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• New Product Watch: Grab Bars in Plain Sight:

  
  Kitchen Design Notes — Authority: 114
  Grab bars or Safety Bars, what ever you call them, when you think of grab bars, what comes to mind? Utilitarian? Ugly, even? Well the folks at Health Craft Products came out with a new line called the Invisia Collection. The Invisia™ Collection is based on a simple concept; GRAB BARS SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE GRAB ...
  21 hours ago

• Aging in Place Technology Watch December Newsletter

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  End of a busy year -- lets rest and get ready for 2010.  Having pinged and ponged around North America these past few months, I am happy to be sitting still. its a good time to reflect  and think. I am reminded of the Washington Times article that kicked off 2009 in January: Boomers Power Up by Aging in Place . No ...
  2 days ago

• Marketing and selling Technology for Aging in Place

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  Time for an update -- more surveys, more vendors. I just updated the Aging in Place Technology Market Overview to incorporate other example vendors and links to studies about seniors and technology. This is going to be a regular task -- lately I have stumbled across a plethora of surveys from MetLifes Mature ...
  1 week ago

• Adding An Elevator To Your Home

  
  CVN Video — Authority: 141
  As baby boomers are entering retirement, more people are trying to make their homes work for them. Instead of moving to a smaller home or even moving into a retirement home, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s are following a trend called “aging-in-place.” They are taking their home renovation projects or gut rehab, ...
  1 week ago

• The nirvana of aging in place and other age-related reality disconnects

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  It seems as though there is a seasonal cluster to everything -- conferences (spring and fall), concerts (fall through spring), and... communication about surveys and studies. During the fall of studies announcements, weve seen some interesting and sometimes ironic juxtapositions: Working. Turns out were healthier ...
  1 week ago

• Introducing -- new blogger -- Liz Boehm of Forrester Research!

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  Adding an expert to this blog! I am so excited -- Liz Boehm, Principal Analyst extroardinaire at Forrester Research , would like to contribute her insights on aging in place and I am so pleased to have her write and to introduce her to readers.  Ill let her explain it herself -- why writing about this matters to ...
  1 week ago

• Gifts -- Aging in Place and Related

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  The planes are becoming full of holiday travelers... At Thanksgiving time, I wrote a blog post about visits with aging family members -- and being on the lookout to see if they need help remaining independent.  In that post, there were links to videophones, eBook devices, computers with cameras, and a variety of ...
  1 week ago

• What Boomers Want from Technology 2009 and other aging theories

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  Microsoft and AARP -- boomers and technology. Yesterdays New York Times Bits blog summarized a study dated October, 2009 -- funded by Microsoft and AARP and conducted through 60 dinner interviews in four cities of boomers age 50-60.  The comments posted on the NY Times website are more revealing (and scathing) ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Business of Aging -- Ontario Innovation Summit

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  The Business of Aging -- or Aging and Implications? Just came back from a stimulating conference in a delightful and sophisticated city -- Toronto. Sponsored by the Government of Ontario and the MaRS Discovery District , this conference was titled The Business of Aging. However, it was less about business , much ...
  2 weeks ago

• The First Written Advice in History: Take Care of Yourselves, a Caregiver’s Creed

  
  Mothering Mother and More — Authority: 112
  Caregivers are often told to take care of themselves, and sometimes this advice is a little annoying. Exactly how am I supposed to take care of me? Not give my mom her pills in the morning? Go to the gym instead?  Not take her to physical therapy? Not help my kids with their homework or fix dinner? Just soak in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Starting your own business to serve boomers and seniors

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  Starting an aging-related business. I have heard from a number of folks in recent months about the businesses they are starting, some number of whom have published what they want to do or are doing on the Forum link on this site.  What types of businesses? Home care services, home renovation and remodeling, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Aging in Place Technology Watch November Newsletter

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  Press awareness (if not politeness) is growing. So on the positive side, reporters ( like the NY Times ) seem willing to write about technology that can help seniors. On the negative side, the headline writers diminish the benefit with condescending titles like " Helping Grandpa Get his Tech On ."  But as the saying ...
  4 weeks ago

• Vendors -- you want to do more in Florida?

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 417
  Remember the post on why vendors should do a better job of targeting geriatric care managers as a referral channel for their technology?  And of course, I hear all the time about how vendors want to get into the Florida market. Heres a chance to do both. I just got a brochure in the mail for the 2010 Annual ...
  4 weeks ago

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