Three in four adults over age 50 want to age at home. However, increasing home care needs, direct care workforce shortages, and fewer family caregivers create gaps in support. 

At the same time, the care landscape is shifting. Telehealth, remote monitoring, and digital health tools are transforming where and how older adults get the care and support they need. The rollout of digital health and home technology solutions is surging, with 350,000 mobile health apps, nearly 3,000 AgeTech companies, and 18.8 billion Internet of Things–connected devices now deployed globally.   

Despite this progress, only half of adults 55+ use health-related or assistive technologies today. Solutions remain fragmented, adoption lags, and many tools are difficult to access or use together. 

Connected care in the home has the potential to address both the preferences of older adults and the societal imperative to care for a rapidly growing aging population—58 million and counting in the United States. Bringing together concepts from digitally enabled health care, AgeTech, and smart homes, connected care links activity inside the home with care outside of the home through data sharing and tools for monitoring, communication, and intervention.   

In this report, we present six building blocks for action and identify how public- and private-sector stakeholders can help advance the connected care ecosystem. Our recommendations focus on: 

• characterizing the needs and preferences of older adults alongside related connected care tools,

• establishing the infrastructure and shared frameworks to validate and link solutions, and

• enabling widespread adoption through improved access, integration, and financing.  

Read the full report to explore actionable recommendations and discover opportunities to accelerate progress on connected care, enabling healthy longevity and aging at home.