Technology Can Make Caregiving Easier; Find Out More at Elder Care Expo 2008
[30 April 2008 - Elder Care Expos, LLC] For many years, the telephone was about the only technology that supported families in caring for elderly parents. These days, cutting-edge technologies – that use the Internet, telephones, TVs, cameras, sensors and more – help keep people safe on a 24-hour basis with automatic contact with family and medical staff.
Elder Care Expo 2008 ( http://www.ChoosingElderCare.com ) will feature technologies that can help improve the quality of later life by keeping people more independent and in their homes longer. The Expo will be held May 9 and 10, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day in the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Education Building in St. Paul, Minn.
Some of the more than 90 educational seminars and more than 100 exhibitors will be showcasing technologies such as monitoring sensors, assistive listening devices, brain-based memory software and more.
Sensors are one example of technology being used within spaces, such as homes, to give elders options for living with independence, autonomy and dignity – without forgoing safety and security.
"Caregivers gain peace of mind knowing their loved one will quickly have a responder if they are in need of assistance," says Sue Gronemeyer, director of operations for Sengistix, LLC, which is an Elder Care Expo exhibitor that provides wireless sensing technology.
Multiple sensors can send activities-of-daily-living reports and safety alerts in real-time via the monitoring company to family, staff or support persons. The sensor system can call automatically when the individual needs assistance, even if they cannot call, from anywhere in the residence. Sensors can monitor whether a person gets out of bed, opens the refrigerator for a meal, gets enough movement during the day, takes medication and more.
Other technologies are placed on the individual person, such as life-line monitors that can be used to contact help if a person falls or is having an immediate medical problem. Other devices help people who have hearing loss.
"If you or a family member has a hearing loss, you know that it can be more than a minor annoyance," says Lori Foss, marketing director, Harris Communications. "Having to continually repeat what you are saying can be frustrating. In addition, those with hearing loss often become isolated from friends and family. But there are many different technologies that can improve the quality of life for the person with hearing loss."
An assistive listening device (ALD) can provide hearing assistance for those with a hearing loss, especially for someone without a hearing aid or when a hearing aid is not enough. ALDs include tools such as an amplified telephone, infrared system, FM system, personal amplification system, or loud clock. People can try out these different devices at Harris Communications' booth during Elder Care Expo.
Elder Care Expo will help Minnesota baby boomers, their parents and seniors make better decisions about elder care choices. Find more information about the Expo by visiting http://www.ChoosingElderCare.com or by calling (651) 204-0266. Expo tickets are $8 per person and can be purchased online or at the door.
Elder Care Expo Sponsors include: Augustana Care Corporation, Presbyterian Homes and Services, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Accra Care Inc., and WCCO Radio. Supporting Partners include Minnesota Senior Federation, Minnesota Adult Day Care Service Association, At Home Solutions, ElderCare Rights Alliance, Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network, Vital Aging Network, and the University of Minnesota Center on Aging.
About Elder Care Expo:
Elder Care Expo 2008 is produced by a team with more than 50 years of experience in consumer events, educational programming and gerontology. In addition, they have personally been involved with hospice volunteer work and caregiving to older family members, while raising children. Today, one in five adults is responsible for managing some aspect of the finances and/or healthcare of a family member who is 65 or older, and approximately 80 percent of home-care services are provided by family caregivers. Elder Care Expo is Minnesota's first educational event designed to bring together government agencies, nonprofits and private organizations under one roof and with one simple goal: helping baby boomers, their parents and seniors plan for and find solutions for their elder care challenges. Elder Care Expos, LLC, also publishes the Choosing Elder Care blog at:
http://www.choosingeldercare.com/blog
Elder Care Expo 2008 ( http://www.ChoosingElderCare.com ) will feature technologies that can help improve the quality of later life by keeping people more independent and in their homes longer. The Expo will be held May 9 and 10, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day in the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Education Building in St. Paul, Minn.
Some of the more than 90 educational seminars and more than 100 exhibitors will be showcasing technologies such as monitoring sensors, assistive listening devices, brain-based memory software and more.
Sensors are one example of technology being used within spaces, such as homes, to give elders options for living with independence, autonomy and dignity – without forgoing safety and security.
"Caregivers gain peace of mind knowing their loved one will quickly have a responder if they are in need of assistance," says Sue Gronemeyer, director of operations for Sengistix, LLC, which is an Elder Care Expo exhibitor that provides wireless sensing technology.
Multiple sensors can send activities-of-daily-living reports and safety alerts in real-time via the monitoring company to family, staff or support persons. The sensor system can call automatically when the individual needs assistance, even if they cannot call, from anywhere in the residence. Sensors can monitor whether a person gets out of bed, opens the refrigerator for a meal, gets enough movement during the day, takes medication and more.
Other technologies are placed on the individual person, such as life-line monitors that can be used to contact help if a person falls or is having an immediate medical problem. Other devices help people who have hearing loss.
"If you or a family member has a hearing loss, you know that it can be more than a minor annoyance," says Lori Foss, marketing director, Harris Communications. "Having to continually repeat what you are saying can be frustrating. In addition, those with hearing loss often become isolated from friends and family. But there are many different technologies that can improve the quality of life for the person with hearing loss."
An assistive listening device (ALD) can provide hearing assistance for those with a hearing loss, especially for someone without a hearing aid or when a hearing aid is not enough. ALDs include tools such as an amplified telephone, infrared system, FM system, personal amplification system, or loud clock. People can try out these different devices at Harris Communications' booth during Elder Care Expo.
Elder Care Expo will help Minnesota baby boomers, their parents and seniors make better decisions about elder care choices. Find more information about the Expo by visiting http://www.ChoosingElderCare.com or by calling (651) 204-0266. Expo tickets are $8 per person and can be purchased online or at the door.
Elder Care Expo Sponsors include: Augustana Care Corporation, Presbyterian Homes and Services, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Accra Care Inc., and WCCO Radio. Supporting Partners include Minnesota Senior Federation, Minnesota Adult Day Care Service Association, At Home Solutions, ElderCare Rights Alliance, Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network, Vital Aging Network, and the University of Minnesota Center on Aging.
About Elder Care Expo:
Elder Care Expo 2008 is produced by a team with more than 50 years of experience in consumer events, educational programming and gerontology. In addition, they have personally been involved with hospice volunteer work and caregiving to older family members, while raising children. Today, one in five adults is responsible for managing some aspect of the finances and/or healthcare of a family member who is 65 or older, and approximately 80 percent of home-care services are provided by family caregivers. Elder Care Expo is Minnesota's first educational event designed to bring together government agencies, nonprofits and private organizations under one roof and with one simple goal: helping baby boomers, their parents and seniors plan for and find solutions for their elder care challenges. Elder Care Expos, LLC, also publishes the Choosing Elder Care blog at:
http://www.choosingeldercare.com/blog
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