Top Senior Housing News of the Week: Senior Care Tech Hot, AT&T Enters Market

In case you missed it, here at the top five stories grabbing Senior Housing News readers’ attention this week: AT&T Makes Entry Into Senior Care With New Product Launch—The international communications giant is rolling out a monitoring device supported by its national wireless network that is being marketed to senior care businesses including assisted living […]

AT&T Makes Entry Into Senior Care With New Product Launch

Joining other big-name communications providers that have recently entered the senior living business, AT&T (NYSE: ATT) announced this week it is launching into senior care using the support of its national wireless network. AT&T joins the ranks of STANLEY Healthcare, Time-Warner Cable and LG, which have used their service networks to tap into the senior […]

Tech Partners Work with AT&T to Reduce Readmissions Through Home Care

In an effort to reduce hospital readmissions and avoid steep penalties placed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a partnership between health technology provider Vivify Health and AirStrip, integrated with an existing AT&T platform, is working to address the problem through home health care. The companies are working together to develop a remote care […]

Senior Care Technology Round-Up: AT&T Home Health, GPS-Enabled Canes & More

This week’s round-up includes another eclectic group of the latest innovations in senior care technology. From a nationwide wireless provider weighing in on home health care, to a futuristic take on grandpa’s walking cane, companies continue their focus on seniors’ health and well-being. While some are geared toward allowing seniors to age in place with […]

Senior Care Technology Review: AT&T to Deliver Remote Monitoring Platform as 3M Discontinues Its Product

This senior care technology roundup focuses on a shake-up in the remote monitoring sector, with 3M discontinuing its Resident Monitoring product line, Status Solutions updating its SARA platform, and Embedded Wireless tapping AT&T to exclusively deliver its wireless remote monitoring system. In other news, a new pharmacy services company specializing in senior medication management has […]