Many aren’t leveraging apps to improve physical and mental well-being.
Washington DC, August 21-25, 2024
At 65, on average -- men: 18 more years; Women: 21 more years.
Connectivity and technology advances are enabling more sophisticated devices and tools.
Forget about your credit card. Hackers want your health data -- and most apps do not protect your privacy.
Through partnership with startup accelerator Aging2.0.
The last third of life is to be, as he puts it, "reimagined and reinvented."
A wake-up call about surveys and what they may not show.
While Alzheimer's prevention is being widely studied, prevention programs at large medical centers are rare.
Intel and AARP are offering help with a simple-to-use tablet.
As our parents age, they’re more likely to need assistance to carry out everyday activities.
New study on housing and aging is a wake-up call to boomers.
So much investment on consumer tools...why not switch focus to medical error avoidance?
Family said a home medical alert system (Lifeline with Auto Alert) didn't send help when a woman fell and died.
Caregivers turn to smart-home technology and wearable devices to monitor family members.
Philips has launched its first-ever app that acts like an mPERS.
Passion blinds entrepreneurs, leading them to get overconfident and make bad choices at the worst times.
Turnover for home-aide workers is around 40% to 65% each year, average wage $9-10/hour.
What one new technology product do you think would be the biggest help to older people?
A pendant alert system is one of many technologies that are changing the lives of seniors and their caregivers for the better.
34% of lawyers polled said they are dealing with or expect to have senior clients who have been exploited.
White House Conference on Aging, which will take place in 2015 – the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act.
Pilot program uses wearable devices to track residents, most with dementia.