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March 2025

Fifteen years of AgeTech – the category remains – can a standard improve adoption?

Thu, 03/27/2025 - 08:03 - Laurie Orlov

IEEE wants to drive creation of a standard for AgeTech.  The global organization, long a player in the creation of standards across the spectrum of technology and engineering, has launched an ‘Activity’ called Technology Standards for the Aging (or AgeTech).The scope includes “terminology, human factors, usability, metrics, test methods, and interoperability for AgeTech products and services.” One possible output of this initiative is a certification of products or services that are in compliance with the standard.  Many already associated with the AgeTech topic are participating in this initiative, which is comprised of meetings and online discussion over a two-year period.

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AgeTech, aging in place, Technology - AARP
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Robots to help older adults – are we there yet?

Wed, 03/19/2025 - 12:54 - Laurie Orlov

Some subjects are perennials – like robots for older adults.  Here we go again. This must be in some Fast Company editor’s standing list of topics – nothing else to write about so let’s do the robot-for-older-adults article again, this time written by futurists, comparing AI tech to physical robots – and asking real older adults what they think. You have to hand it to the interviewees – they know this is not a ‘robots’ topic. And they recognize ‘Advisor’ capability that already exists in Siri and Alexa – and that it is improving, though not (yet?) helping with human connections and isolation. 

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robotics, AI and machine learning, AgeTech, Home Care
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For older adults, drivers of tech change 2025 and beyond

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 09:46 - Laurie Orlov

The more things change – some trends dominate.   As the demographics change, couples age at different rates, life expectancy grows among the 65+ --averaging 20 more years, the oldest population growth rate outpaces younger demographic segments.  As the oldest baby boomer crosses 80 in the next few months several trends will drive technology adoption in distinctly new ways. As a result, the market for tech will need to accommodate a series of changes, sales methodologies and market opportunities.  A worsening labor shortage will continue to plague the senior care sectors, including senior living, nursing homes, and in-home care. What are the drivers that should attract innovators in the older adult tech industry?

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AI and machine learning, Conversational and generative AI, senior living, Home Care, AgeTech
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Digital literacy as a foundation for quality of life as we age

Wed, 03/05/2025 - 16:42 - Laurie Orlov

An impressive process was launched in 2013 at an AARP convention in Atlanta. Groups of older adults were shown how to use tablets. A presenter demonstrated and 4H volunteers sat at tables with the attendees to show them how to use them.  The program was called Mentor Up – and the idea was that young people could/should volunteer to help older adults with a device that was unfamiliar and baffling. At that time, the iPad was just three years old. The older adults in the room almost certainly did not own one -- at that time, 26 million older adults were NOT online. So their surprise and delight at what it could do made an impression. The role of young people was equally impressive -- and should be a role model for today.

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baby boomers, digital health, AgeTech, Technology - AARP
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