Senior Tech Daily introduces the LivHOME CareMonitor

www.SeniorTechDaily.com SENIORTECHDAILY CareMonitor by LivHOME" Powered By LivHOME CareMonitor® COMBINES A GERIATRIC PROFESSIONAL'S OVERSIGHT WITH REMOTE HOME CARE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE SOLUTION THAT ENABLES SENIORS TO REMAIN SAFE, ENGAGED AND INDEPENDENT AT HOME. LivHOME CareMonitor® * SAFETY * * ENGAGEMENT* * INDEPENDENCE* INTERNET, PERS (PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM). SENIORS STAY EMAIL, GAMES AND PHOTOS INDEPENDENT WITH MEDICATION REMINDERS, HELP SENIORS ENJOY CHRONIC DISEASE HOME SENSORS AND MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, BIOMETRIC DEVICES SOCIAL CALENDAR STAY IN TOUCH AND KEEP ENABLE SENICORS TO CONTINUE TO REMINDERS CURRENT. LIVE AND SOCIAL LEISURE. INDEPENDENTLY LONGER. SAFETY 1 PERS: PERSONAL EMERGENCY 2 MEDICATION REMINDERS RESPONSE SYSTEM 58% 26% 58% OF ALL SENIORS MAKE SOME KIND OF ERROR WHEN TAKING THEIR MEDICATIONS, WITH 26% MAKING MISTAKES WITH POTENTIALLY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. 50% OF SENIORS WHO FALL REQUIRE ASSISTANCE FROM SOMEONE ELSE. AFTER A FALL OR OTHER EMERGENCY, 90% OF SENIORS WHO GET HELP WITHIN ONE HOUR WILL %3D CONTINUE TO LIVE A IFE WITHOUT AN ASSISTED-LIVING PROGRAM, BUT AFTER 12 HOURS WITHOUT HELP ONLY 10% OF SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE AT HOME. 3 BIOMETRIC DEVICES IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT A CHF PATIENT'S WEIGHT CAN GRADUALLY INCREASE BEFORE A PATIENT GOES INTO CLINICAL FAILURE. THE JOINT COMMISSION MANDATES THAT ON DISCHARGE CHF PATIENTS ARE TOLD TO TAKE DAILY WEIGHTS AND REPORT INCREASES TO THEIR PHYSICIANS. HOWEVER THERE IS NO STRUCTURE TO INSURE THAT THIS OCCURS. CHF: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ENGAGEMENT 4 SOCIAL 5 GAMES ENGAGEMENT: EMAIL THE SENIORS WHO DID NOT PLAY SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SENIORS WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES, EVEN THOSE WHO SAID THEY PLAYED VIDEO GAMES REPORTED MORE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND A JUST OCCASIONALLY, REPORTED A BETTER SENSE OF WELL-BEING. UKEUHOOD OF INCREASED LEVELS OF DEPRESSION. @ 6 STAY IN TOUCH: INTERNET INTERNET USE REDUCES DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY BY 20%. RESEARCHERS SUSPECT THAT OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE FEW SOCIAL TIES MAY NOT BE GETTING THE CARE THEY NEED. INDEPENDENCE 7 CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT 8 SOCIAL CALENDAR NEARLY 70% OF ADULTS OVER AGE 60 ARE OVERWEIGHT REMINDERS OR OBESE, PUTTING THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF DIABETES AND OTHER DISEASES. 13% 84 MILLION ELDERS WILL HAVE AGERELATED MEMORY LOSS BY THE YEAR 2040, 13% OF AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 65 HAVEALZHEIMER'S AND HALF OF THOSE OVER AGE 85 WILL DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S OR A CLOSELY 9 SOCIAL LEISURE 41.7 OF SENIORS IDENTIFIED SKYPE AND RELATED DEMENTIA. DIGITAL TOOLS WERE COMMUNICATION TOOLS HELPING TO SUPPORT THEIR INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES. 10 LivHOME GERIATRIC CARE PROFESSIONAL AN ESTIMATED 7 MILLION PEOPLE CARE FOR ADULT RELATIVES FROM A DISTANCE, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING. ON TOP OF THE LOGISTICAL BENEFITS OF HIRING A CARE MANAGER, PRELIMINARY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT ELDERLY PATIENTS WHO HAVE A GERIATRIC CARE MANAGER GET MORE THOROUGH CARE THAN PATIENTS WHO DO NOT. SOURCES: Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ articles/257314.php Must for Seniors http://www.mustforseniors.org/facts.jsp GlynnDevins http://blog.glynndevins.com/2011/12/10-powerful- senior-living-statistics/ PR News Wire QuickMedical http://www.quickmedical.com A Place for Mom http://assisted-living.aplaceformom.com Medical Net Systems http://www.medicalnetsystems.com/index.php/track ing-patients AARP http://blog.aarp.org/2013/03/27/risk-factors-of- elderly-isolation-social-isolation-may-speed-up-death/ ABC News http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ Bloomberg Businessweek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/0 9_33/b4143056857265.htm http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ www.LIVHOME.com | www.LivHOMECareMonitor.com | www.SeniorTechDaily.com