The emerging field of geroscience aims to extend the length of time a senior is healthy and active, so that feeling much younger than your chronological age will become commonplace. In fact, disrupting eldercare has become a hot button among technology startups:
- Sensassure is reimagining the “unmentionable” topic of incontinence with technology that detects wetness in an elder’s underwear. Though it may not be a popular subject for dinner table discussion, this device improves life immeasurably for both patients and caregivers.
- Singfit, which won AARP’s Innovation@50+ award, turns music into medicine by addressing dementia and mood with elder karaoke.
- 3rings, a UK-based “smartplug,” lets family members know a senior is all right by sending a message to the recipient’s mobile phone when the senior plugs in a domestic appliance, such as a coffee pot.
- Stitch is a different kind of dating site, designed to help mature adults find friends, activities and travel companions as well as romantic connections. It’s a “stitch in time,” because everyone needs friends, regardless of age.
Home Care? App-solutely!
Geriatrician Bruce Leff believes hospitals should be reserved for acute care situations, and that more sophisticated home care is the answer for otherwise healthy seniors who just need a little help.
While technology is returning doctor visits to the home — via Skype and similar videoconference service providers — the days of doctors making house calls vanished along with rotary dial phones.
Or did they?
TrueCare24 is changing the story, by wedding the house call doctor of yesteryear with third millennium technology. Using the TrueCare app, you can not only Skype or talk with a medical professional by phone, you can also have a doctor come right to your door if you need one — even at night or on the weekend.
How the TrueCare app works
- The TrueCare24 app finds a house call doctor who accepts your insurance, at your location;
- The care provider you select calls you within minutes to discuss your request;
- The care provider arrives at your home to diagnose and treat you as needed.
Why TrueCare24 Is Your Healthy Aging Partner
When you work with TrueCare, you’re assured of care that is:
- Reliable. We have over 1,000 trusted house call doctors and clinicians located throughout the U.S., including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, New York, Washington DC, and Miami.
- Timely. Request an Urgent Care clinician to visit you within 1-2 hours or receive a phone/video consultation with a doctor in minutes. (Disclaimer: Some doctors are not available for same-day visits or phone consultations.)
- Convenient. No more waiting in crowded emergency rooms or clinics. Receive advice, treatment, and even common prescriptions in the convenience and privacy of your home, office, or hotel room.
- Top quality. We provide services from top medical professionals who have experience working at major hospitals, ERs, and Urgent Care centers.
Clearly, it’s app-solutely easy to stay healthy and connected today, regardless of how old the calendar claims you might be.
