Technology and Aging – One Full Day Component from IAGG 2017. The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) held its World Congress symposia (73 member organizations from 65 countries) last week in San Francisco, "key opinion leaders in health & social services, housing & income support, research & education, public policy, administration & other areas, disciplines, and professions that impact older people and affect their quality of life." As part of the symposia (billed "as the largest world conference on aging"), July 26 was 'Tech Day' and included a pitch event from the following companies. The winner of the pitch event was Kinesis Health Technologies, and the 'people’s choice' winner was Life Assist Technologies. Descriptions are from the companies' websites.
LifeAssist Technologies Inc. announced today an agreement with STANLEY Healthcare to make its robust care giving solutions available to senior living communities through STANLEY Healthcare.
LifeAssist was selected by STANLEY Healthcare based on its CircuraTM + RosieTM SaaS platform that provides a secure, HIPAA-compliant solution for care coordination, content delivery and collaboration for senior care.
iGuardFire’s new innovative iGuardStove device shuts off unattended cooking using their patented motion sensing technology and now they’ve introduced the Activity Monitor, as an additional value added feature to the iGuardStove
The Activity Monitor can alert you when it doesn’t see any motion in the kitchen for a 3-hour period. You can choose to receive either an email and/or text alert after that period suggesting you should check in on your loved one.
iGuardFire has the newest technology that stops fires from happening in the home when cooking is forgotten.
As a smart home safety device, the iGuardStove will automatically shut your stove off if you forget or leave your cooking unattended within a pre-set time period. Sold throughout North America, the iGuardStove can be installed easily to any electric or gas stove within 20 minutes. The iGuardStove Intelligent model has the option to connect to the internet and provide many other valued home care solutions.
Baby Boomers demand technology and safety for Aging in Place
Movin' up – so goes the definition of old age. Maybe this confirms what you have already observed, and the Society of Actuaries (which also uses Social Security Life Tables) has also calculated. According to Stanford economist John Shoven, the definition of "old" is rising, ridiculously compared to the 1920s, but very interesting, nonetheless. Says Shoven: For women, "old" is approximately age 73, with women transitioning out of middle age at 65. For men, he asserts that "old" is around age 70, with transitioning out of middle age at age 60. The assumption underlying this are based on "risk of dying" within 1, 2 or 4 years. If it is 1% or less, a person is is middle-aged. Good graphic, and no surprise, it's another document in the litany of advice for deferring Social Security payments until late, late, late, despite the actual behavior in which 42% of men and 48% of women are claiming it at age 62.
Recent announcements, interesting offerings are worth a look. AARP recently completed the judging process for its Innovation Champion Awards; and upcoming, the Boomer Venture Summit in Berkeley in July, will select business plan startup winners – see last year’s winner. Here are six technology-enabled offerings (some in market, some in process of getting to market) that can be helpful to older adults and those who care for them and about them (listed in alphabetical order):
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP announced today that HomeEXCEPT Inc. has been selected as the Grand Prize winner of the AARP Innovation Champion Awards competition for its service Smart Sensors for EXCEPTional Peace of Mind, a platform that allows family members to monitor loved ones by using thermal sensors to track movement.