Useful Products & Resources: shared by the Tech-enhanced Life Community
Below are products and resources our Explorers have found useful or interesting in their search for ways to help mitigate the challenges of growing older.
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HomeThrive
Home Thrive is an online service provider designed to provide access to a dedicated social worker and a digital platform with advice, tools, and supportive services to help family members care for an older adult at home.
Daylight Company Task Lighting
Daylight Company lights are intended to provide high-level illumination to aid persons with sight loss, and featured in a recent Longevity Explorer exploration of vision gadgets.
OttLite Task Lighting
OttLite lamps are designed to produce light similar to natural daylight in order to reduce eyestrain and to see true colors and fine details.
KOMP by No Isolation
KOMP is a combination of a smartphone app and a simplified one-button device designed for use by elderly people who are not tech-savvy.
Yoctosun LED Magnifier
The YOCTOSUN lighted magnifier is a lightweight head-worn device intended to provide hands-free improved visibility for reading, hobby, or other close work.
Bed MadeEZ
Bed MadeEZ is a set of wedges designed to raise the edge of a mattress so the linens can be changed without incurring a lifting injury.
Foray Spring Rollator
The Foray "Spring" is a rollator that is intended to be an improved ambulation assistive device with a sleek and stable design.
Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes is a free app for iOS or Android devices that is designed to connect persons with vision impairment to sighted volunteers who also use the app to assist the caller with visual problem-solving.
Recently Discussed by the Longevity Explorers
Yoctosun LED Magnifier
The YOCTOSUN lighted magnifier is a lightweight head-worn device intended to provide hands-free improved visibility for reading, hobby, or other close work.
Yoctosun LED Magnifier
The YOCTOSUN lighted magnifier is a lightweight head-worn device intended to provide hands-free improved visibility for reading, hobby, or other close work.
Lyft Mobile App
Lyft is a mobile app to order a ride. It is a direct competitor to Uber.
Uber
Uber is an interactive ride service which members can summon by phone or via the Uber smartphone app.
Flywheel Mobile App
Flywheel is working to bring the same Internet enabled experience as Lyft and Uber to traditional taxi cab companies for the user who is more comfortable riding with a cab driver.
Walking Cane with Flashlight and Alarm
The Secure® Walking Cane has an LED flashlight, push-button panic alarm, and flashing red alert/warning light. It came top of our recent Exploration into lighted canes.
HurryCane: The All-Terrain Cane
The HurryCane all-terrain cane is the #1 selling cane in America. Highly rated by thousands of users, the HurryCane stands on its own pivoting base to be free-standing – it doesn’t need to be leaned against a chair, wall or table (where canes are often misplaced or tripped over). The unique,...
Timer Cap
Tmer Cap medicine bottle caps fit on pharmacy pill bottles and the caps display the time elapsed since the bottle was last opened. Useful for avoiding prescription dose errors.
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