PointClickCare Featured for New Food Management System

PointClickCare, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus, has introduced a new comprehensive food service management system from MealSuite. McKnight’s Senior Living featured the partnership, saying that PointClickCare expects the new Mealtime Solutions system, which connects providers to food vendors, to address staffing issues, budgeting, costs, and quality control.

The system includes features that address food safety, nutrient analysis reporting, and point of sale services. PointClickCare is a leading cloud-based healthcare software for long-term and post-acute care markets.

AARP Tech Support, Google Collaboration, and Transportation Tech Report Are Featured

Three recent news items have highlighted AARP technology programs and innovations. AARP Foundation is a LeadingAge CAST Patron.

“The Best Tech Support Services for Seniors,” a recent WIRED article, featured Senior Planet From AARP and OATS from AARP for their welcoming programs that teach older adults to use technology that can improve quality of life.

An AARP article shared AARP’s collaboration with Google user experience designers to co-design smartphones to meet older adults’ needs.

“Shared-Use Mobility Center Unveils How Communities Are Using New Technology to Improve Human Services Transportation” appeared on PR Newswire, announcing a report published by the Center and the AARP Public Policy Institute. Connecting Community Transportation: Lessons Learned from Transactional Data Specification Demonstration Projects, a companion research report, and a Roadmap to Implementation showcase the first demonstration projects of a new transactional data specification for demand-responsive transportation.

United Church Homes Entrepreneur in Residence Program Attracts Innovators

The Glenwood Community, part of United Church Homes, a LeadingAge CAST Patron, has introduced a groundbreaking Entrepreneur in Residence program. This innovative initiative brings entrepreneurs and cutting-edge technology directly to the heart of the community, providing both innovators and residents with a unique opportunity to collaborate, learn, and shape the future of senior living.

The program has already attracted innovators such as Advosense’s Martina Viduka, who is revolutionizing incontinence care, and Dhaval Patel, a former Apple engineer, who is developing a wearable ring for residents. The Glenwood Community is a premier independent and assisted living community located in Marietta, Ohio. A press release featured the news.

CDW Releases Research on How to Optimize the Cloud

CDW, a Bronze Partner with CAST Focus, has released the 2024 CDW Cloud Computing Research Report, which notes that healthcare organizations need strategic and holistic strategies to gain the most benefits from a cloud environment.

HealthTech Magazine featured the report’s key findings in a recent article. CDW provides a range of technology solutions and services to healthcare organizations such as hospitals, clinics, and medical practices, to improve patient care and streamline operations.

CLA Presents Technology Implementation Lessons

CLA published “Technology Implementation in Senior Living” on its blog, with key takeaways from a technology session at the LeadingAge Minnesota Ignite conference. It highlights technology use cases around robot servers and robot vacuums and efforts to replace pendants with a monitoring watch with artificial intelligence, as well as implementation lessons learned.

CLA, a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus, exists to create opportunities for its clients, its people, and its communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax, and consulting services.

SafelyYou Expands Falls Prevention at Maplewood Senior Living

LeadingAge Corporate Partner SafelyYou has expanded its fall prevention technologies to a fourth community at Maplewood Senior Living, according to a Longview News Journal article. Data from the first six months of the initial implementation found that “100% of resident falls that occurred were captured by the cameras and Maplewood staff achieved a median response time to resident falls of just 90 seconds compared to the industry study average of 40 minutes.”

SafelyYou provides innovative falls prevention technologies. Maplewood Senior Living offers full-service senior living in Westport, CT.