Tel-Tron Technologies Corporation, a technology leader in the business of aging, today announced it is partnering with AFrame Digital, to provide best-in-class fall detection and health monitoring through its CompanionOne® wireless emergency call system. >>> Read more . . .

Center for Tech and Aging Builds a Mobile Health Program. “Mobile health (mHealth) technologies hold great promise for helping health care providers deliver high-quality, targeted care to aging Americans with chronic conditions. The Center for Technology and Aging (www.techandaging.org) today launched a comprehensive online mHealth Toolkit that offers key resources to organizations that want to develop a best-in-class mHealth program for chronic disease management.  The mHealth Toolkit contains vetted techniques for using mHealth interventions in many health care settings for individuals with a range of chronic care needs.” Learn more at Center for Technology and Aging. >>> Read more . . .

Review: Remotely monitoring of the elderly. But is it different than QuietCare?

Lively (http://www.mylively.com), a start-up offering an inventive activity-sharing experience that supports the independent lifestyle of older adults, today unveiled its product line on Kickstarter to generate pre-order pledges before Lively’s general availability, expected in July 2013. >>> Read more . . .

And we can probably make a tent out of old sheets.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ActiveCare, Inc.
(OTCBB:ACAR) the service leader in managing diabetes and medical alert
for seniors, today announced the delivery of its' third generation PAL
(Personal Assistance Link) handset, the ActiveCare MiniPAL. About the
size of a key fob or pager, the MiniPAL features enhanced GPS combined
with cellular triangulation that allows ActiveCare's CareCenter to
locate members 24 hours per day, 7 days a week to better respond to any
emergency condition. >>> Read more . . .

For engineers and visionaries – a grandmother inspires. I hear it so often – the entrepreneur’s grandmother, father, mother inspired the inventor to move forward with inventions – that includes long-time players like GrandCare Systems, It’s Never Too Late (IN2L) or Eric Dishman and Intel – are good examples – but it also includes brand new entrants like myLively and Serality.   Or an inspired and wealthy founder with a long history of entrepreneurship and business tries something new – GreatCall (from the telecom industry) and now CareZone, founded by an ex-Sun executive. >>> Read more . . .

Some of these were threaded into the announcements from CES collections, but here is a recap from the companies' recent incoming missives, these five bring this site up to date. All information, is, minus a drop or two of hyperbole, from the vendor websites and releases:

Ambio Remote Health Monitoring System announced.  Announced at CES, the system monitors weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels, and was built from the ground up to meet the needs of patients, their families, and healthcare and managed care providers.Ambio Health products assist people with chronic diseases in managing their health, and also enables those who want to "age in place" remain independent. The products automatically record vital sign readings (glucose, blood pressure, weight, etc.) on a health portal and provide tools for members and their care circle to help them stay healthy.. For more information, visit www.ambiohealth.com. >>> Read more . . .

So you want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service. It’s a new year and a full year later – so it is time for a tune-up and to publish this guidance again. Perhaps some time soon, your new or existing company will officially launch a new product or service, or perhaps a long-awaited and much-described and long-anticipated offering will finally launch. So here is a checklist that continues to hold true – with a few links here and there as examples: >>> Read more . . .