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Survey reveals that Americans do not take appropriate safety precautions.

06/12/2011

Technologies to mitigate aspects of dementia help protect individuals from associated risks.

06/12/2011


Compressing time/distance between grandparents, grandchildren.

06/11/2011

USA Today: Study with Express Scripts suggests mail order process could help.

06/10/2011


Study demonstrates that automated reminders do help with medication management.

06/10/2011


Services for paying the bills and balancing the checkbook to giving to charity, filing insurance claims, managing investment income.

06/10/2011

SelfHelp (Source for Independent Living) and Microsoft partner to continue progress on the Virtual Senior Center in New York.

06/08/2011

Study: Computer and phone user-interfaces, do not generally distinguish between caller and person called.

06/07/2011


Hospital readmission prevention program includes everything EXCEPT technology. Louise doesn't count.

06/07/2011


Short video about aging population change and implications.

06/01/2011

IDC advice to carriers  includes: "Engage caregivers who look after a loved one. They have a vested interest."

05/31/2011


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05/30/2011

Study: Maintaining social relationships and mobility in old age are so important for general well-being that some will go to extreme lengths to keep active.

05/25/2011

Thoughtful analysis of issues and current hype about Alzheimer's diagnosis and possible cures.

05/24/2011

So-called granny flats -- only one-third used for older adult family -- are becoming more popular as zoning changes.

05/24/2011


When the house value drops underwater -- is it still a retirement asset?

05/24/2011


Bedside interactive voice monitors for cardiac patients.

05/24/2011


Home care work is an expanding field, adding 100,000 in 2011 alone.

05/24/2011


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05/23/2011


Should (and do) emerging health tech firms obtain FDA approval of their products?

05/22/2011


The author of a book about ageism suggests that our society has an irrational fear of Alzheimer's.

05/22/2011


A recent look at senior housing trends like villages and cohousing.

05/21/2011


Eric Dishman demonstrates prototyps of technology to enable aging in place.

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