Residents serve as ultimate focus group for next-generation technology
By
David Armour
Nov 06, 2017
Although companies seemingly introduce new tools and technology every day, some of the most promising ideas are springing from the minds of enterprising young college students. Our residents recently discovered...
Software allows senior living communities to share data to fight COVID-19, future pandemics
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2021
An East Troy, WI-based health IT company is the first assisted living-focused group to earn federal certification for its software, enabling senior living communities to share data with states and peers...
Contact tracing may come of age thanks to pandemic
By
John Hall
Dec 10, 2020
Some experts believe that by the time methods such as contact tracing are perfected, the pandemic will have passed. That isn’t stopping companies from developing new automated systems and high horsepower...
A happy marriage
By
John Andrews
Dec 04, 2018
Technology and senior living are not a contradiction in terms. In fact, current trends show that they are becoming more compatible than ever.
Virtual assistant, virtual reality get real tests at Civitas Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2018
Fort Worth, TX-based management company Civitas Senior Living is testing Alexa and virtual reality programming in the Lone Star State.
Honor Technology and Home Instead combine in revolutionary home care deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
Honor Technology shook the home care industry Friday, announcing a deal to buy Omaha-based Home Instead for at an undisclosed price. The combined companies represent more than $2.1 billion in home care...
How sales enablement can speed up move-ins
By
Sharon Muniz
Feb 22, 2018
A proactive, always-evolving sales enablement process will go a long way in differentiating your community and services while helping you achieve your core business and care goals.
Leveraging advances in tech is key to enhancing senior living
By
Armand Lauzon
Nov 16, 2017
For the millions of older adults in our country, it’s an exciting time to embrace the tech solutions that are creating affordable and necessary resources that haven’t been previously available.
How facility-based provider organizations can innovate
By
Anne Tumlinson
Jan 05, 2015
Current modes of long-term care service delivery, such as assisted living, nursing home and private duty home care providers, will lose unless they begin to innovate a patient-centered, setting-agnostic...
How technology can help seniors connect and not be lonely
By
Kerry Burnight, Ph.D.
Sep 20, 2018
Technology is supposed to make our lives better and easier, but not everyone is benefitting from its use.