Technology Can Help Serve Needs of Aging Populations
From: eWeek - 09/13/2016
By: Nathan Eddy

IBM and CTA Foundation's Outthink Aging study identified three areas in which
cognitive computing can apply to the aging population, such as knowledge as a
service.

A recent study by technology giant IBM and the Consumer Technology
Association (CTA) Foundation, a public foundation that links seniors and
people with disabilities with technologies to enhance their lives, shows that
meeting the needs of a growing aging population will require new
technologies, partnerships, ideas and business models.

The Outthink Aging study identified three key areas where cognitive computing
can apply to the aging population, including knowledge as a service (KaaS).

Currently, non-profit groups including AARP and agencies connect with a range
of partners such as banks to provide services including healthcare discounts,
insurance plans, travel benefits, intellectual community involvement, and
entertainment.

Rather than those one-to-one relationships, the study concluded, in the
future agencies and their partners will be able to tap into a central
cognitive computing platform that combines consumer preferences, industry
data, and public information that would enable them to provide new,
specialized services to their members.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.eweek.com/small-business/technology-can-help-serve-needs-of-aging-populations.html
http://www.longevitynetwork.org/news/technology-can-help-serve-needs-aging-populations

Links:
Consumer Technology Association Foundation
https://www.cta.tech/CTA-Foundation.aspx

Outthink Aging
http://www-03.ibm.com/able/aging

Outthink Aging study
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/rs/en/rsm12347usen/RSM12347USEN.PDF