Modern Health Talk is an online community Website, Blog and Social Network for sharing information about Home Health Care Solutions. To start the discussions, we populated the forum with our blog articles, but you can add articles, comments or questions of your own.

We can help connect you with the advice, technology solutions and services that enable well-being, aging in place and home health care for yourself and your loved ones. Our aim is improving wellness and the quality of care while lowering care costs.

THE PROBLEM: A National Crisis in Health Care

People live longer today, thanks largely to innovations in medicine and technology from NASA’s space program. But longevity comes with a price, which has risen faster in the U.S. than other nations. These rising costs will get worse as Baby Boomers retire and expect more technical miracles.

Baby Boomers are already starting to retire and take Social Security and will soon increase the healthcare burden dramatically. It’s because of the way we provide care today. A dramatic new approach is needed, and its urgency is critical. See statistics.

THE SOLUTION: Modern Solutions for Home Health Care

As our aging population booms, we must address the rising costs by creating personal, networked, home-based care options and move at least 50% of healthcare services from hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted care facilities to homes. We need a “Going to the Moon” type of effort to reduce costs with technology solutions that enable home health care and aging in place.

But as solutions and care options evolve, how will individuals learn about what’s available? This will depend largely on a community of individuals sharing experiences with the new home health care technologies and services. That’s what mHealthTalk.com provides – a way to plug into Modern Health Care options.

GETTING THERE: A Vision of where THERE is

Besides providing a community to discuss new solutions for home health care, Modern Health Talk will work with other organizations and forum members to better understand care needs and evangelize universal design for better products and services. In the video below, Continua Health Alliance shares a vision where smart devices are networked to help us maintain our health, monitor older relatives, and manage chronic diseases.

FUTURE PLANS

Modern Health Talk will continue to evolve with links to new online Resources and Articles about technologies and solutions you can use. Check out our new discussion forums, which are open to public posting and comment.