This week, Senior Housing News readers wanted to know how the Brexit vote will impact the U.S. senior housing industry and where assisted living is the priciest nationwide. Readers were also keen to learn more about Google Capital’s $46 million investment in Care.com and a wildly successful intergenerational summer camp at a continuing care retirement […]
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Between on-demand services, wearables and other disruptive technology, senior care is set to be revolutionized in the years ahead as tech companies line up to serve the ever-increasing aging population. One startup is taking its own approach by tapping the psychological and emotional benefits that technology bears for seniors. The History Project, a digital storytelling platform, provides an intuitive outlet […]
Telehealth holds promise as a way for seniors to receive medical evaluations and interventions from the comfort of their own home — including in senior living communities — through technologies such as video and wearable sensors. Providers see telemedicine as a way to potentially avoid hospital admissions and improve residents’ well-being. But with the technology […]
(The Westerly Residences and Wichita Presbyterian Manor – Photo courtesy of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America) Construction: Planned LTC Properties Buys Land for New Chicago-Area Memory Care Development LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Westlake Village, Calif., this week acquired 3.5 acres of land in Tinley Park, Ill., a south suburb […]
NHI’s Justin Hutchens Makes List of ‘Most Powerful CEOs’ For the fourth consecutive year, National Health Investors’ (NYSE: NHI) CEO and President Justin Hutchens has made Forbes’ lists of America’s Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under, ranking 14th, 8th, 18th and 13th, respectively. The 20 CEOs listed hail from publicly traded companies that have CEOs […]
Senior living communities continue to look for innovative ways to incorporate technology solutions in their communities — and one senior living company is experiencing success using five new tools for seniors. Front Porch Communities and Services, which operates 12 retirement communities including five CCRCs, has been piloting these tools and has found that one of […]
Technology implementation is a business imperative for senior living organizations of all sizes going forward, tech experts say, especially for those who want to capture markets outside the traditional bricks and mortar. “We’re all faced with the same challenge: bricks and mortar will only go so far, and we can’t build enough to meet emerging […]
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