Finalists for the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards have been chosen by a panel of expert judges. Here are preliminary results in each of four categories in the Senior Living track.
Keeping senior living residents safe with video and audio analytics
By
Paul Baratta
Sep 15, 2022
Typically thought of as strictly security technology, today’s surveillance devices are proving that they go far beyond traditional “security” applications, contributing to overall resident safety...
Going new places together
By
Nicole Blanchard
Aug 31, 2022
Cambridge Enhanced Senior Living and the Cambridge Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center recently hosted a virtual Summer Olympics for residents. Find out more, and learn how to submit your photos!
Provider shares ‘telewellness playbook’ to address resident mental health
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2022
As resident mental health and well-being top the list of challenges for affordable senior housing providers, one operator is sharing its playbook on a successful telewellness program.
Virtual museum visits can battle social isolation, improve quality of life in older adults, study finds
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 24, 2022
Weekly virtual museum visits can help improve quality of life for older adults at high risk for poor health outcomes from social isolation, according to a new study. The authors hope that the activity...
Watermark pilot program turns into partnership to expand resident rehab options
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2022
After a pilot program was deemed highly successful, a senior living operator is offering recovery technology to residents as part of its community wellness and therapy program.
Depression and falls: How data can lead to proactive care
By
Elissa Barpal, BSN, RN
Aug 18, 2022
Some symptoms of depression now can be monitored automatically, producing data that help caregivers be proactive about falls.
Amazon technology challenge focuses on easing aging process
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2022
Meeting the needs of older adults as well as some members of Generation X and the Baby Boom generation is the goal of the latest Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge.
Cheaper OTC hearing aids should be in stores by October, FDA says
Aug 16, 2022
Until now, people have had to pay thousands of dollars for a device that could only be adjusted by a professional audiologist.
Social isolation: A serious but under-recognized health risk
By
Cathy Lipton, MD
Jul 28, 2022
How senior living communities can build on pandemic lessons to reduce loneliness.