NPR series about aging at home -- assisted by various types of technology - my comment on the NPR site.

It’s time for a quick August update of more new and notable tech offerings, from emerging vendors and new offerings from existing vendors – including beta testing.  Please let me know about others you know about and are not spotted via the Product Snapshots term on this site: >>> Read more . . .

LifeMatters will integrate the AFrame Digital personal health monitor into its home health practice to enhance the ability of its senior clients with mobility concerns to live independently.

Interviews with home care franchise services about keeping pace with demographic change.

It's been more than 6 months since this blog post about tech trends that would influence product capability in 2010.  It seems fitting to check status on what's happened so far, with another status check planned just prior to the new year: >>> Read more . . .

Family members use some caregiving tools to help them care for aging parents.

Paralleling the decline in nursing home beds over the past 30 years, Art Carr predicts the same will happen to the senior housing industry.

Despite the growing percentage of patients who are elderly, training in geriatrics lags behind.

Line up to learn your longevity likelihood.  Aren't you just loving the opportunity we will soon have to download that free genetic marker test kit, the one that with 77% accuracy will tell whether we will live past 100?* Boston University scientists have 'no plans to profit' from the results, but they could make the kit available later this summer. (Warning: analysis of the results will be costly.) I am so struck by how the law of unintended consequences could play out, especially in areas of insurance -- as with a home test kit for Alzheimer's, people might be more likely to purchase long-term care insurance. With a longevity test on the market, how long will the term need to be in term insurance? Taking it a step further, should insurance companies offer free kits as a marketing device? Should your doctor know that you've taken such a test? Should a health insurer know? What happens to rates, deductibles and lifetime caps? What kind of housing and support systems would we want if we knew we could live to 100 or more (or if we knew we would suffer from Alzheimer's)? What would our families do with that information? >>> Read more . . .

SEC follows 6 weeks of Senate investigation of home-health firms Medicare reimbursement practices.