Aging in Place Technology

Gilbert Guide is pleased to announce today that its Aging in Place Technology expert columnist Laurie M. Orlov has published her 2009 Market Overview of Technology for Aging in Place. Her report categorizes a broad range of technology and services, including consumer hubs like Gilbert Guide that can contribute to boomers and seniors remaining longer in their home of choice. In the overview, Ms. Orlov analyzes the present state of the aging in place industry and then using the...Read entire article »

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I recently attended the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas—the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow—and scoped out some interesting offerings for seniors featured at CES and its special track, Silvers Summit. As promised, here’s a look at ten vendors and their products from CES that I hope to learn more about over the coming months. Many of the other vendors I spoke with sounded interested in tweaking or creating products for the aging market. But the...Read entire article »

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With my ombudsman hat on recently, I spent a morning doing an assessment of an assisted living facility. As is usually the case, the nurses showed us a thick patient chart book with handwritten status observations, penciled-in Xs tracking medication dosages and a yellow-highlighted list of discontinued drugs. The 24-hour log used by the aides showed their observations in longhand: “resident is complaining of pain…resident is combative today…resident ate 50% of lunch.” The nurse in charge expressed extreme distaste...Read entire article »

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Now the gift-giving season is behind us, I know, but I just got off the phone with Landel, the maker of Mailbug, a single-purpose e-mail appliance for the PC-less (or PC-useless) home. Wouldn’t it just be a crazy idea this holiday season to give a suite of communication products to PC-less parents, grandparents and in-laws? Lots of seniors are averse to using computers. Here are some options for communication technology that doesn’t require the use of a PC: Mailbug,...Read entire article »

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I admit that I am a bit of a nerd; I find survey data very interesting. It’s especially intriguing when it exposes trends that are both counterintuitive and actionable. So it is with two studies that I tackle the questions of senior and caregiver readiness to use home monitoring technology that can help seniors age in place and stay in their homes longer. The first study is the 2008 AARP Healthy@Home survey of 907 seniors age 65+ and 1,023...Read entire article »

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