Technology is being developed in a variety of areas to assist in geriatric care.  Significant efforts are underway in both the consumer and professional markets.  Already these efforts are bearing fruit.  You can read about some in my earlier blogs and I'll be highlighting others in the coming weeks.

Let's start the discussion with some categories.  Technology is entering the the consumer side of eldercare both in the home and on the Internet.  This work could be grouped as follows:

In Home:

Consumer Products 
- Family Communication 
- Wellness and Assistance
Health Products 
- Services 
- Diagnostics Reporting
Safety 
- Monitoring Services 
- Products
Research Initiatives 
- Continuous Monitoring – Automatic Detection 
- Decision Support

On the Internet:
Person Health Records
- Microsoft Vault 
- Google Health
- Hundreds of Others
Medical and Non-Medical Information
- Health Sites
- Support Group Sites
- Commercial Sites