Nursing (certified) assistants shortage of more than 73,000 nationwide by 2028.
Montgomery County Commission on Aging, September, 2024
Seniors and their adult children are hiring help to extend their time at home.
Fitbit has commercially launched its first wristworn activity and sleep tracking device, Fitbit Flex.
Ford SYNC health app, has air-pollution, asthma-alert and pollen-alerts. BMW checks steering wheel for perspiration.
Though lots of communities offer computer classes for older adults, the response has been mostly local and small-scale.
Health care costs are skyrocketing. Robots could help address both costs and manpower issues.
5 percent of households with broadband internet have at least one digital fitness device.
Study: depression is associated with subsequent vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Community libraries are proactive and responsive to needs of an aging population.
Note the variation on the S4 of making the phone Easy Mode. Maybe this is the future.
Ciscneros: Housing challenges facing America’s seniors who want to "age in place."
AARP to sponsor StartUp Health research on digital health offerings for the 50+.
Many older adults still do not have affordable, high-speed connectivity at home.
Review: Remotely monitoring of the elderly. But is it different than QuietCare?
Nursing homes face looming retirements in the current workforce, in which one-fifth of workers are 55+.
Montessori Method for Dementia program used in Canadian day centres and nursing homes.
In Time’s poll, 1 in 4 people check their phone every 30 minutes, 1 in 5 every 10 minutes.
Getting online, a priority for low-income children; but low-income seniors are being left behind.
Costs and the number of people with dementia will more than double within 30 years.
Refreshing amidst a sea of media and investor thinking just the opposite.
And we can probably make a tent out of old sheets.