NEW YORK: An independent living community with sensor technology and onsite care coordination successfully helps older adults “age in place,” report researchers.
Length of stay is important because it indicates that residents’ health remains stable enough for them to continue living independently rather than transferring to an advanced-care facility or a hospital.
This technologically enhanced care coordination could serve as a cost-effective care model for improving the health and function of older adults whether they live in senior housing, assisted living, retirement communities, or their own homes.
“I knew we were increasing residents’ lengths of stay based on care coordination because of the positive outcomes we observed in several prior studies, and I thought the sensors also would have an impact,” says…