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December 2025

2025 Most-Read Aging and Health Blog Posts

Wed, 12/24/2025 - 14:29 - Laurie Orlov

The Boomer Safety Bundle for the Approaching Wave of 80-year-olds. January 2026 is just around the corner. And so will begin the wave of 73 million baby boomers turning 80 over the next 20 years. Maybe they are all in great shape! Not according to a Johns Hopkins researcher: only 25% are ‘robust and active’. 'The rest are a mix of frail and vulnerable, slowed down by health issues.' And many in their 80s and 90s will be aging in place alone – projected by a Harvard study to exceed 10 million. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) just put out a request for tech ecosystem recommendations – clear understanding that the future for health tech for older adults will be required – and even (!) interoperable. The pace of making all of this happen clearly needs to accelerate. Read more.

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Conversational and generative AI, AI Agents, Home Care, tech-enabled home care
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Linkage_Connect survey – it’s tech, not AgeTech

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 15:46 - Laurie Orlov

Tech users today span all ages. Published at around the same time as the AARP Tech Trends Survey, Linkage Connect’s Technology Use Among Older Adults stands alone as a surveyor of tech adoption among the oldest.  In fact, 66% of their responses came from adults aged 75-89, the majority of whom are women, many living independently in senior living communities.  Similar to the AARP survey, 93% of responders own a smartphone, mostly an iPhone. When 66% of the responders to a survey, mostly online, some paper, are aged 75-89, it makes one pause and consider what this means in the world of technology marketing.

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smartphones, Television/Smart TV, baby boomers
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AARP 2026 Tech Trends – what a difference a decade makes!

Thu, 12/11/2025 - 09:32 - Laurie Orlov

As they do each year since 2016, AARP surveys the 50+ about tech.  AARP’s new Tech Trends and the 50+ offers a sharp reminder about what’s changed in tech ownership over the past decade. We have moved from desktop computers and simple cell phones, email and browsing to today's plethora of tech choice. The report reflects what we can see all around us – 90% of the 50+ have smartphones, texting is their lead communication method, and 90% use social media.  Unfortunately, the report continues to frame the older adult as age 50+. With a life expectancy at 65 extending into the 80s and beyond, this 35+ year span called ‘older adult’ might as well be replaced with ‘everybody.’ Maybe next year, the report will begin to examine the preferences of the 80+ in detail, as this Link-age Connect 2025 survey does. Why doe it matter? In January, 2026, the baby boomers start to turn 80 -- 10,000 per day for the next 20 years. 

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AgeTech, AI, baby boomers, Technology - AARP
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Will AI enable just-in-time delivery of the Boomer Safety Bundle for the 80+?

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 10:43 - Laurie Orlov

January 2026 marks a notable milestone for senior care.  In a few weeks, the oldest baby boomers begin to turn 80-- with a life expectancy of another 8-10 years.  This is as significant a milestone as 2011 was – the year the boomers began to turn 65.  Experts noted at the time that hearing aids might become fashionable (which did happen in the hearables dangling pod market) – and that aging in place might become a trend – no kidding…During the next few years, to pick one example, retailers began to improve lighting, adjust store aisles to accommodate baby boomers in wheelchairs and add more seating in the pharmacy area. Consider changes made by CVS Health to provide more convenient experiences for older adults, including picking up prescriptions via the drive-through.

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Remote monitoring, digital health, wearables, smart watch, Conversational and generative AI
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