Royal Philips Acquires Blue Willow Systems Royal Philips acquired Blue Willow Systems, effectively expanding the Dutch health technology company’s resident safety solutions platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Blue Willow, a cloud-based senior living community resident safety platform, will complement Philips’ CarePoint 6.0 safety platform by providing customers with new solutions for resident […]
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The design elements for post-acute care facilities of the 1960s, such as shared rooms and cafeteria-style dining, have become dinosaurs of the industry. In their stead are upscale, hotel-style models that are redefining post-acute care communities, industry experts agree. “The transitional and long-term care facilities of 40 years ago are functionally obsolete,” said Zeke Turner, […]
In light of some recent studies linking loneliness in seniors to quicker functional decline and even death, the development of senior care technology that can help prevent social isolation while monitoring other conditions is especially relevant. That’s a goal senior care technology solutions provider Independa is working toward as it seeks to create an integrated […]