Elderly Monitoring System Trends and Stats for 2025

Elderly Monitoring System Trends and Stats for 2025

Owners and general managers of senior living and assisted living facilities are witnessing a tech-focused transformation in resident care. 

Elderly monitoring systems, from fall detectors to remote health trackers, are becoming an important quality of life. 

Due to them getting so popular, we thought we’d go through the top trends and stats for elderly monitoring systems for 2025. 

1. Nearly All Seniors Want to “Age in Place”

94% of seniors desire to “age in place”. This means they’d rather age at home than relocate elsewhere. 

This strong percentage, coupled with the growing 65+ population in the US (from 2022 to 2025, it’ll increase by 24 million), is driving demand for technologies that support elderly independence. 

Even modern assisted living facilities are adapting to this by using monitoring systems, smart home devices, and remote care platforms to offer a more home-like experience. 

2. Fall Detection and Prevention Are Top Priorities

For seniors, falls remain one of the biggest safety risks. In fact, one in four adults aged 65+ suffers a fall every year, resulting in 3 million emergency department visits and 32,000 deaths. 

Because falls can be devastating at an older age, communities are deploying fall-detection pendants, bed/chair sensors, and smarter alert systems. 

For example, some assisted living facilities are deploying digital surveillance cameras with smart monitoring and tracking. This can alert staff if someone falls or leaves their room, etc. 

3. Protecting Memory Care Residents with Wander Technology

Smart monitoring is also very important for residents with cognitive impairments, like dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. 

With dementia, 60% of those who suffer from the disease will wander or become lost at least once. Such wandering can lead to injury or, worse, a missing person. 

To address this, there has been a rise in wearable trackers among individuals with such a disease. This includes wearable GPS trackers, motion sensors, and electronic door monitoring to prevent unsafe exits. 

4. Remote Health Monitoring Goes Mainstream

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has been on the rise. By 2025, 71 million Americans will have already used some type of RPM device. 

The device used varies, but they are normally used to track vitals (blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, etc.) and transmit data to providers/carers. 

Those in the industry have embraced this greatly as well. 81% of clinicians used an RPM in 2023, which was an increase of 305% since 2021. 

The overall goal for such monitoring is proactive care: catching health issues early, reducing the need for hospital trips or medical oversight. 

5. Seniors Are More Techy Than Ever

Today’s seniors are using tech much more than any other “elderly” generation. 

According to Pew Research, 90% of Americans aged 65+ are now online using the internet. A report from AARP even suggests that 91% of older adults use a smartphone. 

This tech acceptance means that those 65+ are more likely to use wearable medical devices and are open to real-time medical data (via smartphone apps). 

Not only this, but they’re using tech to entertain themselves. This makes having reliable and accessible wifi for assisted-living facilities highly important. 

6. Tech Tools Are Improving Quality of Life and Safety

Another encouraging trend for elderly monitoring systems is that they’re improving the quality of life. 

In a survey, it was revealed that 57% of older adults say that using assistive and health tech has improved their lives. 

Not only this, but they also improve peace of mind. Nearly half of all seniors (49%) say that they feel safer using technology. 

These tools don’t only help the elderly, either. They can improve the life of family and carers as they’re able to monitor their loved ones' well-being accurately 

7. Reliable Wi-Fi is Now a Lifeline, Not a Luxury

Nowadays, 88% of older adults use the internet to stay in touch with loved ones, engage with social activities, etc.

Given the reliance, assisted living committees are investing heavily in widespread and reliable wifi. This allows them to provide wifi to their residents as well as use updated elderly monitoring systems.

Conclusion 

The year 2025 finds elderly monitoring systems becoming a key part of looking after those 65+. 

With it, we can prevent unnecessary falls, monitor the health of individuals remotely, and most importantly, give them a better end of life. 

If you own or run an assisted living facility and want to start implementing some of the above elderly monitoring systems, contact us today.