frame, a company offering cloud-based, customizable digital content management and display systems for senior living communities, has announced an advancement for its digital memory boxes.
New research can help you attract prospective employees, residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2024
To attract prospective employees or residents, your senior living community must meet them where they are. If you’re hoping to meet them on social media, new research provides a roadmap of sorts.
Review links hearing aid devices with reduced cognitive decline
Dec 06, 2022
Further, the use of devices is linked to a 3% improvement in cognitive test scores in the short term.
Researchers use virtual reality to help develop dementia test
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 05, 2017
Scientists are asking the players of virtual reality games to play a free game to help them better understand dementia, with the goal of developing a diagnostic test. A mobile version is available, too.
4 assisted living measures added to LTC Trend Tracker
Oct 17, 2016
The National Center for Assisted Living added four new assisted living quality measures to LTC Trend Tracker, so member organizations now can track their progress on all of the NCAL Quality Initiative...
AI ‘promising’ for use in geriatrics, but ethical concerns remain, researchers say
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 22, 2023
A new meta-study on using AI within geriatrics praises AI as a “valuable asset” but still warns about the need for future research and potential ethical concerns.
Blood tests and phone apps: The future of diagnosing Alzheimer’s?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 08, 2019
Last week in a blog post, Bill Gates shared some exciting ways that Alzheimer’s disease might be diagnosed in the future.
BeeHive Homes New Mexico hopes employee-first business model will set it apart
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 23, 2022
Beehive Homes New Mexico, a franchisee of Boise, ID-based Beehive Homes, is tackling labor challenges with an employee-first business model at its 34 assisted living communities.
Fewer deaths reported with enrollment in COVID-19 remote monitoring
Nov 18, 2021
The remote monitoring service, COVID Watch, reduced deaths at 30 and 60 days and was associated with presentation to the emergency department sooner.
COVID-19 may force positive changes, improved outcomes in senior living
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 21, 2020
Over the past decade, design trends have been pushing a more progressive, upbeat vision of senior living, one that encourages more independence and social connectivity. Yet the deadly impact of the coronavirus...