For wearables to be useful to older adults, some barriers need to be overcome. As has been the case with other technology innovations that can provide great benefit to seniors, the value of wearables may be great for older adults — especially when personalized to the characteristics and needs of an individual. However, the implementation and/or data integration may be lacking. And there may be significant concerns about being tracked and where the data resides. What might be the impediments to this useful category actually being adopted? These include:
Usability of the data. What stands between the data from a wearable and its use by …
For wearables to be useful to older adults, some barriers need to be overcome. As has been the case with other technology innovations that can provide great benefit to seniors, the value of wearables may be great for older adults — especially when personalized to the characteristics and needs of an individual. However, the implementation and/or data integration may be lacking. And there may be significant concerns about being tracked and where the data resides. What might be the impediments to this useful category actually being adopted? These include:
Usability of the data. What stands between the data from a wearable and its use by …
For wearables to be useful to older adults, some barriers need to be overcome. As has been the case with other technology innovations that can provide great benefit to seniors, the value of wearables may be great for older adults — especially when personalized to the characteristics and needs of an individual. However, the implementation and/or data integration may be lacking. And there may be significant concerns about being tracked and where the data resides. What might be the impediments to this useful category actually being adopted? These include: