High Tech: Can Technology Help People Age in Place at Home?

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High Tech: Can Technology Help People Age in Place at

Home

Aaron Hagedorn, PhD

Katie Walker, MSG

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Let’s put technology in context

Early novelties sometimes become modern

necessities

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Combination Lock (1550 AD)

Mechanical Calculator

(1623)

About 15 Generations Ago…

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Ambulance (1792)

Electric Car (1842)

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Facsimile Machine (1842)

Telephone (1876)

About 5 Generations Ago…

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Blow-dry Hair Dryer ( 1890)

About 3 Generations AgoPowered Hearing

Aid (1898)

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Breast Implant (1895)

Chloroform Anesthetic

(1847)

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Electrocardiograph

(1903)

Answering machine (1904)

Our Grandparent’s Technology…

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Heart -Lung Machine

(1953)

Artificial Intelligence (1956)

Our Parent’s Technology

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Random Access Memory(RAM)

(1968)

Computer mouse (1968)

Our Generation’s technology

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ATM (1967) Internet (1969)

Our Generation’s technology

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Technology of the Future -Today

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iPhone -2007, iPad -2010, & Apps

Applications Such As:Personal Caregiver (iPhone)Pain Care (iPhone)iBiomed (iPhone/iPod)

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Can Modern Technology Improve my life?

• Will telemedicine keep me out of institutions?

• Will anyone know if I fall and can’t get up?

• Is the technology too complicated to use?

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How Can Modern Technology Help?

• Is there a way I can find my lost keys?

• Can I be better connected to distant relatives

• Why would I ever want to Tweet?

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Telemedicine

Medapps.com Intel

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Home Monitoring System Cont• GrandCare -Remote

environmental sensing and passive physiological sensing

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Home Monitoring Systems Cont• ActiveCare Personal

Assistance Link Handset–Push button and an

operator will talk to user

–Has GPS location monitors and fall detection $59 per month

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GPSshoe.com

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Home Monitoring Systems Cont

• Ideal Life System

–capture, store, and share health information such as glucose levels, body weight, or blood pressure.

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Home Monitoring Systems Cont

• Phillips Lifeline

–Will automatically call for help if fall is detected

–Quick access to help at the push of a button

Home Monitoring Systems Cont

• SafetyNet–Lojack

SafetyNet is a program that keeps tabs on individuals with cognitive impairments.

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Home Monitoring Systems Cont

• Wearable devices are equipped with state of the art fall detection technology. 

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Home Monitoring Systems Cont

• ExpressMD™ Electronic House Call™ is a remote patient vital signs monitoring device.

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Low Vision Aids• Geemarc 40 dB

Phone with 10 Photo Memory Buttons

–Allows user to put pictures next to auto dialing buttons

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Low Vision Aids

• Journey FLEXi Flat Panel Magnifier–Can raise the camera

to accommodate large objects or can be lowered for normal desktop use

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Low Vision Aids Cont• TV Partner

(Remote)–Can be used with

TVs, VCRs, TIVO, DVD, and cable boxes.

• Innotech Voice activated remote

Low Vision Aids Cont

• VisionBoard2–Keyboard with

square keys and large, bold black-on-yellow letters and numbers

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Low Hearing• TV-100 TV Direct TV

Listener• TV-Ears

–Wireless, lightweight, personal sound amplification

–Generally between $100-$250

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Low Hearing

• The California Telephone Access Program (CTAP)

• CapTel 800

Low Hearing

• ReSound Alera™ Hearing Aids–Gives an

exceptional surround sound experience

along with strong and clear wireless connections to your TV, stereo, computer and mobile phone

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Medicine Management

• Phillips Medication Dispensing Service

–Accommodates up to 40 days of medicine

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Medicine Management

• E-pill Medication Reminders

–Dispenses up to 6 times a day

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Medicine Management Cont

• Apps for iphone, ipad

–Medicine Cabinet; iRxHelper

• Health Cloud

– Allows Google Health users to view their personal health record from their iPhone

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Health and Wellness

• Wii Fit

• Microsoft Kinect

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Simplified computing

Telekin or Pointerware

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Social Networking

• Facebook

• Twitter

• LinkedIn

• YouTube

• Google Buzz

• Skype

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Social Networking Cont

• Facebook

–An electronic name and photo directory that would show the person’s picture, name, email address, and a little blurb about themselves

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Social Networking Cont

• Lets you send brief 140- character updates that look and feel like text messages.

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Social Networking Cont

• LinkedIn–“who you

know” network of current and former business colleagues.

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Social Networking Cont• YouTube

–People can upload videos and share them

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Social Networking Cont

• Google Buzz–Google Gmail

Email Users–Share updates,

photos, videos, and more.

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Social Networking Cont

• Skype

–Voice and Video Calling

–Instant messaging, file transfer and screen sharing

–FREE

On-Line

• Senior Center Without Walls–Offers activities, friendly conversation,

and an assortment of classes and support groups to homebound elders and others who find it difficult to go to a community senior center.  Participants call from the comfort of home through telephone conference calls. 

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Sites for Caregivers

• LifeLedger

• eCare Diary

• Caring.com

• Caregiver.com

• CaringBridge.com

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Questions?

Aaron Hagedorn

USC Clinical Assistant Professor of Gerontology

ahagedor@usc.edu

213-740-1725

Kathleen Walker, MSG

Kathlejw@usc.edu