ASA teases launch of new institute; will offer virtual programming for agetech orgs, senior living
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 01, 2024
A new tech institute will unfold in multiple stages, with the goal of bringing technology and senior living and care organizations together to collaborate.
Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC, healthcare’s ‘hardest setting’
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
Most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics so skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation.
Pilot program leads to 42 percent reduction in resident falls
By
John O'Connor
Apr 15, 2024
A tech-based pilot program helped Allegro Senior Living reduce resident falls by 42%, the company announced Thursday. As a result, the Grayslake, IL-based firm plans to expand the program to more of its...
Study: Remote physiologic monitoring among Medicaid users skyrocketed from 2019 to 2021
By
Kristen Fischer
May 10, 2024
From 2019 to 2021, remote physiologic monitoring via wearables and mobile apps grew more than 1,300% among Medicaid users, per a new study.
Slow and steady wins the race to bring new tech to seniors, providers say
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 03, 2024
Caregivers must be careful to slowly introduce new technology for seniors with dementia or in memory care, experts explain.
How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 17, 2024
Nursing homes are on the frontier of new care models and technology solutions that have the potential to save billions of dollars in healthcare costs.
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare access to telehealth services must remain a priority, members of a congressional advisory panel said Thursday.