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,...
Tech, healthcare as value proposition among silver linings of pandemic for senior living, executives...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 11, 2023
The pandemic upended the senior living business model, but it wasn’t all bad, according to a panel of executives at the 2023 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference this week.
Personal robots used in senior living are vulnerable to cyberattacks, McAfee finds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2020
The discovery that some robot “friends” increasingly used in senior living communities can be vulnerable to cyberattacks is “a reminder of how important vulnerability assessment programs are for...
Pandemic drives technology uptake in senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 14, 2022
The pandemic not only sped up the adoption of technology in the senior living and care field; it also opened the door to a variety of new technologies that one expert said are here to stay.
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...
Research focuses on diagnosing, lessening effects of Alzheimer’s disease
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2022
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, costing the nation $321 billion in 2022, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. A variety of studies and pilot programs are underway...
Self-driving vehicles at California CCRC pivot to meal, package delivery during pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 04, 2020
When Paradise Valley Estates became a deployment site for a self-driving vehicle in 2019, the plan was to allow residents of the Fairfield, CA, continuing care retirement community to reserve or schedule...
Engagement focused on personal connections more important to residents than activity calendars: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2021
Resident engagement and safety are two areas where technology can improve quality of life and create meaningful experiences, but not in the way you might think, according to K4Connect co-founder and CEO...
Telemedicine partnership helps treat residents in place, reduce staff burnout
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 06, 2022
A telemedicine partnership is helping one senior living provider treat residents in place and reduce staff member burnout.
Dementia-focused programming highlights individuals over disease
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2022
Care for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is getting a boost from training and education programs designed to highlight the individuals and not the disease.