The future of aging….with Technology

It’s a global issue. Rising healthcare costs, looming age wave, increasing longevity bringing multiple illnesses and forgetfulness alongside older adult children who are sandwiched between aging parents and their own adult children and grandchildren. As a result, the way we care for our parents today will not scale with the same level of care, to meet tomorrow’s needs without the use of technology.  

Technology solutions offer the answer to improve both the quality of care and a way to keep health care costs from rising out of reach.   Our generation is used to using Technology in many facets of our lives already  by way of email, internet, cell phones, music, online shopping etc... 

So now is the time to advocate for technology to transform the future for an aging population and now is the time to investigate the exciting technologies that already exist on the market. New health and wellness technologies will continue to be developed to offer the potential of dramatically improving the quality of care we can provide and the cost of providing that care. However, the right vision, the right leadership, a certain amount of pressure to obtain the right commitment from government to prepare needs to be in place.

Leading Age is a US association of some 5,400 non profit organizations and 38 State partners in the US along with hundreds of businesses, research partners and consumer organizations that recognize the need for advocacy, leadership development, research, promotion, hospice care, additional community services and housing and technology solutions  and research. They Inspire, Serve, Advocate and Acknowledge their members.

These are 2 of the videos from Leading Age on the Future of Aging

The Future of Aging-One Family at a time

How to transorm an aging nation

Personal Emergecy Response Systems by LogicMark

Research shows that getting prompt attention to an emergency situation can make a big difference to surviving an emergency but also to continuing to live independently after such a situation. The New England Journal of Medicine has noted that if you or a loved one incurs an emergency and becomes incapacitated preventing help from arriving when needed; it usually marks the end of independent living.  (New England Journal of Medicine)  Therefore, Personal Emergency Response Systems (“PERS”) are one of the most important technologies to enable and support an aging population to live independently.  

LogicMark LLC is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative personal emergency response systems (PERS) which offers unique two-way voice communication directly through the pendant which means that help is “a push of a button away”  LogicMark was founded in 2006, and received an esteemed INC Magazine 500/5000 award in 2011 for being one of the fastest growing companies in the US.

LogicMark was the first to introduce a no-subscription PERS and they offer 2 such devices:

LogicMark’s GuardianAlert 911 directly calls 911. The user can talk directly through the pendant to a 911 emergency operator at the push of a button.

The system can operate anywhere in or around the home with the base station plugged into a phone jack in the centre of the house. The pendant runs on a AAA battery and lasts up to a year. The pendant is splash resistant so it can be taken into a shower.

No monitoring fees, service charges or contracts. The system uses your home phone line but the pendant is wearable so you don’t need to use your regular telephone when an emergency arises. The pendant range is up to 600 feet and will cover large homes and a short distance outside of your home.

Logic Mark’s FreedomAlert offers direct 911 calling and up to 4 custom contacts that can be direct dialed, so it is a personal link to family, friends or emergency services when needed. You can even use this PERS when travelling by unplugging it from your phone jack with the adaptor and pack it in your suitcase. It can be plugged into the local phone jack and power outlet at your destination with no programming required.  As an added convenience, wireless water-resistant wall units can be mounted to a wall in areas around the home that allow for permanent 2-way communication in cases of emergency.  

No monitoring fees, service charges or contracts.

LogicMark also carries a conventionally monitored PERS that is connected to a central station. There are monthly fees associated with this LifeSentry product as they provide fullsupport services  The LifeSentry products also offers up to a total of 4 pendants & emergency wall communicators that can be connected to a single base station.  This is ideal for a small facility.