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Overcoming inertia in tech adoption -- create something new for the user

Are Health and senior tech products used consistently and to purpose?  When the ultimate user is not necessarily an enthusiastic participant in product use, forget it. Consider the factors noted in Donna Cusano’s recent Field of Dreams post on Telecare Aware, summarized by: “Know you need/want the product. Okay, then it must be Easy to use, providing positive reinforcement (with social and community support) – and I would add, affordable. 1) Ease of use (let’s also assume that the product works!), 2) reinforcement, 3) affordable. Pick two, you can’t have all three. (Note I didn’t say pet-rock trendy, much loved by Walt Mossberg and shown off in coffee shops.)

The gift of aging rich -- and unaware of available services

The gifts of aging are bitter – now there’s a generalization. Rant on. The title and sub-heading in the Times caught my eye. Age and Its Awful Discontents and sub-heading "Is there anything good about getting old? No. Its gifts are bitter.”  The article was Louis Begley’s gloomy reminiscence about his mother and his abhorrence of the 'ravages and suffering inflicted on the body by age and illness.' You wonder, why 'awful,' why 'discontent,' and 'bitter'?  Well, it turns out that his mother was very lonely in her last decade (she died at age 94). "She couldn’t hear well, she had arthritis, too proud for a wheelchair, couldn’t get the hang of a walker, stopped even going to museums, concerts, or sitting on a park bench." Today the 78-year-old Begley feels the "full measure and anguish of his mother’s solitude and that of other old people who end their lives without a companion." It’s too bad Jane Gross and her New Old Age blog wasn’t around (that launched in 2008). Mr. Begley might have read about how other adult children coped (and helped) aging parents. Or he might have hired a geriatric care manager, around since the 1980's. It’s really too bad that despite plenty of money, neither he nor his mother had the inclination to look for ways to maintain the quality of her life.

BAM Labs and Goodmark Medical Team Up to Expand Market for Smart Beds

03/07/2012

BAM Labs’ Touch-free Life Care smart bed solution addresses $1.7 trillion in health spending
for chronic diseases requiring remote health monitoring

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Crown Dynamics is now ready to enter a $14.5 Billion US healthcare market opportunity with its proprietary hardware and software solution

01/31/2012

ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Crown Dynamics Corporation (OTCBB: CDYYD.OB), is pleased to announce that the company is now ready to enter a $14.5 Billion US healthcare market opportunity with its proprietary hardware and software solution.

With over 30 million seniors living alone in the US and growth accelerating rapidly with baby-boomers, there has never been more need for a technology solution that provides people in need with a sense of safety and independence.

Independa has unveiled its Artemis system of sensors to allow for remote monitoring of seniors' vital data in the cloud.

01/20/2012

Independa, a provider of remote-monitoring technology for the elderly, has introduced Artemis, a system of sensors that connect wirelessly to a cloud platform to monitor elderly patients' health and activities.

The company's goal is for wireless technology to allow seniors to live as independently as possible in their homes or in assisted living.

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Independa Unveils Health Measures – An Easy, Affordable Option for Home Health Monitoring

01/11/2012

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11, 2012 – Independa today announced plans during the 2012 International CES for Health Measures – a platform combining conventional telephony with existing Independa cloud-based services to improve remote care for the elderly.

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Independa and LG Team to Provide Industry-First Suite of TV-Based Eldercare Services to Senior Living Market

01/13/2012

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012 – Nearly 1 in 8 Americans are age 65 or older, with higher percentages in countries such as Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. To serve the rapidly-growing aging population, Independa today announced a strategic relationship with Zenith, the U.S. R&D subsidiary of LG Electronics, to deploy technology that will provide residents of eldercare facilities an industry-first suite of video calling, messaging, reminders and other services that enables them to keep in touch with professional and family caregivers.

New Technology Enables Boomers to Monitor and Stay Closer to Aging Parents in Their Declining Years

12/29/2011

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From ShowStoppers @ CES 2012 -- Many boomers living far away from their parents deal with feelings of denial that their parents are getting older and guilt they are not physically closer.

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