Hughes Telematics, Inc. (“HTI”), (OTCBB: HUTC)(OTCBB: HUTCW), Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and American Medical Alert Corp. (Nasdaq: AMAC) recently announced a joint venture to deliver mobile health services through Lifecomm LLC. The entity, formed with cash and in-kind contributions by the parties, will operate as a majority-owned subsidiary of HTI and plans to launch a […]
Category: Technology
Touchtown, Inc., a provider of senior living community information systems, was recently awarded a U.S. patent for a key component of Touchtown Safety, the company’s emergency call and notification product. The system is designed to meet the emergency communications needs of the senior living industry by increasing safety for community residents by delivering instructions during […]
COLLAGE, The Art & Science of Healthy Aging, a consortium of aging service organizations using an automated assessment system to advance healthy aging, has announced an exclusive agreement with The Center for Information Management, Inc. (CIM), an Ann Arbor, MI-based company. CIM will create, deploy and support web-based tools, a second-generation software package, for COLLAGE […]
A new low-tech elder monitoring service called FineThanx recently made its debut that utilizes only the existing phone system at home. The system calls twice a day find out how an aging loved one is doing and reports the response or lack thereof in either case. The automated phone service checks in with seniors once […]
Remember the phrase “Internet Tsunami” circa 1998? I read a newspaper article read a few weeks ago that looked back at the dot com bubble and examined at how we have evolved with the internet and technology over the last 10 years. Take a minute and think of all the dot com clichés …got ‘em […]
The TRIL (Technology Research for Independent Living) Centre, Ireland announced this week a new industry partner, GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE). TRIL is a research initiative, founded in January 2007 by Intel Corporation and the IDA Ireland (Industrial Development Agency), to explore the physical, cognitive and social consequences of ageing and design technologies to help address them. […]
By Jody O’Donnell, SEO Manager, G5 Search Marketing Many senior housing and living providers ask the million dollar question: Which directories are the best for me to sign up for? The answer to the question should end “with regards to my SEO?” When developing your target list of directories, first establish a clear objective. Are […]
What do you think about internet sites and their ability to influence decisions for senior housing? Are you as connected (facebook, twitter) as the media is portraying? As more and more organizations are touting the connectedness of mature consumers, here is your chance to participate in the study. Marketing agency Creating Results is conducting a […]
Pfizer Inc. and Acacia Living, Inc. (Acacia) recently announced a strategic alliance to develop an innovative holistic technology solution dedicated to helping seniors age positively and independently. Acacia Living is developing an at-home assisted living connectivity platform to support the ability of a growing aging population to live independently, by improving what Acacia calls access […]
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG) recently announced the introduction of its enhanced medical alert service dubbed Lifeline with AutoAlert. The solution combines the Philips Lifeline medical alert service with automatic fall detection capabilities that allows fall detection if a senior is unable to push the alert button. According to a LifeAlert laboratory study of simulated falls, […]
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