aging in place

Alongside device support, the Philips Cares app offers caretakers shared reminders, access to emergency services and data analysis features.

Walabot Home uses low-power radio waves to montior a user's movements and can alert a family member if a fall is detected. 

Miami-based Papa's tech-enabled platform lets elders reach out to college students for transportation, household chores and companionship. 

This is the company's first new phone since 2016, and since its $800M acquisition by Best Buy earlier this month.

San Diego-based GreatCall — an old guard digital health company which started out making smartphones for seniors in 2006 but now offers a suite of connected safety products and services for aging in place individuals — has been acquired by retail chain Best Buy for $800 million.

Healthcare is improving with each passing year, allowing more aging patients to enjoy longer and healthier lives.

San Diego-based GreatCall, which offers digital health services and devices to seniors, has acquired the assets of aging in place startup Lively for an undisclosed amount.

Nortek Security and Control (NSC), which bought mPERS and telehealth company Numera Libris this past summer, has announced the first new product from the Numera brand post-acquisition.

Like all populations, the population of seniors in the United States is changing.

The global mobile health market is expected to top $49 billion by 2020, according to research firm Grand View Research, which made the same prediction 18 months ago.