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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?
Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, including artificial intelligence, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.
Smart home tech encompasses smart:
Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products make nice with the internet doesn’t always make them more useful.
About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need smart home devices, according to a 2023 AARP survey. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill.
Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard known as Matter, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.
“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights aging in place.
Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.
“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”
Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a home security system, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, smart camera, smart door lock, smart light or smart thermostat.
“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at Consumer Reports.
“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”
For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted.
This article originally appeared on AARP.org in July 2024
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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. Then when something seems off, a caregiver can be alerted. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </p></span> </div> </div> <p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AARP.org</a> in July 2024</i></p> </div> </div><div class="module clearfix"><script src="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.c85a242a55150cd195e494cd6e5b9c77.gz.js" async=""></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/resource/00000168-dd17-d487-a96e-df5fe3ee0000/styleguide/All.min.bfe6eb5a8301841feef3af4e9bd1e26d.gz.css"> <!-- bypass --> <style> a:focus, a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } h1.article-headline { margin: 0 0 1rem; } </style> <!-- <style> .Enhancement-item .Figure { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body ul { margin-bottom: 24px; } .RichTextArticleBody-body p{ margin: 12px 0; } .RichTextModule-items { clear: both; display: table; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; } .VideoEnhancement>* { color: var(--primaryTextColor); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; background: #f0efed } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement>* { font-size:14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.47 } } .VideoEnhancement-title { padding: 20px } @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .VideoEnhancement-title { padding:30px } } .VideoEnhancement-player>* { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25% } .VideoEnhancement iframe { border: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100% } [data-video-player] { display: block; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; margin: 0 auto; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="4x3"] { padding-bottom: 56.25%; } [data-video-player][data-aspect-ratio="16x9"] { padding-bottom: 56.25% } </style> --></div><div class="module clearfix"><div class="module-spacer tout-homefit-750"> <a data-formelementid="CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024" href="/guest/home-and-community/?intcmp=CSN-LOCAL-HC-NEWSSK-02272024"><img class="img-responsive" alt="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" title="Explore the free AARP HomeFit Guide" src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/touts/HomeFit_750x150.png"></a> </div></div></div> <div class="col-md-4 right-rail thin-rhs"><div class="module clearfix"><!--default--> <!-- module_RHS - AARP Events --> <pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr66e7be0e9f15a-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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$viewFile = '/var/www/vhosts/vcc_staging/app/View/Layouts/aarp_2023.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'content_for_layout' => '<div class="row twoColumnLayout"> <div class="col-md-8 left-rail"><div class="module clearfix"><div class="ar-basic-box"> <div> <div class="module-spacer"> <header><h1 class="article-headline">How a Smart Home Can Help You or a Loved One Age in Place Right Now</h1></header> <div class="posted-on"> Posted on 07/01/24 by <b>Edward C. Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="link-devices">Link devices to build a complete picture</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <p>For caregivers and their loved ones, the value of a smart device is its ability to interact with other devices and assemble a big picture of a typical day at home, especially when an older adult lives alone, says Andy Miller, senior vice president for AARP Innovation Labs. 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Baig</b> </div> </div> <div class="module-spacer"> <span class="blog-content"><p><div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> </div> </div> <div> <p><span class="scroll-arrow" id="independent-living">Can an internet-connected smart home make it easier for older adults to live independently and simplify care for them?<br /> </span></p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Until now, adoption of smart home technology among older Americans has been lukewarm at best. Recent leaps, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2024/ai-and-caregiving-crisis.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="ai and caregiving">including artificial intelligence</a>, paired with the desire of about 9 in 10 older people to stay in their homes as long as possible, make the question worth asking again.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="uxdiaCacheableXF experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Smart home tech encompasses smart:<br /> </p> <ul><li>Appliances</li><li>Cameras</li><li>Cookware</li><li>Doorbells</li><li>Energy systems</li><li>Garage door openers</li><li>Lights</li><li>Mattresses</li><li>Plugs</li><li>Security systems</li><li>Speakers</li><li>TVs</li><li>Window treatments</li></ul> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Collectively called the internet of things (IoT), these products are considered intelligent because they connect to your home’s internet and you can control them via smartphone and computer and often by voice. But just because household products <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/internet-speed-test.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed tests">make nice with the internet</a> doesn’t always make them more useful.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="complicated-setup">Lack of simplicity is a big stumbling block</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>About 1 in 5 respondents 50 and older say they don’t need <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/fcc-smart-tech-certification.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart home devices</a>, according to a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/technology/internet-media-devices/2024-technology-trends-older-adults/' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="link to aarp survey">2023 AARP survey</a>. Around 1 in 10 expressed no interest at all. Some smart home products were deemed too expensive, too intrusive, too complicated or, to put it bluntly, overkill. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Consumers who purchase smart home products often don’t wonder whether individual items connect with other devices in their house or whether they might need help getting them to work. The industry is trying to solve this with a technical standard <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-connectivity-standard.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="internet speed standards">known as Matter</a>, which has support from companies — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung — that are behind the most popular smart home platforms.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“It’s still the same do-it-yourself piecemeal,” says Laurie M. Orlov, an industry analyst in Port St. Lucie, Florida. “You buy one thing and then you buy another thing, and then if you buy too many things, you have to hire [help]. We haven’t moved much past that.” Her Aging and Health Technology Watch website spotlights <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2023/stylish-home-updates-aging-in-place.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home updates to age in place">aging in place</a>. </p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Buyers’ biggest pain point is setting everything up, says Nick Millette, product development merchant and tester at Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home platform.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“This is what I do for a living,” he says. “I’ve got 15 products I tested today and three that I am not able to get connected.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="scroll-arrow" id="home-security">Home security systems fill a need for older adults</span></h3> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Older consumers are embracing some tech, research by Parks Associates shows. The Addison, Texas, market researchers found that 24 percent of people 65 and older have a <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/home-security-tips.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="home security tips">home security system</a>, and 34 percent own at least one smart home device besides a smart speaker, such as a video doorbell, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2023/smart-home-security#virtual-eyes' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart cameras">smart camera</a>, <a target="_blank" href='https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/smart-home-tech.html' data-overlay-msg="AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;" title="smart home tech">smart door lock</a>, smart light or smart thermostat.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“The big wrapper is around health, well-being, longevity, connectivity and care coordination,” says Ken Honeycutt, director of commercialization for Samsung Health in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Choose devices that meet specific needs, and you won’t go wrong, says Stacey Higginbotham, a Seattle-area policy fellow at <i>Consumer Reports</i>.</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>“I want [smart lights] to have circadian rhythms. I want it to work with a motion sensor easily. I want to tie it into security systems,” she says. “Figure out what you want, and then find a system that will do that for you with whatever [smart]phones you have.”</p> <div> <div class="aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12"> <div class="articlecontentfragment contentfragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12"> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment cmp-contentfragment--smart-home-age-in-place" data-cmp-contentfragment-model="uxdia/models/content-experience-article-content-fragment" data-cmp-contentfragment-path="/content/dam/content-fragments/aarp-org/en/article/technology/2024/smart-home-age-in-place"> </div> <div class="cmp-contentfragment 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