The senior housing industry is gradually embracing technology but still struggles to keep up with the pace of new advancements, as well as the costs…
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A newly launched app is gearing up to tackle one of senior living’s biggest woes. The app, Kare, is meant to make a dent in…
A Milwaukee-based technology company fell victim to a Russian ransomware attack, resulting in the data of most of its acute care and senior housing and…
Village Park Senior Living (VPSL) is recording strong rate increases across its multi-brand portfolio, in a market where communities are offering concessions and lowering rates…
Best Buy’s (NYSE: BBY) push into the commercial health care space is poised to make the electronics retailer an even bigger disruptor than many may…
A nonprofit program that teaches seniors technology skills in a WeWork-like setting is plotting its next steps for growth, and is looking for senior living…
Technology will play a key role when Maplewood Senior Living’s Inspir Carnegie Hill community opens on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The $300 million…
A tech startup that has raised $6 million is poised to make further inroads in senior living, thanks to results like those at Carlton Senior…
“The industry needs more Kari Olsons.” So said a tech entrepreneur in a recent Senior Housing News “Confessions” article. The entrepreneur believes that many senior…
“Everyone is talking about major industry challenges (shrinking demand, negative stereotypes, shifting attitudes) without really doing anything drastically different.” Those are the words of a…
A combination of new technology and vertical integration of payers, providers and capital could drive more affordable senior living in the United States, Welltower CEO…
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) has a plan to “pivot to growth” in 2020, and it sees big data and close relationships with its senior housing operating…
Picture a vertical, mixed-use community with a senior living component where residents have access to retail, health care and entertainment, using virtual reality platforms to…
Coworking companies such as WeWork, Spaces by Regis and MakeOffices have redefined the office real estate landscape, and senior living companies of all sizes are…
Social isolation. Dementia support. Pain management. Staff training. Today, senior living operators are starting to look at virtual reality as a piece of the solution…
After a decade of whispers, trials, pilots and promise, virtual reality (VR) now seems on the precipice of a boom in senior housing and senior…
When leaders with non-profit Vincentian Collaborative System began conceiving a new 91-unit independent living community, they did the math on smart tech and realized that…
Kisco Senior Living is bringing voice-enabled smart home technology to its communities, in a bid to gain operational and financial efficiencies while enhancing resident and…
Asbury Communities, one of the largest senior living nonprofits in the U.S. has ramped up its technology investments in an effort to attract the incoming…