Focus on: Virtual reality emerging as a powerful option for residents
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2020
This multifaceted new tool is proving to be a game-changer, given its potential for aiding memory care and other services.
Focus On: Technology emerging as a powerful option for residents
Jun 01, 2020
The latest ‘furniture’ additions: robots, drones and tech toys.
Focus On briefs: Resident security
Jun 06, 2022
HealthPRO Heritage adds enterprise partnership service; Dementia residents in LTC suffered outsized pandemic mortality spikes; AI could shape future rehab therapy
New options emerge
By
John Hall
Dec 04, 2018
Resident security in senior living today bears no resemblance to what it was just a decade ago. Locks and alarms — the stuff that long have defined resident security — always will be relevant. But...
IT checkup: Currency of data is fueling unprecedented insights
By
John Hall
Jun 01, 2020
Data are the universal currency that pays for the lion’s share of IT hardware and software development. The “things” that produce it are merely conduits.
Rehab industry finds its own PDPM comfort level in Year 3
By
John Hall
Jun 06, 2022
The shift away from minutes to more meaningful encounters drives innovation that supports person-centered care, therapists say.
FDA OKs first injectable antibody drug
Apr 01, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration in early December authorized the first monoclonal antibody medication for preventing COVID-19 in certain immunocompromised adult and pediatric patients. One dose of the...
Don’t overlook management of medications in infection battle
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2022
The pandemic has hindered operators’ efforts to contain once-waning dangerous infections. It’s time to return to basics.
Independent, safe
By
John Hall
Oct 17, 2019
How communities are balancing residents’ security and privacy needs.
Price of admission
By
John Hall
Oct 31, 2018
Electronic health records no longer are optional in assisted living. Simply put: you either have them or are left behind.