AI blessed, cursed with tech wonders and risks: experts
By
John Hall
Dec 03, 2023
Amid great excitement for the possibilities envisioned thanks to artificial intelligence and other tech, a general warning goes out
Post-lockdowns, regulators cast an eye toward security, preparedness weak spots
By
John Hall
Dec 02, 2022
For much of 2022, lockdowns and other restrictions tamped down the usual resident security concerns in the nation’s long-term care facilities. Still, workforce shortages meant fewer vigilant eyes and...
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...
Focus on briefs: Information technology
Feb 01, 2023
New study touts info tech access and training as ‘transformative,’ EHR study shows value of staff ‘computer time,’ but only to a point, FBI continues to warn healthcare workers of ongoing IT scam
It’s all about the data
By
John Hall
Dec 01, 2016
What’s changing every facet of senior living? In a word: data.
Tech: Only just begun
By
John Hall
Dec 01, 2017
Virtually every aspect of senior living is now being affected by tech innovation — and it appears things are just getting started.
Defying convention
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2017
Conventional wisdom holds that tech innovations are slow to take hold in senior living. Conventional wisdom is wrong.
Focus On: Tech innovation driven by data rather than devices
By
John Hall
Feb 13, 2020
New products get the oohs and aahs in senior living, but the real secret sauce is lurking behind the scenes.
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
Game theory
By
John Hall
Feb 02, 2019
Do brain games and other fun-based approaches to mental stimulation help reduce Alzheimer’s? Some interesting findings are beginning to emerge.