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Wearables Are Good For Older People, Too — The Latest From Laurie Orlov

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Medical alert/personal emergency response systems for safety. Sleep trackers. Wrist-worn health. Smart jewelry, such as rings and necklaces. Dementia zone trackers. Medical grade wearables for data collection, and.

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Most Older People Want to Age in Place and Are Adopting Technologies At Home To Do So

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personal emergency response systems/PERS). families have prepared, and, “A future Congress and White House will be forced within the next few years to address funding for the rapidly depleting Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust fund,” and other benefits. memory loss).

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Indian Health Service Funding: Grants and Financial Opportunities for Tribal Healthcare

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Third-party billing Many IHS facilities generate additional revenue by billing private insurers for services provided to patients with coverage. Emergency preparedness and compliance training IHS agencies can use funding to implement crisis management and emergency response training through virtual simulations and interactive courses.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

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Tech’s for gait evaluation and fall detection, more streamlined personal emergency response systems, and smartphones and apps designed with older peoples’ use cases in mind proliferated CES 2021.

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Best Buy divests home care firm Current Health

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The retailer’s health unit still includes its Lively senior support brand and emergency response devices. Best Buy will help to ensure a smooth transition over the next few months, a spokesperson told Healthcare Dive. The sale comes after Best Buy’s health unit has hit some snags. Please select at least one newsletter.