Senior living operators can enhance their cybersecurity measures, protecting valuable health information and fostering a safer environment for all residents.
Tick tock, TikTok: Making time for fun in retirement
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 25, 2022
I read this week about a retirement community in West Hollywood, CA, that has six residents aged 70 to 85. Except “Retirement House” isn’t a real place, and the “residents” don’t really live...
Telehealth may help to improve in-person physician visits, doc offers at tech summit
By
Liza Berger
Jun 09, 2021
Telehealth not only likely will remain after the pandemic, it may help to drive quality for in-person visits, a speaker said Tuesday during a session of LeadingAge’s Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations...
Online platforms that let nurses pick and choose which facilities they work for are an effort to combat the nursing shortage. The platforms, however, have benefits and disadvantages for all parties involved...
Google pilots Nest Hub Max features at Merrill Gardens senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2020
Residents in seven Merrill Gardens Senior Living communities in Washington state are connecting with friends and family during the pandemic with a donation of 1,000 Google Nest Hub Max devices.
Amazon announces HIPAA-compliant skills for Alexa, with senior living parent companies in the mix
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2019
Alexa, the Amazon virtual assistant increasingly found in senior living communities across the country, now is capable of transmitting and receiving protected health information, Amazon announced Thursday....
Interoperability: Preventing emergency communication breakdowns in your senior living community
By
Danielle Myers
Dec 05, 2019
Interoperability enables computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information, allowing senior living owners and operators to leverage their systems more effectively, improving both efficiency...
‘Digital life story’ tools are invaluable for memory care residents . . . but more need to know how...
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 25, 2024
Giving older adults living with dementia digital tools to showcase their “life stories” is a tremendous addition to senior living and care communities, a new study shows.
Cut down on paper records with digital work orders
By
Dan Roberge
Nov 04, 2021
It takes a good deal of time to handle administrative paperwork — time that takes you away from keeping your senior living community running smoothly.
Carrington at Lincolnwood strikes Tech Awards Gold for invisible check-in system
By
Chloe Konrad
Oct 25, 2021
Protection from falling often is high on the needs list of future senior living residents and their families. The Carrington at Lincolnwood, in Illinois senior living community managed by West Bay Senior...