1. Health & Safety Through Technology
Gwendolyn Beck, Gerontologist
Senior Health, Assistant Manager
Virginia Hospital Center

2. Why do I need all this new technology?
Helps with your health
Helps with your wealth
Helps with your entertainment
Helps with your brain
Helps with your communication

3. It’s just SO complicated!!!
Or is it?

4. What’s Available Today?
SLEEP Trackers – VERY IMPORTANT
Personal Emergency Response Systems
Fitness Trackers
Smart Phones and Applications (Apps)
Medicine Dispensers
Tablets
Why did I leave computers out???

5. Cool New Devices Kardia Mobile Grand Pad Lifeline “GoSafe”
tracks your heart rate and transmits data
Grand Pad
Lifeline “GoSafe”
Emergency Tracking System that GOES with you
Medicine Dispensing Machines
To ensure you always have the right dose/time
Hearing Enhancements
24 hour Bluetooth streaming, multiple speakers and non-linear frequency compression algorithms.
Hearing – 24 hour battery life with Lithium battery embedded which Bluetooth for the entire time and adjusts discreetly from your smartphone.
Manages noisy environments with multiple speakers.
This algorithm compresses frequencies above a pre-calculated cut off frequency and shifts them to a lower frequency range, thereby providing high-frequency audibility. Its not for everyone, but just wanted to see if you’re still paying attention 

6. What’s Available Tomorrow.
Robots
Tele-medicine
Tracker for vital functions
ECG, Heart Monitor
Body Temperature
Respiratory Rate
Blood Sugar levels

7. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SAFETY CONCERN?

8. The Fear of Falling is: Sometimes Worse than the Fall Itself!
What is the difference if I’m sleeping or lying on the floor for 8 hours?

9. Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

10. Betty White uses Lifeline!
“I'm not a negative thinker, and I always try to accentuate the positive. I chose Philips Lifeline so I could continue living in my home and continue being me.”
“I'm not sure why someone would want to live without Philips Lifeline. It's not about being old, it's about being safe...and smart.” “If I can do it, you can do it!”

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