Making a move into senior housing is not a decision that’s made lightly, but it is often a decision that’s made by multiple people, including adult children. Those children of prospective residents are involved in their parents’ transition into a new setting 73% of the time, according to one study from Care.com, but complementary data […]
Brookdale Senior Living
This installment features a partnership between Brookdale Senior Living and a provider of adaptive computer systems for senior living communities that will put interactive, mentally stimulating computers into Brookdale’s memory care communities. Senior care technology solutions provider Independa is incorporating IDEAL LIFE’s wireless health monitoring products into its cloud system, while Acadian Monitoring Services has […]
Construction: Planned Brookdale Plans Expansion of Florida Senior Living Community Brookdale Senior Living’s Freedom Pointe at The Villages continuing care retirement community is about to get bigger, reports The Villages Daily Sun. The national senior living provider is planning to build 60 assisted living apartments in a 3-story, 63,000-square-foot building, along with adding a 40-bed […]
This senior care technology roundup features a communications platform launch for long-term care pharmacies, a federal award to implement innovative technology in assisted living to prevent hospital readmissions, a European nurse-call system for wireless emergency notifications, and a partnership between a senior living communications provider and a senior-friendly technology manufacturer that could bring touch screen […]
Senior living providers are facing a mounting danger of losing or compromising protected health information (PHI). A Massachusetts hospital made headlines in May after announcing it will end up paying fines and remediation costs of more than $750,000 in a recent data breach settlement following the loss of thousands of consumers’ unencrypted personal and protected […]
Both seniors and senior living investors value communities that offer a continuum of care. With that in mind, Brookdale Senior Living, the nation’s largest senior living provider, is retooling several of its communities to better allow for aging in place. Retirement communities that offer both independent and assisted living are more likely to attract residents […]
This installment of senior care technology news features Brookale Senior Living’s implementation of Aerohive Network’s wireless network solutions, along with a new tool for assessing proper hygiene among healthcare clinicians and a German company that recently launched an assisted living gateway for independent seniors who want to stay in their homes. 1. Aerohive Networks: Brookdale […]
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) recently announced the winners of its fifth annual Best of the Best Awards, which recognizes forward-thinking companies in or related to the senior living industry for innovative programs and services they’ve implemented. The awards encompass eight categories, listed below with the winner of each: Resident Health & Wellness—Senior […]
Brookdale Senior Living is repositioning many of its units to meet current demand metrics, and it’s trending toward higher acuity, according to the senior living operator’s first quarter earnings call. “The product that is coming into the investment profile tends to be a higher acuity product. There’s a fair concentration there of adding assisted living where […]
The economy may slowly be improving, but the housing market is still in a serious decline, preventing many older homeowners who would like to move into a senior living community from doing so. In response, some providers and operators have introduced programs helping homeowners to sell their homes in a bid to get more residents. […]
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