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Staying healthy, and dealing with diease. Includes brain health, falls, exercise, nutrition, memory support, hearing, vision.
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The "Useful Apps Club" for Older Adults
Unlock the potential of your smartphone or tablet to improve your life.
The "Useful Apps Club" is for older adults and Boomers who have a smartphone or tablet (or are thinking of getting one) and need help to turn it into a useful tool. We are focused on finding Apps that can change your life, and teaching you how to use them.
Medical Alert Systems: Help!
We kept getting asked "which medical alert system is best?"; and "how do I choose the right medical alert system for me?". This independent, objective, hands-on research tries to answer those questions. If you are looking for a medical alert system, either for yourself or for an older adult such as a parent, this piece of research is for you.
Caring from Afar: Guide to Home Sensor Systems
Read our report on this new category of products, designed to help seniors stay at home longer, and to help their families worry about them less. There are important lessons to be learned about which ones work, and for which types of circumstance they are optimal.
Avoid the Perils of Falling
Read the "best of the web" on: Avoiding Falling. Our team of clinicians and citizen analysts has scoured the web for the best available answers to a set of questions designed to help you make falling less likely, and make the consequences if you do fall less bad.
Low Vision Aids, Adaptations, Resources
Learn about Low Vision Aids & Adaptations in this detailed overview by Dr Marlena Chu. For people with low vision, these tools can make a big difference to the ability to live independently, and to quality of life.
Medication Management Systems: Which?
"Good" medication management is widely believed to be desirable, by older adults as well as by clinicians. This article is about what factors make medication management systems useful for a given person, and outlines a series of circumstances for which specific features of these products can be helpful. Think of this as a "how to get started" guide to the topic of medication management systems.
The Best Fall Prevention Program
Concerned about Falls? This article is designed to help you decide which (if any) is the best Fall Prevention Program for you. And to help you choose between the Fall Prevention programs available in your town, state and country.
Fall Prevention Exercises for Seniors
We look at different options for the fall prevention exercises component of a fall prevention program, and how to decide which "exercises for seniors" program would work best to reduce your fall risk, in this second part of our work on choosing the right fall prevention program.
Fall proofing ME: What Can I Do?
The media is awash with stories about older adults falling and hurting themselves, and these reports usually mention that one in three of those over 65 will fall each year. This article is about what you can do to make falls less likely.
Am I at Risk for Falls?
How do I determine my personal degree of "risk for falls"? Should I worry about falls at all? Do I need to use a cane or a walker? How would I know? We all face these questions as we age.
Vision Gadgets: Share What You Use
Do you use any vision gadgets — like magnifiers, special lighting, or apps that help see things in various situations?
The Longevity Explorers are exploring vision gadgets. We are interested in the inputs of the broader Tech-enhanced Life community too.... ....... Read more
Pill Holders @ SF
SF Longevity Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill holders. .........Read more
Pill Holders @ SF
SF Longevity Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill holders. .........Read more
Pill Holders @ SF
SF Longevity Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill holders. .........Read more
Pill Holders @ SF
SF Longevity Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill holders. .........Read more
Pill Holders @ SF
SF Longevity Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill holders. .........Read more
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Tricella Pillbox
The Smart Pillbox by Tricella is designed to detect if a dose of medication has been forgotten, and to alert the user as well as a friend or family member, as well.
Acesight
Acesight devices are wearable electronic glasses intended to improve visual acuity for low vision people.
DreamPad
DreamPad is a sleep aid intended to deliver restful music or sounds when used with Bluetooth and a pillow so the user is the only one who hears the sound.
Because Incontinence Products
Because offers home delivery of specially designed incontinence products.
SoundPrint
SoundPrint is an app intended to help the user seeking a quieter place find and rate venues according to ambient sound levels.
Dementia Tracker GPS Watch by TechSilver
The TechSilver Dementia Tracker GPS watch is intended to provide cell phone features indoors and outdoors and an adjustable GPS 'safe zone' wander alert. .
Patriot ViewPoint Low Vision Glasses
Patriot ViewPoint low vision glasses are intended to be comfortable to wear and to render images, text, and objects with clarity, as well viewing television more clearly.
Theora Care
Theora Care is designed to combine the functions of a smartphone app with wearable devices and other sensors to keep caregivers and care recipients connected.
From the website: "Caregivers are using the Theora Link Smartphone App to provide better care with more information about how,...
Mighty Sight LED Magnifying Eyewear
Ontel's Mighty Sight is Eyewear intended to fit over conventional glasses to illuminate and magnify print or objects.
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