Through a collaborative partnership and joint research, Philips and the Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business have found that our aging population places a high value on technology as they age. However, the overwhelming majority believe today's technology needs to be better developed to help them successfully age at home, or age in place, for as long as possible.
In fact, while most want to age in their own home, they believe they will have significant barriers to achieving this through the aid of technology, such as access and adoption, cost, privacy, complexity of use, product integration, and public policy. These barriers, which need to be addressed for future generations, already have a deep impact on how seniors currently use technology today.
53% of boomers and Gen X believed it would be a good thing if their parents used technology more
Source: Aging Well: Technology Use Among Our Aging Population
Is tech the key to aging well?
About the Aging Well initiative
Through a collaborative partnership and joint research, Philips and the Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business conducted a multi-year, three-part study on aging. Experts and industry leaders came together to examine the results and explore solutions to help people age at home, or age in place, for as long as possible.
2013 Roundtable attendees
Evan Barba, Assistant Professor in Communication, Culture and Technology, Georgetown
Debra Berlyn, Executive Director, The Project to Get Older Adults onLine
Alice B. Borrelli, Director of Global Healthcare Policy, Intel Corporation
Terry Bradwell, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, AARP
Richard D. Brennan, Jr., Executive Director, Home Care Technology Association of America
Jon Broyles, Head of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care
Susan V. Coleman, Clinical Faculty Member, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
Shawn DuBravac, Chief Economist and Director of Research, Consumer Electronics Association
Mark Emery, Innovation Program Director for Home Monitoring, Philips
Rod Falcon, Program Director, Health Horizons
Patricia Ford-Roegner, Senior Policy Advisor, Amplify Public Affairs
Elizabeth L. Grossman, Technology Policy Strategist, Microsoft
Kevin Haley, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Under Armour
Alicia Heazlitt, Director of Strategy, InnovateLTC
Drew Holzapfel, Managing Director, High Lantern Group
Sean Hughes, Chief Design Officer Healthcare, Philips
Koen Joosse, Director of Professional and Public Affairs, Philips
Tony Lee, Senior Manager, Federal Government Relations, Philips
David Lindeman, Director, Center for Aging and Technology at the University of California Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
Robert Love, Editor-in-chief, AARP
Ladan Manteghi, Executive Director, Global Social Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
Dr. Leonard Marcus, Co-Director, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative
Louis McKinney, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for the DC West region, PNC
Larry Minnix, President and CEO, LeadingAge
Brett Norman, Health Care Reporter, POLITICO Pro
William Novelli, Distinguished Professor of the Practice and Founder of Global Social Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
Laurie Orlov, Founder, Aging in Place Technology Watch
Song Pak, General Counsel, Revolution Growth
Lygeia Ricciardi, Director, Office of Consumer eHealth at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)
Mary Rubino, Veteran Health Policy Editor, Health Affairs
Greg Sebasky, Chairman, Philips North America
Salim Shah, Chief Scientist, Georgetown Medical Center
Mark Stephenson, Head of Brand, Digital and Communications, Philips North America
Jeffrey L. Sturchio, Senior Partner, Rabin Martin
Michael Sturmer, Senior Director for Consumer Health Engagement, Clinical Operations at CIGNA
Crystal Swann, Director of Health Programs and Assistant Executive Director for Children, Health and Human Services, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Sandra Timmermann, Ed.D., nationally recognized gerontologist
Jeanine Turner, Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University
Diane Ty, Project Director, Global Social Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
Barg Upender, Founder, mobomo
Marc Warshawsky, Senior Vice President, Digital Products Executive at Bank of America
Daniel Rutherford Wilson, Director of Policy and Program Development, National Caucus and Center on Black Aged
