McKnight’s Senior Living Market Leaders podcast with John Shafaee of Medtelligent
Sep 23, 2021
[Partner content] In this podcast, McKnight’s Senior Living Editor Lois A. Bowers interviews Medtelligent CEO John Shafaee about length-of-stay key performance indicators and how operators can influence...
New research can help you attract prospective employees, residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2024
To attract prospective employees or residents, your senior living community must meet them where they are. If you’re hoping to meet them on social media, new research provides a roadmap of sorts.
Ready or not, here it comes — in fact, it’s here
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2022
From tools that help employers improve the recruiting and retention of workers to self-driving cars that help residents get around in Florida or California, senior living already has a front-row seat to...
Tick tock, TikTok: Making time for fun in retirement
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 25, 2022
I read this week about a retirement community in West Hollywood, CA, that has six residents aged 70 to 85. Except “Retirement House” isn’t a real place, and the “residents” don’t really live...
Recognizing senior living tech success
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 16, 2018
The hard part was implementing technology to improve care and operations. The easy part is entering the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards to try to get recognized for it. The deadline is...
Sense of community, control may be a few clicks away for residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2018
Senior living residents may be deriving a sense of empowerment and community from a source that may surprise you.
Designing for dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 25, 2017
An app that was under development when we first told you about it in June is now available to help make living environments more friendly for those with dementia.
4 lessons from 3 tech wake-up calls
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2017
Three tech-related stories that made the news Friday serve as wake-up calls for individuals and businesses.
Your favorite columns of 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 27, 2016
An examination of analytics reveals which business challenges were top topics of interest for McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends...
Virtual technology could offer real solutions for clinical, social challenges
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2016
Senior living communities soon may be using virtual reality technology on a regular basis to help residents cross items off their bucket lists, engage with fellow residents and address physical issues.