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Most Older People Want to Age in Place and Are Adopting Technologies At Home To Do So

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The vast majority of older people (95%) want to “age in place” — that is, stay put in their homes and avoid moving into long-term care residences or elsewhere. personal emergency response systems/PERS). News & World Report. In April 2024, U.S. News interviewed 1,500 U.S. memory loss).

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Health Happens at Home: Lessons from the Parks Connected Health Summit

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Under “new partner services,” Parks Associates lists broadband, home security, retail health and tech (from Best Buy Health to CVS health and Walmart, among others), and the “tech giants” (namely Amazon, Apple, and Google), personal emergency response services (PERS), et al.

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Emerging with A Stronger Healthcare System Post-COVID: NAM’s Lessons Learned

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health care — fragmentation between public health and acute care, inadequate health IT and information exchange, and lack of effective emergency response planning and coordination.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

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CES 2021 featured a growing array of aging-tech to aid people in staying in their homes longer to avoid admission into long-term care facilities.