Industry Trend Studies and Surveys By Date

Pew: Facebook Users Get More than they Give, February, 2012

MetLife: Multi-Generational Views on Obligations, January, 2012

Pew: Tablet and e-reader Ownership Nearly Doubles, January, 2012

AARP: Aging in Place, a State Survey of Livability, December, 2011

CAST: Preparing for the Future, December, 2011

Pew: The Internet as a Diversion, December, 2011

Pew: Why Americans Use Social Media, November, 2011

Nielsen: Smartphone Adoption by Age, November, 2011

MetLife: Survey of Long-term Care Costs, 2011

Pew: The Tablet Revolution and Future of News, 2011

MetLife: Retirement Income IQ, October, 2011

AARP: State Housing Profiles, October, 2011

Dychtwald: Riding the Age Wave: How Healthcare Can Stay Afloat, October, 2011

Harvard: The State of the Nation's Housing, October, 2011

Pew: Americans and Text Messaging, September, 2011

McKinsey: Spurring the market for high-tech home health care, September, 2011

Pew: Social Networking Site Usage, August, 2011

Pew Research data on tech usage among boomers, seniors, August, 2011

Nielsen: Changing Demographics of Tablet and eReader Owners, August, 2011

Americans and their Cell Phones, August, 2011

Pew: Search and Email Top the List of Online Activities, August, 2011

MetLife: Report on American Grandparents, July, 2011

AARP: Valuing the Invaluable: Cost of Caregiving, July, 2011

Pew: Use of Video-Sharing Sites, July, 2011

Pew: Smartphone Adoption, July 2011

ESA: Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry, July 2011

Pew: E-Readership Ownership Doubles In Six Months, June 2011

Aging in Place, Stuck without (Transportation) Options, June 2011

Social Networking Sites and our Lives, June 2011

MetLife: Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers, June 2011

Pew: Internet Phone Calls, May 2011

AARP: Home and Community-Based Long-Term Services, May 2011

Pew: The Social Life of Health Information, May, 2011

AARP: Healthy@Home 2.0, April, 2011

AARP: Connected Living for Social Aging: Designing Technology for All, April, 2011

Genworth: Cost of Care Across the United States, April, 2011

National Vital Statistics Report: Death Rates/Life Expectancy, March, 2011

AARP: Voices of 50+ America Dreams & Challenges, February, 2011

Pew: Peer-to-Peer Healthcare, February, 2011

MetLife: What America Thinks, February, 2011

Mary Meeker: Top mobile internet trends, February, 2011

Alz.org: Boomers -- Generation Alzheimer's, February, 2011

Nielsen: The Global Impact of an Aging World, February, 2011

Pew: Generations and Their Gadgets, February, 2011

Pew: Searching for Health Information Online, February, 2011

MetLife Quick Facts, January, 2011

AARP: Ownership, Use and Interest in Mobile Technology/Health, January, 2011

AARP:  The Impact of the Recesson on Long-term Services/Supports, January , 2011

Pew: Americans Living with Disability, Tech Profile, January, 2011

Pew: The Social Side of the Internet, January, 2011

MIT Enterprise Forum: Boomers, Technology, Health January, 2011

NAC: eConnected Family Caregiver January, 2011

AARP: Approaching 65, Survey of Baby Boomers January, 2011

MetLife/NAHB: Housing Trends Update for the 55+ Market, January, 2011

Pew: Use of the Internet - Generations 2010

Pew: The People Who Use Twitter, December, 2010

Rand: Health and Well-Being in the Home, December, 2010

Philips: Center for Health and Well-being, A Global Perspective, November, 2010

Pew: Location-Based Services, November, 2010

MetLife: Survey of Nursing Home and Assisted Living Rates, October, 2010

Pew: Mobile Health 2010

Pew: Americans and their Gadgets, October, 2010

Families and Work Institute: Working in Retirement October 2010

AARP: Loneliness Among Older Adults 45+ September, 2010

MetLife: Early Boomers September 2010

MetLife: AIP 2.0, the Future of Aging in Place September 2010

Pew: Cell Phones and American Adults September 2010

MetLife: QuickFacts September 2010

ESA 2010: Essential Facts Computer and Video Game Industry

Pew: Older Adults and Social Media, August, 2010

Pew: Broadband 2010 -- a Big Slowdown August 2010

Nielsen Wire: Who is Buying the iPad, and Will They Also Buy an iPhone? August 2010

Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-being July 2010

AoA: Profile of Older Americans 2010

Families and Work Institute: Working in Retirement, a 21st Century Phenomenon July 2010

Pew: Mobile Access 2010   July 2010

AARP: Social Networking and Baby Boomers June 2010

SCAN Foundation: Technology Summit May 2010

MetLife: Retirement Readiness Index May 2010

CDC: Wireless Substitution Survey May 2010

BCS: The Information Dividend: Can IT Make You Happier? May 2010

SCAN Foundation: Technologies for Remote Patient Monitoring of Older Adults April 2010

Del Webb Annual Baby Boomer Survey, April, 2010

Consumers and Health IT, California Healthcare Foundation, April, 2010

Pew: Chronic Disease and the Internet, March, 2010

MetLife: Boomers in the Middle, 2010

Urban Land Institute: Housing in America: The Next Decade

MetLife: Working Caregivers and Employer Healthcare Costs 2010

Internet, Broadband and Cell Phone Usage (Pew) December 2009

BLS Labor Force Projections to 2018, December 2009

Caregiving in the US 2009

Caregiving in the US 2009 -- Caregiving for those Age 50+

Cisco: Aging Well in a Connected World, April, 2009

What Boomers Want from Technology AARP-Microsoft 2009

Largest Assisted Living Organizations 2009

Internet Use and Depression Among the Elderly, October, 2009

The Future of Healthcare is Social (Fast Company) October, 2009

The Importance of Working in Retirement, October, 2009

MetLife: Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, October, 2009

MetLife: Buddy Can You Spare a Job: October, 2009

MetLife: 55+, Builders, Buyers, Beyond 2009

Seniors help fuel growth of mobile web, Nielsen, September, 2009

The Benefits of Exercising for Older Adults, September, 2009

Canadian Study Surveys Boomers and Seniors About Aging 2009

Pew Internet Home Broadband Adoption 2009

Genworth Financial Cost of Long-Term Care, June, 2009

Assisted Living Federation of America Survey Overview 2009

Healthcare Without the Doctor (California Healthcare Foundation, May, 2009)

Older Workers on The Move -- Recareering in Later Life AARP and The Urban Institute, May, 2009

VA Successful Outcomes Home Telehealth, December 2008

Kaiser Permanente Vision for the Future of Healthcare

Clarity and EAR Foundation Report Summary Aging in America 2007