by Jana Panarites | Aug 25, 2015 | Aging, Aging Well, Baby Boomers, Interactive Maps, Multigenerational, Seniors, Technology |
By the year 2030, more than 20 percent of Americans will be 65 or older and a quarter of this demographic will have four or more chronic conditions and account for 80 percent of the rapidly growing Medicare budget ($583 billion in 2013). How are Americans preparing...
by Jana Panarites | Aug 14, 2015 | Aging Well, Health Technology, Parents, Seniors, Technology, Uncategorized |
After we sold our family home, my widowed mother moved into my divorced aunt’s townhouse. Both ladies agreed to the arrangement, but this was an experiment of sorts concocted by my cousin and me. We thought the octogenarian sisters would enjoy hanging out under the...
by Jana Panarites | Jul 28, 2015 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver Resources, Caregiving, Health Technology, Interactive Maps, Seniors, Technology, Uncategorized |
Recently I came across some eye-popping Pew Research findings about family caregivers. A sampling: Family caregivers spend more time seeking out health information online than any other group of Internet users. Caregivers spend more time combing the Internet for...
by Jana Panarites | Jul 17, 2015 | Aging Well, Health Technology, Millennials, Technology, Uncategorized |
At yesterday’s “Outside|In: Aging in a Tech World” event in DC, billed by host POLITICO as “a discussion of health technology’s role in an aging population, and how digital innovations are revolutionizing how we monitor and manage older adults’ physical and mental...