Technology and retail giant Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is planning a new contest for developing new Alexa skills for the senior living industry. The company is putting forward more than $45,000 in prizes for developers who can build new Alexa skills with functions that can aid older adults and senior living communities. Kelly Wenzel, director of […]
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Nearly three dozen industry operators and investors are backing a newly formed company with a “triple aim” to improve resident experience, healthcare outcomes and care costs. The new company, Serviam Care Network, this week announced it had acquired senior living lead platform SeniorVu. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Backing Serviam are 20 investors and […]
Heritage Senior Living CEO Milo Pinkerton discovered his passion for memory care in a way similar to many other industry leaders: Caring for his mother. Fast-forward to 2022,Pinkerton believes that the future of memory care lies in the same kind of person-centered care he sought for his parent. And in the wider senior living industry […]
Lifespark recently announced the hire of Matt Nyquist, a former leader with UnitedHealth Group’s Optum arm, as chief population health officer. Nyquist will help lead Lifespark’s expansion to states beyond its home base of Minnesota later this year. Lifespark’s growth will mark another milestone in senior living’s evolution toward being more integrated within population health […]
Last week, Senior Housing News was thrilled to convene a tremendous group of industry leaders and visionaries at our WELLNESS/DISHED event in Orlando. “The … meeting sparked some of the best discussions I’ve been part of this year on how we can improve and better support the physical, social, mental, and overall wellness of those […]
Older adults have embraced technology amid the pandemic to stay connected — and that has given rise to a relatively new type of community position: the tech concierge. One part akin to an Apple Genius, one part senior living worker, these staffers are capable of handling tech support for residents with the skill of an activities […]
Two senior living leaders have spoken of “self-disruption” in recent weeks. Bickford Senior Living Executive Vice President Alan Fairbanks used the term during his appearance on the SHN podcast, Transform. And HumanGood CEO John Cochrane gave an entire keynote presentation on the concept at the LeadingAge Illinois conference on May 17. Cochrane summed up the […]
Harrison Street and Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) are collaborating on a new initiative aimed at creating healthier senior living communities and finding new solutions through research. The companies are working with wellness real estate and technology company Delos, which announced the launch of an initiative it dubbed Wellness Innovation in Senior Environments (WISE) […]
After taking the reins in 2019, A Place for Mom CEO Larry Kutscher laid out a plan to completely reinvent the company — and its relationship with senior living providers. Of course, Kutscher couldn’t predict that a global pandemic was about to hit and disrupt just about every facet of the senior living industry. And […]
Samsung sees health moving into the home, and the company believes there are huge opportunities in the older adult market. Wearable devices like the ones Samsung offers are creating new ways for health care providers to collect information such as body composition, heart rate and sleep patterns — and therein lies a growing opportunity, according […]