TORONTO, May 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IDEAL LIFE's wireless, easy-to-use and affordable remote health monitoring system is now the first to offer universal mobile connectivity through compatibility with communication brands from Apple (including iPads) and AT&T to Verizon, Virgin Mobile and US Cellular. The complete range of "universal mobility" products offering true m-health will be displayed at IDEAL LIFE's booth #1323 at the American Telemedicine Association conference, May 16--18, in San Antonio, Texas.
Many products and services want to help mitigate aging issues. The great news is that I meet and hear new vendors tackling one or more opportunities emerging from our 'longevity revolution'. As I just heard AgeWave's Ken Dychtwald describe yesterday, we are in the midst of the first global societal experience in history of what it means when people live as long as they do today.
MetLife study of working caregivers -- they're not well. A 2010 study sponsored by MetLife examined the effect on healthcare costs associated with working caregivers who had elder care responsibilities, comparing their responses to non-caregiver employees.
Thinking about 'recareering?' You and many others. In April 2009, AARP published a report called 'Older Workers on the Move: Recareering in Later Life', a term the study equates with 'occupational change' and 'career change.' This Urban Institute research noted that 43 percent of Americans working full time at ages 51 to 55 subsequently change employers, an
CHICAGO – Emota, a technology startup company based in Menlo Park, Calif. that develops software and services for care of elderly patients, has announced its new "emotional networking" product, which it says will help clinicians, caregivers and families support wellness for the aged, enabling connectedness over long distances.
Emotional networking complements existing telehealth solutions, seeking to address not just clinical health, but emotional and social aspects of elder care.
