The Regenstrief Institute, an organization dedicated to technological innovation in healthcare, is partnering with Care Revolution, a medical startup focused on improving care at nursing facilities, controlling costs and reducing trips to the hospital. The new venture expands on an ongoing project funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Innovation. “Investing…
A location-monitoring bracelet developer has received an NIH grant to study whether its device can detect agitation in seniors with dementia.
These tips, such as how to improve visual contrast in living spaces, can help vision-impaired residents remain safe and self-reliant.
A first-of-its-kind program is embedding technology in dementia care to reduce risks and improve patient outcomes. Brookdale Senior Living is testing the approach in its skilled living facility at Brookdale Overland Park in Kansas. “This is a unique skilled care and rehabilitation program, offering so much more than just a secured, skilled dementia care environment,”…
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New smartphone technology uses facial videos to accurately take blood pressure readings. Developers see it as a future blood pressure cuff alternative.
Telemedicine is booming, and physicians are responding by becoming skilled practitioners, according to a new Doximity report.
It’s no secret that retention is an issue in the senior living and long-term care industry and beyond. With the baby boomer generation aging out of the workforce, millennials are projected to make up for 50% of the workforce by 2020. With tens of thousands of jobs to fill, recruiters are relying on this generation and changes must be made to prepare. One major answer to how to recruit this essential population? Technology.
A team of researchers at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University joined with Disney Research to invent a way to turn any surface into an interactive smart wall with special conductive paint. The project, dubbed Wall++, enables users to place or move light switches or other controls anywhere on a wall that is most convenient, or to…
At Maimonides Medical Center, 24 frail older adults were taught to use laptops so that they could manage their health information from home. The technology facilitated communication between patients and providers and improved the quality of life of participants.
