DENVER: Digital technologies can help older adults maintain independence and assist with their care. But resistance to change and a shortage of objective data to help communicate its value, is making it hard to commercialize products and build markets, says Martijn Vastenburg.
Technology holds huge potential to allow older adults to maintain their independence for longer and to assist with care, but companies developing assisted living technologies have struggled to get their products to market.
A greater sense of urgency is needed in developing a market for technology aimed at helping older adults, according to Martijn Vastenburg, founder of ConnectedCare…