The 21st Century Senior Living Community is a series brought to you by CDW, a provider of technology solutions and services focused exclusively on serving the healthcare marketplace. The series takes a clear-eyed look at how leading providers and their partners are creating the next generation of senior living communities by raising the bar on […]
The 21st Century Senior Living Community is a series brought to you by CDW, a provider of technology solutions and services focused exclusively on serving the healthcare marketplace. The series takes a clear-eyed look at how leading providers and their partners are creating the next generation of senior living communities by raising the bar on services, design, and technology. “Alexa, […]
Picture this: senior living residents and robots seated side-by-side around a dinner table, the seniors discussing today’s news and asking the robot which movie it wants to watch later. To some, this scenario may seem far-fetched—but not to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with ties to Google, or the senior care companies he has partnered with. […]
Senior care has officially sparked Google’s interest. Google Capital on Wednesday announced it has invested $46.35 million in Waltham, Massachusetts-based Care.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRCM), the world’s largest online marketplace for finding and managing family care. Google Capital, a growth equity fund backed by technology conglomerate Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL), invests in companies that are driving disruption […]
The senior housing industry has a problem: one in three people are uncertain what industry terms like assisted living actually mean. Search engine data from Google reveals that older adults are using the Internet to plan for the future, but there’s a gap between what industry people know and the everyday customer. For senior living […]
As the senior care tech boom quickly builds to a crescendo, the success of cutting-edge startups could make room for mega companies like Google to have a stake in the senior living space. But industry professionals have differing viewpoints on what such a future might look like. At a time when investment dollars in senior […]
Only 12% of baby boomers are actively searching for senior living options online — either for themselves or for aging parents or loved ones. But for those who are seeking information, they may not be looking in the right places, according to Google data and survey responses. “When it comes to actually beginning the search […]
A startup that could alter the senior care landscape by offering on-demand in-home services has secured $20 million in funding, including $15 million from influential investor Marc Andreessen, the company recently announced. The service, called Honor, is being likened to Uber, the smartphone app that enables people to request and automatically pay for car rides […]
We will be suspending our daily email tomorrow in observance of the Easter holiday but will resume our normal schedule on Monday, April 6. We wish all our readers an enjoyable holiday weekend and invite you to catch up on some of the most popular stories posted in recent days. Google Data Sheds New Light […]
The adult children of seniors are often the main decision-makers when it comes to a move into senior living, but new data about how they search for senior housing can tell providers a lot about how to market to both these Baby Boomers and their parents. Unlike their parents who have been gradually adopting technology […]
