POSTS TAGGED AS eldercare

Cloud-Based Remote Monitoring

While every teenager seems to hanker for the latest smart phone, millions of elders just want a simple phone-the [MORE]

Simulation: Aging Avatars

Avatars are becoming more common in medical training, and new work in this field comes from the University of [MORE]

Eldercare Mobility App for iPad

Elderly Mobility Assessment
Here is another illustration of mobility as a “vital sign” among elders.  Researchers at Wake Forest University/Baptist [MORE]

European Union’s Ambient Assisted Living Program Report

With case studies, statistics, and interviews, this interim report about technology-assisted eldercare covers developments for the past two years.  The [MORE]

Opportunities: Why Knee Replacements Fail

With aging demographics, an increasing number of older people will need knee replacements in coming years.  Ordinarily, an artificial [MORE]

Download for “Personalized Preventative Healthcare”

While this free download derives from European studies of the wellness spectrum, the key concept applies everywhere: “Because quality [MORE]

Hospital Delirium

About one third of elderly patients in hospitals experience and inexplicable disorientation called “hospital delirium.”  Infections, surgery and medications [MORE]

Humanoid Robot “Kompai”

Kompai Robot
At a recent long term care insurance conference, the French company Robosoft (Bidart, France) introduced its humanoid robot [MORE]

Half-Million $ Grants for Remote Monitoring

The Center for Technology & Aging, a not-for-profit organization in Oakland, CA, has a RFP for remote monitoring of [MORE]

My Home Is Smarter Than Your Phone

The Department of Signal Theory, Computer Networks and Communications at the University of Granada has created a smart apartment, with [MORE]

Three New Texts on Medical Automation

Systems Engineering Approaches to Medical Automation, Robin Felder and Majd Alwan, Editors (ISBN 978-1-59693-164-0, from Artechhouse.com, 2009);
LifeScience Automation Fundamentals and [MORE]