Integrate the article and chapter readings into a critique of aging in place
versus aging in a long-term care facility.
2. What are some of the tools, technologies, or assistive devices that someone
you know uses that enhance that person’s quality of life. How do families and
health care providers use remote patient monitoring? (list what you know
here-ie. Do you use Fitbit, Ring, door dash, virtual check-ins when friends or
relatives are ill? Reference blogs in d.)
3. List ways that technology can help an elder remain safely in the home.
Compare technology assistance to assist aging in place: remote patient
monitoring means collecting patient data to monitor health status, monitoring
daily activities such as medication use, trends in ADLs, assisting elders’
communication, and medical alert systems.
4. Using “A Place for Mom” blogs, what are some options for additional
innovations for aging in place (ie. asset mapping, naturally occurring
retirement communities (NORC), village, cohousing, intentional (or niche)
communities, elder cottages, mother-in-law units, home sharing).
5. Describe the heterogeneity of needs of the aging population. Do you have
genetic loading for health or ability issues that need addressing for successful
aging?
6. Considering that cardiovascular disease and diabetes-both related to diet and
exercise are the top causes of death, what will be the most effect way of
providing medical care to an aging population?