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2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards — All winners, Senior Living track
The complete list of winners in the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Technology Awards.
The Moments embraces technology to win Gold as Innovator of the Year
Devotion to technological innovation helped The Moments, a 32-suite memory care community care in Lakeville, MN, win the top prize in the category of Innovator of the Year in the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Hunters Woods at Trails Edge snags Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards with integrated safety system
Hunters Woods at Trails Edge, a state-of-the-art senior community in Reston, VA, elevated its resident safety system to a new level. For this reason, it received the top prize in the Safety category of the Senior Living track in the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Caretel Inns grabs Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards with smart nurse call light system
Caretel Inns seized Gold in the category of High-High, High-Touch in the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards for creating its own smart nurse call light system.
Get the message? Communication tool helps Three Pillars take Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards
Replacing paper flyers with digital display screens for staff and resident communications earned Three Pillars Senior Living Communities top honors in the category of Keep It Super Simple in the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
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Lights! Camera! Action! Brookdale Canyon Lakes takes Gold in McKnight’s Technology Awards
Brookdale Canyon Lake residents make the news, literally, every week. For this reason, the community won the top prize, Gold, in the Activities category of the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Quality winner: Ganzhorn Suites earns Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards
The Ganzhorn Suites, a highly specialized memory care assisted living community in Powell, OH, aims to set new standards for Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Its proprietary real-time locating system, which is designed to promote both safety and independence, has earned the community a Gold award in the Quality category of the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
More than 80% of adults aged 50 to 80 have at least one concern about telehealth
Before benefits of telehealth can be realized, potential patients must be convinced of its value. A new national poll suggests that many aged 50 to 80 are not to that point.
