Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

As interviews proceed for the upcoming report, The Future of the Tech User Experience, all agree. And it is not just tech – consider the impenetrable smart TV interface, the microwave button-display combination, the new car that lacks readable warning lights and other user interface issues. The decline of design.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

That sharing is limited by doctors’ ability to accept patient-generated data, where only a handful of doctors have implemented technology for remote monitoring or integrating data from wearable technologies. One-fourth of doctors plan to implement this capability in the next two years. “Macy’s?” ” you ask.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. In fact, all have been discussed on this site, and many viable vendors have emerged: Remote monitoring , use of wearables , and smarter alarms and alerts that can reduce the burden on staff, just for starters.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Primary topic: Mobile Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Sana Health takes home VentureConnect award for wearable, non-drug pain relief tech Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Tech companies that serve senior care organizations certainly see the need for tech change. But wearables , Radar/LIDAR or Wi-Fi based remote monitoring and fall detection technology could replace pull cords – and be the basis for dashboards showing staff the status of residents in each room.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tech user experience experts focus on everyone except older adults. But there’s a problem: AARP’s tech trends survey from 2024 and their 2023 guidance from AARP on inclusive design practices, it’s clear and as the AARP report notes, “No one prefers badly designed, over-complicated products.” Is the user experience deteriorating?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Smaller by half (100,000) than in olden times, there were plenty of new tech offerings there. 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. Touchpoints Digital Health wearable. " Healables. "M Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) We’re still (mostly) talking about tech in the home to help family caregivers. Into this picture, what tech can be somewhat helpful? category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living In what year?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

The hype about ChatGPT and its peers has revolutionized the tech world. Add in the NSF grant to Georgia Tech for AI-CARING ($20 million) to help older adults, including those with dementia. And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden. These grants largely predate the ChatGPT hype.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The investor and technology market, historically known for tech ageism, is beginning to wake up to the AgeTech opportunity. So tech companies are beginning to offer AI-enabled cameras and sensor systems that can detect a change based on tech that is closer to the user (EDGE computing), versus transmitted to the cloud for initial processing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The user envisioned in these screens is obviously quite adept with new tech. Pause and consider – is the tech industry ageist ? In fact, senior living companies are adding the role of tech concierge to their teams. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets.

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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. Look for non-wearable and radar-based fall detection devices (such as shower attachments and floor mats) that predict onset of a fall or a blood pressure change. It’s not just older adults who need help.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Big tech revealed growing interest in older adults and investors saw the potential in firms like Papa, which provides (reimbursed) varied assistance to older adults. Here are the four December posts: Why is Age-Tech different from All-Tech? Age-Tech has its own Market Map as developed by Keren Etkin, Gerontechnologist.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2024

Rock Health break out the 65+ in its surveys of health tech ownership. San Francisco-based Lotus has unveiled an elegant wearable ring that transforms the way individuals interact with their home environment. category tags: social isolation , tablets , AI and machine learning , dementia care, cognitive decline Lotus Ring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The watch changed the landscape for wearables. 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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

By 2018, it was obvious that this was a breakthrough for seniors , ending the tech requirement to tap, touch, pinch, swipe, zoom…and curse at computers and smartphones. What about a call for help without a wearable? Amazon moved forward in 2018 with HIPAA-compliant tech in healthcare. Amazon in healthcare.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. The meeting’s tagline this year is “Health That Connects + Tech That Cares.” Note that 3 in 4 Washingtonians supported the law when polled in March 2023, with only 17% of people opposing it.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

And there are numerous separate focal points for tech for older adults (see Samsung Health House ) and a CTA Foundation Pitch Competition. eSight is a wearable assistive technology that allows people living with visual impairments to stay on the go while performing the tasks of daily living. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, as the photo history of phones shows, the trick is to select solutions, not tech, with staying power and support services to buffer organizations and individuals from the harshest impact of change. But the pivotal entrance of Apple’s fall detection legitimized the market for caregiving smart watch wearables with fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Innovators in 2020 helped mitigate social isolation, enable in-home strength training for seniors, provided the tech mechanics (regardless of infrastructure) to connect older adults to families? Wearables became more visible – enabling PERS on the wrist. Wearables became more visible – enabling PERS on the wrist.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Big tech companies seem to be suffering from the lemming effect – if one conducts a wave of layoffs, the pressure is intense to shrink the corporate staffs , address poor performance (of staff? Projects are underway at the University of Illinois , MIT AgeLab , Georgia Tech , and no doubt other university programs around the US.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Wearables and remote patient monitoring. RPM and simple-to-use wearables for monitoring are easy to use and deploy. Think about your tech stack and whether those are robust enough for work from anywhere with security measures in place. Region Tag: Global Edition. A large portion of work can be done from anywhere.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The pace of innovation in tech for older adults accelerated in 2023. Senior living organizations showed signs of accelerating tech adoption, particularly in areas of AI for remote monitoring and safety. OneStep's clinician app collects key gait measurements during a simple 30-second walk, without any extra wearables or equipment."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

In tech, nothing is forever, though. CES 2024 brought ten offerings of new tech for older adults into view. Already a proven care tech device in the European market and senior living facilities in the U.S., U ltra-lightweight walking assist wearable robot that aims to promote healthy living through daily walking exercise.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing. The statistics about ownership and usage of voice tech are staggering. But tech spending has jumped across all age segments since the pandemic began. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Aging, ageism.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Tellus. “We’ve built an AI-enabled device that is non-contact (no wearables or cameras) and smart. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , senior living , Family caregivers , AgeTech Learn more at Toch Technologies. All you have to do is plug it in.” Learn more at Tellusyoucare.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

News organizations rarely discussed tech adoption among seniors. Now even the Wall Street Journal tech writer searches ways to get elusive vaccine appointments scheduled for older friends and relatives. More programs are emerging to get older adults to tech parity. The watch changed the landscape for wearables.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

This type of tech had obvious benefits, even then, but today, what was obvious then has become a crisis of care today. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living. Remote monitoring products and services built with sensors have been around for decades. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

But the tech has changed – now non-wearable and radar-based fall detection (even in a steam shower), tiny paper sensors in a mat , wearables that can predict the onset of stroke , ones that feature biometrics, including blood pressure , and even Air Tags or Smart Tags that can pinpoint the location of a phone (or suitcase) left behind.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Tech for the early stage. If their family member is still driving, a smart phone app for turn-by-turn directions as well as a “wearable” to help their loved one find his/her way. Tech Categories. that point, a wearable with location tracking may help keep their loved one safe and reduce worry about getting lost near their home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

Meanwhile, edge-based camera tech like KamiCare , video fall capture from SafelyYou , Wi-Fi sensing fall detection from Origin.ai , AI-enabled monitoring from Inspiren – competitors are coming from every direction. See latest report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 ] category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

By June 2021, they partnered with Black&Decker to offer more PERS capabilities – a wearable with fall detection, but maybe that lacked a wow factor. Tech vendors appear to want to meet the need of an older adult who avoids owning a smartphone. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2020

And removing the watch feature, various wrist-worn wearables have fall detection and a call center – such as Alert1 's device or the Lively Wearable 2 (used with smartphone). category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Seniors , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition to the government-supported discount on broadband access, the report recommended “uture-focused tools and assistive technology, such as smart homes, wearable blood pressure and heart monitoring devices, automated pill dispensers, e-learning modules, task management apps, speech amplification and adaptation systems, and geo-tracking.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Without a wearable on the body (like a PERS pendant or watch), it is now feasible and may even be desirable to detect movement, non-movement and falls using Wi-Fi-enabled in-room sensors. Will these technologies move senior living from a food-and-furniture paradigm to AI-enabled tech service delivery?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

During April, numerous senior living communities ramped up tech connections for older adults. Their 776-person sample of those aged 70+ showed 62% owning smartphones, and smaller percentages with tablets (40%), with fewer than 20% having any of smart homes or wearables or home assistants. Per Pew, 37% of the 65+ do not own smartphones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Meanwhile, The older adult technology market is still comprised of four main categories , into which the new entrants and inventions, including wearables, sensors, AI, and predictive analytics, will fit. Here are the blog posts from August for consideration: Wearables for Health and Wellbeing. What to make of all this? Read more. .

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