Did you enjoy SHN’s review of CES 2011? If so, check out these follow up pictures from the show floor at CES. Smart Hub TV From Samsung. The TV’s operating system has hooks into all your favorite web applications. Some these ‘apps’ are health and wellness oriented. Motorola’s set top box….look familiar? It may not […]
Category: Technology
The consumer electronics trap is set and Baby Boomers are squarely in the crosshairs once you get past the 3-D televisions and tablets. That was my impression after seeing many of the consumer technologies showcased by vendors during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show this past week in Las Vegas. Besides the broader focus of CES […]
GE (NYSE:GE) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) announced this week that they formally launched its joint venture under its new name of Intel-GE Care Innovations LLC ("Care Innovations"). The joint venture originally began as a partnership in April 2009 and it will combine GE Healthcare’s Home Health division and Intel’s Digital Health Group. The company is […]
For those making the trip out to the Consumer Electronics Show later this week, make the time to spend Saturday with technology and aging professionals talking about various topics related to consumer technology products and aging at the 2011 Silvers Summit. SHN will be presenting / moderating the panel at 2 pm on Saturday entitled […]
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) has announced that is deploying the Intel® Health Guide to provide patients with the information and resources they need to make educated decisions about their cancer care. The system allows physicians and clinicians to proactively monitor their patients’ care at home and gather data and modify the care provided […]
Aging Services of California and the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) recently announced the formation of a new strategic partnership called AgeTech California to promote the use of advanced health and wellness technologies by home care providers and aging services providers throughout California. The partnership will be governed by an advisory committee […]
Assisted living cost structures are outrageous. Perhaps you saw it — the New Old Age article about one family’s encounter with ballooning costs in Assisted Living (year-over-year cost growth of 5.2% nationwide), now an 18% (additional $12,000) hike proposed for this 72-year-old gentleman because he ‘needed the next level of care.’ Then there’s the nursing […]
Combinations of technology and care delivery continue to focus on reducing costs as VRI and SeniorBridge announced a new service the combines the remote monitoring of vital signs with face-to-face oversight from geriatric care managers. The partnership will leverage SeniorBridge’s management service for ongoing assessments and will be supplemented by the the VRI platform. Participating […]
Last month, Touchtown formally launched the commercial release of At Your Service, an integrated suite of emergency response technologies deployed at senior living communities. The foundation of the At Your Service offering relies on ZigBee mesh network technology to ensure uninterrupted performance throughout the community even if there is a total loss of electrical power, […]
COLLAGE, a membership consortium of aging services organizations, has released its new Web-based assessment tool that can measure, track and improve healthy aging outcomes for individuals and their community of residents. The second generation web-based tool provides an evidence-based assessment tool and person-centered process to track healthy aging and measure the results of the program […]