This has been a good week for the introduction of new or updated multimedia software tools aimed at seniors and their residential communities.
One collaboration – between senior living platform i2NL + LifeLoop and Brookdale Senior Living – will offer new scrapbooking tools, targeted at residents who are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.
Dementia affects roughly 6.5 Americans, and that number could more than double in the coming decades, experts say.
I2NL+ LifeLoop announced earlier this week that it is offering new digital features for Brookdale residents.
“Having the chance to collaborate directly with Brookdale’s dementia care leadership was incredible,” Curt Frisch, iN2L + LifeLoop’s Senior Director of Product Management, said in a statement. “As a result of our collaboration, we designed entirely new tools to assist with resident and family communications across Brookdale’s Alzheimer’s and dementia care communities.”
Another new tool on the LifeLoop interface, “My Neighbors,” will connect senior living residents with similar profiles and interests to facilitate more social interaction.
I2NL + LifeLoop has been expanding recently, adding partnerships and content in a push to provide offerings for senior living residents of all cognitive abilities.
Senior living communities also have a new software option in The Engagement Bundle: Premiere Edition, an expanded version of a product that launched last year.
The new bundle’s content includes “online travel experiences” from Discover Live – virtual live guided tours of various locales around the world – and curated video content from Photavia, according to a release.
Yet another virtual tour provider, Threshold 360, announced an update to its product – version 23.2 – with a new 360-degree viewer and advanced analytics.
Virtual touring, especially in an immersive, 360-degree environment, has been shown to improve the emotional state of older adults with cognitive impairment, particularly if the VR environment shows a natural setting, recent studies have shown.
