The oldest baby boomers turn 80 in less than a year, and the senior housing market is moving from glut to shortage.
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Report: The average age of those living in independent living has shifted a few years older to the mid-80s with the average age of assisted living residents in the late 80s to early 90s.
Carers UK has launched a new project with partners including Microsoft and the Technology Strategy Board.
New York's Pace University connects its students with senior citizens who want to learn how to stay in touch with their more tech-savvy children and grandchildren.
Communication and telehealth in one platform.
And on the other hand, there are the cruise ship and resort versions.
On the one hand, how assisted living facilities are becoming more like nursing homes were.
Maybe the end user won't use any of it...wouldn't that be interesting?
YARA -- Yet Another Robots Article about their possibilities. Right.
Children are getting smartphones. And presumably a data plan.
The NY Times is testing several devices that promise to make life easier for non-techies.
Study: People who played action-based video and computer games made decisions 25% faster than others without sacrificing accuracy.
Distracted while trying to read an E-Book? Maybe it's all the alternatives on the device.
With Ava, it is using video and computing advances to create robots that can do office work remotely and perhaps one day handle more of the household chores.
Matt Thornhill, Boomer Project: "The advent of Siri means the end of the era when humans have to adapt to new technology."
The number of children living in homes with parents and grandparents is growing.
Typical -- not a word about tech-enabled chronic disease monitoring (or medication management).
Not to be outdone by ABI, Forrester declares that 'the mobile arms race' is underway.
13000 consumer 'health' apps in the Apple app store by next summer.
A vision of do-it-yourself medicine -- but given some of the products, maybe not just yet.
Andrew Carle: The ability for seniors to age in place stems partially from the use of senior care technology.
Mobile Health News quotes ABI Research, which also expects strong growth for home monitoring devices intended for assisted living applications.
Senior Housing News article notes that CCRCs are moving to offer home health care services.
Hopefully a few of the connected Internet TVs are used by seniors who don't have laptops, etc.
State-by-state turnover rates vary from 60 to 100%.