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AFrame Digital: Health Monitoring Technology for Seniors

02/23/2010

NEW STUDY TO EVALUATE ADVANCED HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR SENIORS

Microsoft and New York City Launch Virtual Senior Center

03/10/2010

As you know, today, in partnership with the City of New York and Selfhelp Community Services Inc., Microsoft will hold a press conference in to unveil a new Virtual Senior Center program, which demonstrates how technology can enhance the lives of homebound seniors and help revitalize senior centers.
 

Technophiles should teach technophobes now

Some seniors are left out of the technology tsunami. According to the Pew Research latest numbers, 38% of those 65+ are using the Internet at home.

GE, Philips, Intel, Mayo Clinic: Why do this telehealth study again and again?

Everybody's doing it - reproving benefits of telehealth. When you put these together, you have to ask why.  What is the reason that large organizations don't cite previous studies rather than spend money to prove the same point? We're not talking about drug trials here, we are talking about telehealth monitoring, a technology that has been around for a decade at least, that has been studied and deployed, but not uniformly reimbursed (which is the real problem here).

Effort beyond task

The dog days of February -- effort beyond task.  I was in a assisted living/nursing home last week and saw the same golden retriever dog (whose master is the ever-cheerful maintenance guy) and down another hall, a snoozing cat. Here's something I've not seen surveyed -- what percentage of senior housing organizations permit and even encourage pets on the premises and in the presence of seniors?  If you know the answer to this question, please contact me!

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