Two news items are discussed in this article: 1) Tunstall Acquires Mountain Home Medical; and Philips Lifeline GoSafe mobile technology keeps active seniors connected. In the first item, the acquisition by Tunstall Americas of Colorado-based Mountain Home Medical (formerly American Medical Alert Corporation [Long Island City, NY] is described, as are details about the acquired […]
People with dementia have a tendency to take off on their own, walking or driving, unaware they are having a memory episode. For many people, institutionalization may not be necessary if one of the new tracking technologies turns out to be appropriate for their situation. Seniors who are at risk of falling live in […]
by Audrey Kinsella The number of digital tools available to help people manage their own health is on the rise. Presentations at last month’s Connected Health Symposium stressed the need to engage patients with their own health maintenance. An equal number of product demonstrations proved that the tools to meet that need are already here, […]
