Virtual museum visits can battle social isolation, improve quality of life in older adults, study finds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 24, 2022
Weekly virtual museum visits can help improve quality of life for older adults at high risk for poor health outcomes from social isolation, according to a new study. The authors hope that the activity...
Improving indoor air quality is new focus of national COVID-19 mitigation strategy
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 07, 2022
Improving indoor air quality is one of the best ways to reduce the large toll that respiratory viruses are taking on older adults and other vulnerable populations. But current regulations are “simply...
2 billion 50+ adults will generate $43 billion in economic activity by 2050, providing opportunities...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2023
Aging is a growth market. With the planet inching toward a population of older adults at 2 billion, $43 trillion in economic activity is going to be generated by people aged more than 50 years old around...
$5M in grants now available to assisted living communities for telemedicine tech
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 09, 2024
Assisted living communities and other long-term care providers now can access $5 million in funding to install telemedicine technology and infrastructure after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed...
Arizona senior living community part of drone delivery pilot program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2023
A limited pilot program testing drone delivery of “critical medical supplies” to an Arizona senior living community will take place this summer.
Senior living residents eligible for $7 million federal COVID-19 telehealth program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 09, 2023
The launch of a federal telehealth model will provide any adult — including senior living and affordable senior housing residents — access to at-home COVID-19 rapid tests, telehealth sessions and antiviral...
John Knox Village earns Gold with falls prevention fitness program
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Foster Stubbs
Nov 10, 2022
John Knox Village was awarded Gold in the Innovator of the Year category in the Senior Living track of the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards due to its efforts to prevent and reduce falls...
Nudging residents toward positive habits can decrease social isolation: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2023
Nudging older adults toward positive habits can be effective in promoting increased activity and engaging those who are socially isolated, especially men, according to the results of a new study conducted...
‘Suspicious activity’ puts data at risk for hundreds of senior living residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2023
The operators of four not-for-profit senior living and care communities located in four separate Pennsylvania counties said Friday that they have taken steps to “contain the situation” after finding...
New partnership aims to ‘transform’ senior living through real estate, care, tech
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2023
A Brentwood, TN, assisted living and memory care community is the launch point for a new partnership that aims to create an innovation center for technology and data solutions for the senior living industry...