The deadline to enter the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards has been extended until Wednesday, June 28.
1 week left to enter the 2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards
Jun 16, 2023
The deadline to enter the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards is a week away — Friday, June 23. Find out more here.
FDA authorizes hearing aid that users can fit and program on their own
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 09, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration for the first time has authorized for marketing a hearing aid that users can fit, program and control without help from a healthcare provider.
McKnight’s Tech Awards entry deadline is Tuesday
May 21, 2021
Has your organization implemented technology in the past year to improve care, services or operations or to improve connections between staff members and residents and/or their families? Here’s your...
Employee engagement, customer experience focus of new products
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2016
PointClickCare and Align have partnered on two offerings for senior care providers to help manage employee engagement, improve resident outcomes and achieve a stronger bottom line. You can see them at...
Virtual reality helps diagnose Alzheimer’s disease earlier, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 28, 2019
Virtual reality can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than cognitive tests currently considered to be the “gold standard,” suggests a new study published in the journal Brain.
Technology partnership streamlines entertainment, caregiving services via television
Aug 30, 2018
DISH’s voice remote is now compatible with the Independa AnyTV Companion, the companies announced Wednesday.
Improving quality of life is goal of senior living tech initiative
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2017
At a Minnesota senior living community, smartwatches and other communication tools will provide caregivers, residents and their family members with real-time health and wellness information while simultaneously...
OnShift introduces employee engagement software
Jan 30, 2017
Human capital management software company OnShift has introduced its new OnShift Engage cloud-based software, designed to help increase staff satisfaction and employee engagement to improve organizational...
Research details what online services older adults use
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 19, 2016
A newly reported study from the Pew Research Center reveals how involved those aged 50 or more years are in the digital economy, that is, using commercial online services for everything from arranging...