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Enter the "Tech Concierge." It is about time.
04/02/2021
Address this demographic’s barriers to adoption.
04/02/2021
Using the Show to communicate with brain-injured.
04/02/2021
Bill: Audio-only telehealth services to be reimbursed through Medicare Advantage.
03/31/2021
Holding huge promise for long-term and post-acute care.
It’s a given -- Voice First will be even more pervasive in 2020. The rapid growth of the market for voice-enabled technologies has been a phenomenon within the past two years that can understand spoken requests and commands, answer questions, and even offer scheduled alerts. Industry firms like 
More smarts are moving into tech for older adults. AI capabilities combined with a Voice First interface is increasingly expected – and so they are part of new offerings to help older adults, both living at home or in senior living communities. Will older adults be comfortable with them? Will they be used effectively to help them remain as safe, independent and/or well as possible? These remain to be validated, but between the smarter homes and the smart devices, we are heading into another wave of innovation. Here are six technologies (alphabetical order) entering the space – information is drawn from firm websites: