ViewClix LLC (www.viewclix.com) today announced availability of the ViewClix Smart Frame, the first video plus picture frame that's designed specifically to help seniors and families stay connected.
What’s happening with older adults and tech adoption? Not much. Let’s take a look at the AARP 2016 Technology Trends Among Mid-Life and Older Americans. Hint, the report focused most of its analysis on boomers and below. So that leaves the rest of us to look more closely at what they found about older ages, since it seems that this is the most recent set of material on this topic. From Page 10: “Adults age 70+ are the least likely to have adopted any device.” And on Page 12: only 29% of those aged 70+ own a smartphone – and of non-owners in that age group, only 4% plan to buy one in the coming (2017) year.
At an event this week with that title – it makes you wonder. What will living to 100 be like in 40 years? In 2014, there were 72,197 Americans aged 100 or older, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number is up 44% since 2000, so that is presumably the good news. Moving forward, the projection is for an even more impressive number – 603,971 anticipated by 2060. The bad news? The cause of death from Alzheimer’s disease among centenarians has also increased by 119% since 2000.
What’s happening with older adults and tech adoption? Not much. Let’s take a look at the 
What will living to 100 be like in 40 years? In 2014, there were 72,197 Americans aged 100 or older, according to 