Technology
Preparing for the Future: Technology & Long-Term Care Services
,The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) recently released a new report featuring 19 aging service organizations that are pioneering new programs, products, and…
Falls Reduction & Balance Issues: Wii™ Shows Promise To Help Older Adults Post-Limb Loss
,The number of Americans experiencing limb loss is expected to increase from 1.7 million to 3.6 million by 2050, due in large part to the…
Unobtrusive, In-home Walking Assessment Will Benefit Research & Users’ Health
,Previously in aging in action, we discussed a new in-home sensor monitoring system designed to detect patterns in the physical activity of community-dwelling older adults.…
Improving Online Health Literacy
,With the amount of available web-based health information and the increasing demands on individuals to make their own health care decisions, online health literacy is…
Is Motion Sensor Monitoring Appropriate for You or Your Loved One?
,Home monitoring technologies have existed at least since the 1990s as a way of helping at-risk older adults age in place. The first such technologies…
Hearing Aids: Who’s Using Them?
,Multiple studies have shown that hearing loss has a variety of negative effects. Hearing impairment contributes to a range of social and functional limitations, and…
The Choice to Adopt Monitoring Technology
,To support the health and independence of older adults, scientists and engineers have recently developed some new and promising technologies, including in-home systems that remotely…
New Technology for Ongoing In-Home Health Assessment
,Researchers and practitioners in the field of aging must be able to detect individual change in health status over time. Current methodology in the study…
Does Internet Use Affect Offline Social Networks of Users Age 50 and Up?
,With the proportion of older adults using the internet increasing every year, researchers have begun to examine how the internet affects various aspects of their…