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Thoughts on Aging Technology from the Consumer Electronic Show (CES)

Every year thousands gather in Las Vegas to get a glimpse at the newest technology products and ideas.  In a sea of flat screen televisions and gadgets for geeks there are quite of few products and companies that are focusing on health care, aging and disability technology.  Below are a few links to so articles and blog posts that will give you an idea of what you missed if you weren’t at CES! Silvers Summit/ Digital Health 2012 – Louis [...]

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Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) Awards Funding for Continuous Fall Risk and Activity Monitoring System

AFrame Digital, Inc., a research, design, and manufacturing firm in the forefront of mobile health monitoring services, is the recipient of a financial award from Virginia’s Commonwealth Research[...]

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Top Products for Age 50+ Honored at Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

In its first annual Sterling Award competition, sponsored by AARP, Silvers Summit organizers today unveiled the five category winners, Silvers Choice winner and Innovator Award recipient during its[...]

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Opportunities and Barriers for Technology in Aging Services – Case Studies

LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) recently released a series of 18 member case studies highlighting how providers are using technology to change their business model and how[...]

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Glow in the Dark Grab Bars?

Leslie Marks of the LifeEchos caught this interesting email promotion and we thought it would be fun to share with everyone in the spirit of Halloween! At ProAging we applaud Great Grabz with[...]

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Assisted Living RV Park?

Ironically, I just returned from a week of traveling throughout New England in an RV with my family to find this article in the New York Times. Many of the people that we met in the RV parks we[...]

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Debating the ethics of using robots in eldercare

A recent workshop in Oklahoma explored the ethics of using robots in caregiving settings.  The workshop, hosted by Oklahoma City University professors Ted Metzler and Susan Barnes focused on robot[...]

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People on the Move – AFRAME DIGITAL RECEIVES NIH/NIA GRANT FOR RESEARCH IN HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR SENIORS

Research grant in coordination with the University of Virginia and Vinson Hall senior independent living facility will investigate the use of a non-intrusive system to gather information regarding an[...]

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Center for Technology and Aging Makes Investment in 5 Technologies

The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA) will invest a total of $477,150 in five organizations to demonstrate the best ways to implement mobile health (mHealth) technologies for older adults with[...]

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