Earlier this month, Eskaton Village Roseville became the first senior living provider in California to offer Amazon Alexa to all its residents in one community.
The new voice-first enhancements reach 100 seniors in assisted living and are built on the community's existing Smart Home capabilities. Residents can use them to turn lights on and off, adjust their thermostat, call the front desk, and ask for the events of the day.
Smartphones, smart TVs, and smart speakers are the hot items among respondents in a new study by Link∙age Connect. Survey respondents show increased Wi-Fi access and internet usage. Approximately 70% are willing to buy technology and are upgrading products such as television, tablet, and mobile phone.
Telehealth is much more than virtual health visits, said CAST Associate Director Scott Code while serving on a panel at World Health Care Congress 2019, held April 28-May 1 in Washington, DC.
The term also encompasses remote patient monitoring, educational disease-specific content, medication management, activity and daily living monitoring, and safety technology. But the question of what to do with all this data once it’s collected remains, Code told the panel.
Three keynote speakers have been announced for the Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit, to be held June 23-25, 2019, in Baltimore, MD.
Two keynote speakers have been announced for the Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit, to be held June 23-25, 2019, in Baltimore, MD. LeadingAge CAST International Chair Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, of the Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University, will discuss value-based payment and care reform, including new opportunities for technology partners.
Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant, now has more skills in her set: the ability to share and receive protected health information. In a small invitation-only program, Amazon is enabling six organizations to teach Alexa HIPAA-compliant skills. Now, Alexa can be trained to check on a home prescription delivery, make an appointment at an urgent care center, and pull up blood sugar readings. Alexa can help patients manage health improvement goals, update care teams on recovery progress, and more.
A recent lawsuit has heightened the need for nonprofits to ensure their websites are accessible to people who have disabilities. Website accessibility is also an important way for organizations serving older adults and people with disabilities to be inclusive of all residents, patients, families, supporters, and more.
CAST has released a new case study, “Campus-Wide blanketWiFi™ at Croasdaile Village Retirement Community Separately Accommodates Residents, Guests, Administrative, and Medical.” It outlines how robust Wi-Fi can keep residents connected and avoid social isolation.
LeadingAge CAST has released a new case study, "Reducing Social Isolation in Affordable Senior Housing using Voice Assistant Technology." It demonstrates how voice-activated technology brought senior housing residents more social interaction, more perceived availability of support, and less loneliness.
LeadingAge CAST has updated its Social Connectedness and Engagement Technology Selection Tool, which helps providers choose the best technology solution for their organization.
