Phillips Launches Reference Design For ZigBee Healthcare Specification

Philips Applied Technologies, part of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced last month the launch of the market’s first ZigBee Health Care ‘reference design’.  The recent ZigBee Health Care specification now also adds medical devices to the growing list of possibilities for ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks. The small footprint ZigBee design connects to […]

HHS Launches Consumer Focused Website HealthCare.gov

Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new on-line tool that will attempt to help consumers by providing new information and resources that explain the new healthcare changes coming as part of the Affordable Care Act.  HealthCare.gov  is the first central database of health coverage options, combining information about public […]

ActiveCare Launches Personal Assistance Link Handset

ActiveCare Inc. last week announced the availability of its new ActiveOne PAL (Personal Assistance Link) handset.  The handset, also a cellular telephone, has one-button service where, when activated, a live operator greets each caller by name, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ActiveCare services range from GPS location and fall detection, by the […]

CareBot Trials Yield Improvements For Senior Care Mobile Service Robotics

It’s not like the movie “I, Robot” yet, but watching the video below you can see that this is the future.  GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) recently announced that it has upgraded and improved its personal assistant robot, the CareBot™ as a result of their ongoing world’s first in home elder care robot evaluation trials. […]

Help Celebrate 5th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Tuesday

Help the fight against elder abuse this Tuesday with various partners throughout the country and celebrate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEADD).  The key objective of  is to raise awareness of elder abuse (which encompasses neglect and mal- or mistreatment) throughout the world.  Here in the US, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]

How To Make Leaving Home For the Very Last Time Easier

By Jane Lott One of life’s most painful experiences is coping with a loved one’s death and even the most rational minds can find the simplest decisions difficult when the grieving process occurs.  But decisions about closing up the family home become next to impossible and doing the work of sorting, packing and throwing away […]

Alzheimer’s Care Costs Projected To Skyrocket to $20 Trillion Over Through 2050

It’s no secret that senior care costs both real dollars and intangible costs for providing care and those costs are especially high for Alzheimer’s care.   A new report released last month from the Alzheimer’s Association, “Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease: A National Imperative” shows that in the absence of disease-modifying treatments, the cumulative costs […]