- 81 percent are interested in sensor technology to prevent falls, particularly among their aging parents
- 54 percent worry about an elderly parent falling
- 70 percent of this group have this fear at least once a week, if not daily; regardless of whether the parent lives alone or not
Checking in with parents is a ‘top of mind’ anxiety for most of those surveyed, with most taking a team approach:
- 44 percent personally or have a sibling check in on their parent daily; 33 percent check in weekly; 12 percent stop by as needed
- 56 percent have neighbors or staff physically check on their parent daily
Not coincidentally, a team of engineers from Carnegie-Mellon are also researching active sensor technologies that gauge gait stability, dizziness and fatigue to predict and prevent falling–what at a former company we called the ‘Holy Grail’ of fall detection that can keep older adults active and well. No mention though of technology aids for ‘check in’ (see 3rings and also the original notion of QuietCare‘s behavioral telemonitoring.) MedCityNews, Carnegie-Mellon release
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