Looking to reduce falls in its short-term rehabilitation unit, life plan community John Knox Village of Lee’s Summit, MO, became the first long-term care facility to use an artificial intelligence platform equipped with machine vision and sensors to achieve its goals. The community now plans to roll out the technology across the entire campus.
When real estate investment trust LTC Properties approached Juniper Communities, one its operators, back in March offering support at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a bright idea virtually popped into the head of Juniper founder and CEO Lynne Katzmann, Ph.D. That bright idea has won Gold in the activities category of the Senior Living track of the 2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
As the nature and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, the senior living industry finds itself shifting from a sprint to a marathon without a known finish line. Lynne Katzmann of Juniper Communities and Lori Alford of Avanti Senior Living shared their experiences during a webinar held by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
In its second-quarter earnings call, real estate investment trust LTC Properties executives relayed the uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced into the senior living industry, as well as color commentary from a special guest on how the industry is managing through the healthcare crisis.
Everyone is invited to the 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. There is no cost to attend either event.
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Bloomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities on Monday announced a partnership with a machine learning algorithm company for data-driven, rapid COVID-19 testing.
For those with limited time or patience, here is the punchline: Rapid, widespread testing is the only way to outrun COVID-19 short of an effective, widely distributed vaccine.
COVID-19 is challenging senior living operators in new and numerous ways. Companies are finding ways to help their peer organizations and let their workers know how much they are valued during these unprecedented times, however.
The safety and well-being of frontline workers in senior living and skilled nursing must be prioritized in order to ensure that older adults receive the care they need and that the spread of COVID-19 is minimized, leaders of professional organizations serving the industry said in a unified message released Thursday. Meanwhile, also on Thursday, Bloomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities said it had begun testing all residents and employees for COVID-19 at the communities it owns.
