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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
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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
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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
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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
• YouTube
• Google Buzz
• Skype
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Social Networking Cont
–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
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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
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