A chairside floor lamp with a long adjustable gooseneck including a handheld remote with brightness and warmness for bright white to warm yellow light is a good solution for reading when you have vision imperfections.
This is the fifth in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract Clinicians often tell us that poor medication adherence is a big problem among their patients, and also that medication management is one of the more … Read more
This is the fourth in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract Richard Caro and Frank Engelman have an ongoing collaboration to publish a series of use cases and recipes for specific “smart home features” — useful … Read more
This is the third in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract Medical Alerts are well known “safety” devices. However there are many different types, and there are very few resources to help decide which type is … Read more
This is the second in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract As many of us have been reminded during the pandemic, isolation and loneliness are very undesirable. But isolation is a frequent accompaniment to aging, as … Read more
This is the first in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract Over the last few years, a number of technology products have come to market that have the potential to help older adults remain independent for longer, and … Read more
One of the biggest concerns as we grow older is remaining relatively independent, and avoiding reliance on the “kindness of strangers”. Luckily, an emerging crop of products and services have the potential to help with that. This Topic Hub is the place to start to see our research on the topic of staying independent for … Read more
Which products and services can help an older adult live independently, and with autonomy, as long as possible? Together with a community of older adults called the Longevity Explorers, Tech-enhanced Life has spent the last 8 years exploring the intersection of aging and technology, and evaluating a wide range of products and services … Read more
In my mind, there is a compelling argument that the right gadgets and technology can make aging in place more successful and less expensive. And by more successful, I am thinking in particular of higher quality of life, more autonomy, and less dependence on the kindness of strangers. I don’t think this argument gets made much in the media or by the aging services industry though. So here it is.
While staying at home for weeks or months on end is hard for everyone, older adults have some unique challenges. And as the enforced lockdown winds down eventually, those over 70 are likely to be the last to see a return to “normal” life. We created this page so members of the Tech-enhanced Life community … Read more