The Quantified Senior

Facilitator: Mark LeavittQS 2015 Conference Breakout Session

June 18, 2015, 12 noonSan Francisco, CA

“Youth is wasted on the young”

“So is self-tracking”

Self-Tracking and Seniors:A Match Made in Heaven?

• Optimize wellness• Detect reversible declines early

• Health care decision empowerment• Small changes => large quality-of-life benefits

Seniors use basic self-tracking more than any other age group

Age 18-29 Age 30-49 Age 50-64 Age 65+0

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Percentage of Self-Trackers (weight, diet, exercise)

Source: Tracking for Health, Pew Research Center, http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/01/28/tracking-for-health/

71%

Seniors use health indicator self-tracking more than any other age group

Age 18-29 Age 30-49 Age 50-64 Age 65+0

20

40

60

80

100

Percentage who track health indicators or symptoms

Source: Tracking for Health, Pew Research Center, http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/01/28/tracking-for-health/

52%

But they don’t own many smartphones

Age 18-29 Age 30-49 Age 50-64 Age 65+0

102030405060708090

100

Source: Portrait of Smartphone Ownership, Pew Research Center, http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/chapter-one-a-portrait-of-smartphone-ownership//

Is this a problem, or an opportunity?

What are your thoughts and experiences on Quantified Seniors?