Dining robot pilot project finds benefits for senior living employers, staff, residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 05, 2022
Faster service, improved employee safety and well-being, and enhanced employee recruitment, retention and morale were among the benefits realized in a 90-day pilot project testing the use of robot servers...
Pay attention to that soap opera-watching robot
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 11, 2019
Someone at Edge Hill University clearly has a sense of humor, but research there is no laughing matter.
NIC: Labor issues critical to senior living market assessment
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 25, 2019
Labor issues are critical considerations for senior living operators and developers when assessing markets, National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace told...
Senior living could lead cultural shift related to aging, report author says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2018
The senior living industry, with innovation and imagination, could drive a new era of healthful aging, one of the authors of a new report from the Milken Institute told McKnight’s Senior Living....
President’s Council recommends ‘technology for graceful aging’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2016
Internet access, fraud and abuse protection, cognitive training products and safety-related monitoring technology all are addressed in recommendations in a new report from the President’s Council...
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
McKnight’s Senior Living staff members are finalists for prestigious journalism award
Feb 22, 2018
Editorial staff members of McKnight’s Senior Living are finalists for a Jesse H. Neal Award, often referred to as “the Pulitzer Prize of business media.”
McKnight’s 40 for 40: David Schless
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2020
The American Seniors Housing Association traces its roots back to the early days of the senior living industry, beginning in 1991 under the auspices of the National Multifamily Housing Council. In 2000,...
Is all of senior living embracing a medical model?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2019
“How many of you still believe you only provide hospitality?” When Juniper Communities founder and CEO Lynne Katzmann posed that question to the approximately 260 people attending NCAL Day on Sunday,...
Technology that detects falls helps reduce ED visits by 80%, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
An artificial intelligence-enabled camera system helped senior living communities reduce visits from emergency medical teams by 75% and visits to emergency departments by 80% by detecting falls among...