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PEW Internet: 65% of online adults use social networking sites

Michael Sarfatti — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:46:42 +0100

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Fully 65% of adult internet users now say they use a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, up from 61% one year ago. This marks the first time in Pew Internet surveys that 50% of all adults use social networking sites.

The frequency of social networking site usage among young adult internet users under age 30 was stable over the last year – 61% of online Americans in that age cohort now use social networking sites on a typical day,...

Seniors Are Saying No to High Tech

Michael Sarfatti — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0100

From U.S. news ...

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The digital revolution may be changing the way we live and work. But large numbers of older Americans are not going online, using smartphones, or even participating in the benefits of electronic healthcare tools specifically designed to help them.

The costs of not participating in electronic communications are growing. Government and the private sector are shifting to online tools as their dominant form of public communication. It sav...

Are older adults disconnected from technology or marketers?

Michael Sarfatti — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0100

Laurie Orlov of Aging in Place technology Watch has compiled an excellent matrix and discussion covering the basic facts of boomer and senior connectivity. The information is drawn from a variety of reports published by the Pew Internet organization.

Click here to read Laurie's analysis.

Free Registration for the 2012 International CES

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0100

Register now for your Exhibits Plus Pass for access to all exhibits, TechZones, SuperSessions, keynote addresses and selected conference sessions.

Click here to register

The fee structure for the Exhibits Plus Pass has changed. Please take note of these important dates:

By August 31, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. EST

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September 1, 2011 at 12 midnight EST through December 30, 2011 at 5 p.m. EST

$100.00

December 30, 2011 at 5:01 p.m. EST thro...

AARP - Valuing the Invaluable: 2011 Update - The Growing Contributions and Costs of Family Caregivin

Michael Sarfatti — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:54:11 +0100

From the AARP Public Policy Institute ...

Family support is critical to remaining in one’s home and in the community, but often comes at substantial costs to caregivers themselves, to their families, and to society. If family caregivers were no longer available, the economic cost to the U.S. health care and long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems would increase astronomically.

This Insight on the Issues, part of the Valuing the Invaluable series on the eco...

SunAmerica Retirement Re-Set Study

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:17:48 +0100

From the Press Release ...

AMERICANS RE-SET RETIREMENT EXPECTATIONS
SunAmerica Study Reports on Resilience of Americans as They Focus on New Approach to Post-Recession Retirement

Los Angeles, July 12, 2011 – Americans have emerged from the economic recession with a new set of expectations around the purpose, timing and funding of retirement, according to a new study sponsored by SunAmerica Financial Group in collaboration with Age Wave. The SunAmerica Retirement R...

The MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:28:00 +0100

Double Jeopardy for Baby Boomers Caring for Their Parents

Nearly 10 million adult children over the age of 50 care for their aging parents. These family caregivers are themselves aging as well as providing care at a time when they also need to be planning and saving for their own retirement. The study is an updated, national look at adult children who work and care for their parents and the impact of caregiving on their earnings and lifetime wealth.

Key Findings:

The pr...

CAST Analysis of State Payment for Aging Services Technologies

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:38:56 +0100

"LeadingAge CAST has just released an analysis of state payments for Aging Services Technologies (AST). The analysis shows that 44 states reimburse for Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS), 16 states reimburse for medication management and seven states reimburse for home telehealth/telemonitoring. Pennsylvania has the most comprehensive coverage for ASTs in its Telecare program, which includes home telehealth, activity/wellness monitoring, medication dispensing and PERS. New York...

CAST Report: A Look into the Future: Evaluating Business Models for Technology-Enabled Long-Term Ser

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:34:02 +0100

"A new resource will help CAST and LeadingAge members prepare for the future. A Look into the Future: Evaluating Business Models for Technology-Enabled Long-Term Services and Supports identifies potential characteristics of the future operating environment for providers of long-term services and supports. It also delineates categories of potential business models, identifies enabling technologies for each model and evaluates how changes in the operating environment would affect these m...

Quantified Self Guide to Self-Tracking

Michael Sarfatti — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:41:53 +0100

Here you will find tools, apps, and projects that are tagged, rated, and reviewed by the global Quantified Self community (that includes you!) This guide is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneer Portfolio, which supports bold ideas at the cutting edge of health and health care, in partnership with Institute for the Future. Our goal is to gather and organize the world's collective self-tracking resources in one place, in a way that is useful and encourages collaboration be...

Health Care Costs 101

Michael Sarfatti — Wed, 25 May 2011 06:31:13 +0100

Health Care Costs 101, part of the California HealthCare Foundation's California Health Care Almanac, provides general background on U.S. health spending. It details how much we spend, on which services, and what proportion is paid directly by consumers.

Read more as well as download the complete report and the quick reference guides to the national and California data highlights

http://www.chcf.org/publications/2011/05/health-care-costs-101

Nielsen Report: How Old is Old? The Global Impact of an Aging World

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 10 May 2011 06:33:45 +0100

[BEGIN QUOTE] Nielsen’s report, The Global Impact of an Aging World, based on findings from Nielsen’s global online survey conducted in more than 50 countries brings much to light about retirement and other sentiments around aging. The one thing marketers must accept for certain about Baby Boomers is that they will redefine what it means to be old in exactly the same manner as they redefined what it meant to be young and middle aged. And they will not allow themselves to be ...

AARP Reports for Technology Providers and Boomer Marketers

Michael Sarfatti — Tue, 03 May 2011 07:37:37 +0100

AARP has recently released three reports which provide an excellent overview of the boomer+ marketplace and the technology opportunities and challenges for addressing this marketplace.

50 and Over: What's Next?

The generation that defined youth marketing for Madison Avenue is readying for retirement. Here’s what they’re thinking,and what marketers should know in order to reach them.

The Golden Economy – The Consumer Marketplace in an Ageing Society

Michael Sarfatti — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:16:49 +0100

The International Longevity Centre-UK is the leading think tank on longevity and demographic change. It is an independent, non-partisan think-tank dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change.

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This new research, by David Sinclair of ILC-UK, for Age UK, considers the market potential of the older consumer and highlights how companies can make more of this population.

The consumer market is important to older people, providing...

HealthTechnica -- 101 Tips to make your EMR / EHR more useful

Michael Sarfatti — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:19:11 +0100

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Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Records (EMR / EHR) are complex beasts of software that can completely redefine the way physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians / providers practice medicine.

This list of tips come in at many different points within your EMR / EHR adoption. Some tips are best used when you are looking to purchase an EMR, others are best post EMR deployment.

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Click here to read the entire a...

Eric Dishman - Inspiring The US Innovation Engine For Health Care

Michael Sarfatti — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:51:41 +0100

Eric Dishman's report from the annual HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) conference on health information technologies ...

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It is important to realize that healthcare reform is a global competition to invent the 21st century care infrastructure, technologies, services, and jobs that each country needs to solve its own demographic/economic challenges and to export to the rest of the world. Healthcare reform and economic stimulus are intertw...

New York Times: In a Graying Population, Business Opportunity

Michael Sarfatti — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:36:32 +0100

“Aging is a multidisciplinary phenomenon, and it requires new tools to look at,” Joseph F. Coughlin, director of AgeLab ... AgeLab, like a handful of other research centers at universities and companies around the country, develops technologies to help older adults maintain their health, independence and quality of life. Companies come here to understand their target audience or to have their products, policies and services studied.

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Click here to read...

Moderate aerobic exercise in older adults shown to improve memory

Michael Sarfatti — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:36:59 +0100

Study led by Pitt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows brain hippocampus can be modified

PITTSBURGH, PA., and CHAMPAIGN, ILL.— Public release date: 31-Jan-2011 -- A new study shows that one year of moderate physical exercise can increase the size of the brain's hippocampus in older adults, leading to an improvement in spatial memory.

The project—conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, Rice University, and Ohio State...

PEW Internet -- Generation Cohort Timeline

Michael Sarfatti — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:44:40 +0100

Interesting generation cohort infographic, courtesy of the PEWInternet.org research organization.

Click on the graphic to view the full-size.