CHICAGO: The senior living industry has been criticized for its lack of tech savvy and ability to implement solutions that are widely available in other sectors. But some tech providers are implementing new solutions that aim to remove that stigma completely.
One of those technologies that has emerged in several forms industry-wide is monitoring devices: wearable devices and remote devices, and among them devices that cannot even be sensed or detected by the subject which they are monitoring.
Taken a step further, these devices can provide artificial intelligence in an effort to improve the quality of care senior living organizations are able to provide. Whether addressing fall reductions, a lower incidence of heart attacks or fewer infections among residents, this intelligence—which empowers machines to copy intelligent human behavior—can be used in more ways than one, says one provider of such devices…