AT&T Wants to Connect Caregivers with Loved Ones
For the next 20 years, 10,000 Americans will turn 65 each day. Annual assisted living costs are projected to start at $50,000 a year in…
SenseGiz Star Wearable Smart Tech Device
SenseGiz Star Have you ever wondered how someone who fell and was incapacitated could press their alert button, or somehow activate their personal electronic monitoring…
A Good Night’s Sleep. Is It Just A Dream?
As we age our sleep habits change and more than half of men and women over the age of 65 have at least one sleep…
New Technologies for Seniors
Developing technologies for seniors: AgeLab M.I.T
Contact Lens That Monitors Your Health
Imagine: a glucose monitor for diabetics directly on the eye. Cholesterol checking or infection detection. Blood screening available anytime. Even a computer display. That's the vision of Babak Parvis, innovation professor from the University of Washington.
In-Home Telehealth Study Launched By Mayo Clinic, GE, Intel
During the year-long study 200 high-risk patients over the age of 60 with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure, lung disease, will use a medical monitoring device to take their vitals: blood pressure, weight, sugar levels and peak air flow. This information is collected in a central database at the Mayo Clinic where the patient's primary medical team will have secure web access. Clinicians will also be able to use the videoconferencing system to observe and communicate with their patients.
Remote Healthcare Monitors In The Works
In an article for Health Futures Digest, David Ellis reports on the following remote monitoring devices, among other advances of computing, materials and implants, developed…
How useful is a ‘PERS’ compared to a cell phone?
So let's say you live in an isolated location, leave the house to go out to a garage or walk the dog, how useful is a PERS (Personal Emergency Response System) pendant or watch?