable medical equipment (DME). Consider whether those four categories are AgeTech or ‘assistive solutions.’ The rise of AgeTech – it is a trend. Tech for quality of life – aging or not?

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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 role can technology play in lowering the cost of care? Searching, one finds little mention of technology for care outside of the hospital.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

There is quite a bit of chatter in long-term care publications about the need for more technology use, and providers are asked to offer best examples of tech use to win an award (separate categories for senior living, home care, and skilled nursing) at the upcoming Leading Age event in October.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Trends accelerated by the pandemic continue to emerge, and the population aged 50+ will continue to purchase and use technology, accounting for an estimated 51% of technology spending by 2030. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care. Disruptions in the hearing technology market will persist.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Or CES 2019 , when Google Assistant was everywhere and today, when it appears to be ‘ going down the tubes.’ While Concha Labs hearing aids must be FDA approved before being sold in the United States, the combined technology and discreet profile of this product presents some exciting possibilities. In tech, nothing is forever, though.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

With this recognition, healthcare leaders are now challenged with determining if their initial technology investments to enable telemedicine are appropriate to support future endeavors. As a result, an effective team collaboration to make this decision on outfitting the service with the right technology will be required.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Butlr Care. "Butlr, a leading provider of anonymous people-sensing technology, today announced the availability of Butlr Care. By passively moni t oring movement patterns via thermal sensors, Butlr Care can alert caregivers when seniors need assistance. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

Spend less time on administrative tasks leveraging a virtual clinical assistant. This lively conversation with our panel of healthcare advisors from Microsoft and Avanade will open your eyes to new possibilities leveraging technology you likely already own! For patients: Convenience and safety through virtual patient visits.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s been an interesting technology week. As senior living technology moves past early adopters and more communities move forward with voice technology, Caremerge is going to be on the cutting edge of that advancement.” category tags: senior living , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Despite the best efforts of industry leadership and management, the gap between the numbers of patients and families seeking assistance and the availability of workers to provide that care is accelerating at an unsustainable pace. Real-time alerts can be sent to caregivers or emergency services, ensuring timely assistance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They have smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs, wearables – with the same disinterest in smart home technologies. Smart home technology (still after 5 years of survey questions) still does not appeal – only a third have any and most of the rest are aware but not interested. “Too And the unfilled need for training and instruction continues.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Consider the high price (upwards of $6000 per pair), limited insurance company assistance, and much individual isolation, misery, and family frustration. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss , baby boomers. Consider the now-known and studied connection between untreated hearing loss and dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Some might say that sensor technology for older adults is nothing new. What’s the big deal? Data is transformed into a common information language that connects people, experiences, and real-time AI Assistant services." category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living. Learn more. Labrador Systems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sensor technology is increasingly useful in the care of older adults. Since January of 2020, 400,000 nursing home and assisted living workers have quit. Now think about appropriately placed sensor technologies -- motion sensors, radio waves, localized AI cameras, near or on-body movement detection technologies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

A technology buyer or influencer has different needs at life-stage transition points. Chatbots may be forging a new path to assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

Most would agree: AI is the hottest segment in the technology market today. Botco’s chatbot technology has been deployed at Carlton Senior Living. Also, if you missed it, here is the 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AI and machine learning , Generative AI , healthcare , senior living

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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). But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance. That may work for the most well-to-do seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Some of them died, sometimes as some have said, from the ‘ long lie time ’ (one hour or more) before being found or assisted. And it’s also the reason they entered the fall-related technology market – with a new offering. category tags: fall prevention, fall detection , AgeTech , baby boomers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? 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 ).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

All that and more make up the new entrants in the 2021 Market Overview of Technology for Aging, to be published by the week of January 11. Voice first technology – in everything. In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants. Speaking to your car ( Hey Mercedes !)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Building intelligent assistive devices to help the 1.1 Our connected, wearable products provide a way to deliver mobility assistance and treatment anytime, anywhere. category tags: AgeTech , vision and vision technology , robotics , fall prevention, fall detection Learn more at 6Degrees. Learn more at RightHear.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Technology innovation announcements whiz by at what seems to be a breakneck pace. Oe in-Car voice technology like Garmin Speak-Plus for directions without a screen (that’s a plus). and partners with home care providers and assisted living facilities in about 200 cities nationwide." Voice-enabled innovation softly races ahead.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Some of the technology found in the pricier prescription aids will be available in the cheaper OTC aids.” What took the FDA 5 years to complete final review of essentially the same technology available in 2017, especially when they were ordered by Congress to do so? Note that uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Only 2% of the 65+ (or 818,800) live in assisted living community – half of them with some degree of dementia. The 2024 Market Overview Technology for Aging presents the current demographics, describes the opportunity, the appropriate product categories and the current in-market offerings to mitigate these and many other issues.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. J abra Enhance Plus sets a new standard for bringing together the convenience of true wireless earbuds with advanced hearing technology to alleviate unaddressed hearing needs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Is the healthcare consumer ready for voice assistants? There is a technology overhaul underway – the biggest change in user experience since the introduction of the web browser in 1991. From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Notably, the GUIDE Model currently does not note or suggest any of the available technology , including home automation, that could improve dementia care. We bring this technology to caregivers through an easy-to-use app. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones TaprootElla. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. Today if looking for assistive tech for older adults, today there are multiple options, including Amazon or Best Buy. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

A technology buyer has different needs at life-stage transition points. Chatbots may be forging a new path for assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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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. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. As for ease of use?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Growth has slowed , but voice usage did not – 46% of Americans are accessing a voice assistant at least once per month. But that same survey notes that many believe that technology is not being designed with older adults in mind. NOTE: Check out the 2022 Technology for Aging Market Overview ]. How about those aged 65+?

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AUGUST 3, 2020

The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) But according to a late 2019 AARP survey , only 20% of the 50+ population use voice assistants – and for the 70+, only 12%. So let’s say you have an assistant on your smartphone and a smart speaker in your house.

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