Rural-Health-Mate was developed under a grant from a division of the USDA that is focused on rural living for the purpose of improving the health and wellbeing of the elderly population in rural America. The technology bore from this project/grant was used to collect data/feedback from elderly in rural settings to bridge the communication gap and...
Social isolation has been defined as a lack of meaningful connections with other people. You may have noticed the use of this term more frequently when addressing Medicare and the health and wellbeing of seniors and addressing social isolation is being strongly considered now in the development of person-centric care plans. Here are some of...
Ageism is prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age. As a society, we tend to make the assumption that with age comes reduced capability and/or contribution based on a simple number. Yet technically – aging begins in our 20’s, when cells begin dying off at a faster rate than new ones are...
My mom was a heart patient. She also had a hearing aid, but she didn’t always wear it. When my mom would lie down on her heart failure monitoring system (called a Cardio MEMS), it would speak to her if she was not positioned well enough an the special pillow to get a good reading...
A dangerous flaw in a security technique that ironically was used to keep information safe has and will affect a lot of Internet users. Fear not. Clients, loved ones and healthcare professionals that use our technology can have peace of mind that their information on our systems is safe. You may have heard that there...