GPS Wellness

Every 7 seconds someone, somewhere turns 50. Of that number, hundreds of thousands of loving fathers, mothers, sons and daughters are realizing that they may become a victim of Alzhiemer’s.

The journey to the golden years will mark more than twice as many women as men with the as yet incurable curse of dementia…why women? Statistically they live longer and so have more years to contract the disease. More over, their 9.8 million family and unpaid care givers will provide 8.4 billion hours of care. Can you calculate what those numbers will be over the course of the next decade as the millions of baby boomers reach 65?

The Technology Pavilion at the Life@50+ National AARP Event & Expo Washington, DC, September 4–6, 2008 will include a “Nana” Technology© booth, hosted by Andrew Carle, a national expert on senior care and technology, and an Assistant Professor in the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University.  Professor Carle acts as an advisor to GTX Corp, specifically targeting the development of applications for location aware devices to assist the home bound elderly who are memory impaired.  He has coined the term “Nana” to describe helpful technologies for older adults and the role such technologies will play in meeting the needs of aging Baby Boomers. 

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