Visitability is an important strategy for developing accessible housing. It can contribute to creating neighborhoods and communities that welcome everyone. There is a huge market of 78.2 million Baby Boomers who may soon need affordable and accessible homes. Designing homes with open floor plans, U-shaped kitchens with maneuvering space for food preparation, bathrooms with […]
Online tour of the New Jersey CRDA Universal Design demonstration home.
During the year-long study 200 high-risk patients over the age of 60 with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure, lung disease, will use a medical monitoring device to take their vitals: blood pressure, weight, sugar levels and peak air flow. This information is collected in a central database at the Mayo Clinic where the patient’s primary medical team will have secure web access. Clinicians will also be able to use the videoconferencing system to observe and communicate with their patients.
As the Boomers are aging, we need to think about what’s in our future. How and where will we live? We have some hard decisions ahead of us. It’s time to start thinking about it now!
David Lindeman, executive director of the Center for Technology and Aging, said when seniors begin seeing “real-life applications for health IT that actually improve their lives,” barriers to technology go down and adoption goes up.
AIPatHome has been selected as a Media Partner for Silvers Summit and Digital Health Summit CES 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7 – 10.