6 ways to minimize risk within your senior living community
By
Kenita Hill
May 12, 2022
If you can maintain a low level of risk in your senior housing community, it can keep your residents and staff members safe.
‘Magic tables’ provide stimulation for memory care residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2022
Table top gaming consoles — so-called magic tables — are taking off in memory care communities, providing an easy way to stimulate the brains of those with memory impairing diseases.
Do you really want to know you have Alzheimer’s?
By
John O'Connor
May 05, 2022
Would you want to know if Alzheimer’s disease is starting to feast on your brain? It turns out the answer soon might be in your hands.
Online breathing program can up mental health-related quality of life in long COVID
May 03, 2022
Significant improvement was seen in the mental health composite score but not in physical composite score of health-related quality of life.
Wearables detect physiologic changes at COVID-19 symptom onset
Apr 22, 2022
Alterations were seen in basal heart rate, heart rate response to physical activity, circadian variation in heart rate and autocorrelation of heart rate.
Older adults’ failure to plan is an opportunity for senior living operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2022
Older adults say they want to age in place, but very few have done much to prepare to do so, according to a new survey. That lack of planning, however, may present an opportunity for senior living providers.
Array of tech helps senior living communities address industry challenges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2022
Senior living providers are creatively implementing technology to address challenges related to workforce shortages, improve resident satisfaction, prevent falls, improve health and safety outcomes and...
Telemedicine partnership helps treat residents in place, reduce staff burnout
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 06, 2022
A telemedicine partnership is helping one senior living provider treat residents in place and reduce staff member burnout.
How technology is helping senior living centers combat omicron
By
Danielle Myers
Mar 31, 2022
Over the course of the pandemic, senior living communities have upgraded their safety plans to better protect their residents and staff from new threats. One of the most impactful ways that senior living...
Engagement tech moves from ‘nice to have’ to ‘table stakes’ in senior living:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 31, 2022
Engagement technology has gone from “nice to have” to “table stakes,” according to the results of a new study on trends in the senior living industry.