Pandemic: Seniors feel better mentally, emotionally than middle-aged adults, but fewer plan to continue...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2021
During the pandemic, adults aged 65 or more years have fared better mentally and emotionally and as far as general quality of life than their counterparts aged 50 to 64, according to newly released results...
Hybrid delivery model debuts in Ohio senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2021
Tablets are being distributed to hundreds of residents of senior living communities in a bid to create a hybrid care delivery model for older adults.
Senior living faces unique challenges in implementing widespread telehealth use
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2022
The relative independence and health of senior living residents compared with other long-term care recipients likely affect the use of telehealth in independent living and assisted living communities,...
Assisted living provider among victims in latest ransomware attacks, HHS warns
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 29, 2022
The federal government is putting senior living and other healthcare providers on the alert for cyberattacks, sharing that an assisted living community has been among those affected by a ransomware group’s...
Experts create new vision for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2023
Unconstrained by the parameters of the traditional long-term care model, a group of experts has developed a new vision of eldercare that they say is customizable, person-centered and coordinated.
‘Good technology fulfills needs and wants,’ senior living tech expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2022
Technology can be a workforce enabler that can engage and empower people as well as meet basic psychological and self-fulfillment needs, according to one senior living technology expert.
$18 million tech startup eyes creating efficiencies specifically for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2022
A chance encounter on a playground led to the launch of a startup aimed at streamlining the work of assisted living staff members and operators through technology. The case of August Health provides a...
Senior living disruption means new models that promote inclusion, purpose
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2022
Increasing consumer demand, outside investment, reengineering of traditional models, and financial and staffing pressure on existing senior living operators are changing the industry, according to experts.