Together, they plan to "help advance innovation and investment in wireless-enabled telehealth devices."
Yet another study: testing the efficacy of home-based monitoring equipment for older adults with chronic illnesses.
Vendor says 99% accurate, reviewer says 90%, but for many better than typing.
Remote monitoring (BeClose, GrandCare), medication reminders (MedMinder and iReminder).
Web-surfing by seniors in Florida.
Remote self-care monitoring at home - gaining traction per WSJ.
Or not adapting your home, but putting a temporary one in the back yard.
Huffington Post offers tips about home adaptation -- minus any technology.
For $199 per year, service will do web searches on behalf of a senior who won't or can't do this themselves.
Summary of statistics from new government report of statstics about older Americans' well-being as of 2010.
Wheelchair brake lock, medication dispensing carrousel, and glow-in-the-dark slippers, among other ideas.
As Facebook passes 500 million users, baby boomers make up the fastest growing segment.
Fifteen steps to make the home safer for a person with moderate to severe dementia.
They dominate every category, spend the most time on TV, etc. Nielsen Wire.
Hearings to begin next week to determine if kits must be FDA-approved as well as used under direction by doctor.
New cell phone for seniors to enter the US market: big buttons, amplification, FM radio, speaking keyboard.
The over-65 age group is adopting Facebook faster than any age range: 6.5 million in May 2010 -- Facebook tries to automate dealing with users' deaths.
More likely to have broadband, own a DVD player and visit 8 of 10 websites visited by the young.
For the first time, those 65+ outnumber teenagers (16-19) in the labor force.
New classifications for Alzheimer's disease will vastly increase those that have the diagnosis.
Per Census Bureau, the number is expected to swell to about 214,000 by 2020 and 447,000 by 2040.
The risk, gerontologists say, is that in celebrating the remarkable, we make those not playing Radio City, and certainly those suffering the diseases that often accompany old age, feel inadequate.
