DALLAS — Sentrics, a Dallas-based seniors housing technology firm, has added Sarah Thomas to its advisory council. A global aging expert, Thomas brings nearly 20 years of knowledge transforming the aging experience to the council, which provides the Sentrics management team guidance and insights about the trends impacting the services and care of senior living. Thomas’ technology perspective is shaped by her experience helping some of the largest senior living companies develop and implement strategic change management initiatives and innovative human potential products. Combining corporate, entrepreneurial and consulting experience with …
Operators leverage advancements in COVID-19 testing, telehealth and social media to protect mental and physical well-being of residents. By Eric Taub While the COVID-19 pandemic forced the nation to institute physical isolation to save lives, it’s a tragic irony that the strategy actually worsened the health of many of our most-vulnerable citizens — our seniors — as researchers have discovered. Forced to spend their days mostly alone behind closed doors, senior living residents have largely lost the actual in-person contact of their family and friends, which is vitally important to …
ANNAPOLIS, Md., and RALEIGH, N.C. — The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) has acquired Raleigh-based VisionLTC, a data analytics platform serving the seniors housing industry. Together, Annapolis-based NIC and VisionLTC are creating a new company called NIC MAP Vision. The new service will integrate the NIC MAP Data Service with VisionLTC’s data for investors, owners and operators. VisionLTC’s chief executive officer Arick R. Morton will lead the new company. “NIC MAP Vision is the culmination of nearly two years of strategic planning by NIC’s board, which …
HUNT VALLEY, Md. — Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (NYSE: OHI) has acquired Connected Living, a technology platform that enables communication and connection for today’s aging adult communities. For over a decade, Connected Living’s mission has been to provide technology solutions and services that inspire an aging population to connect, contribute and live each day to its fullest, according to OHI. “Human connection and engagement have always been key elements of effective resident care, and the pandemic has reinforced their importance,” says Taylor Pickett, Omega’s CEO. “Through Connected Living, we look …
RALEIGH, N.C. — Allbridge, a Raleigh-based provider of technology solutions for senior living properties, has unveiled its new managed services platform designed to meet the evolving needs of senior living communities. The platform, called Vista, connects residents and staff through a package of data network, video and voice solutions, providing communities with a suite of modern technologies. As a HIPAA-compliant business associate, Allbridge meets the design and implementation standards to ensure communities can fulfill HIPAA requirements and stay ahead of security needs. Technology usage has been rapidly growing among older …
A smarter tech strategy requires a future-flexible network. By Deanna MacCormac, Corning Optical Communications Telehealth, resident tablet programs, touchless building automation, reliable high-speed Internet, campus-wide communications, remote-monitoring, wearables, sanitation robots — all of these technologies are becoming an important part of the senior living conversation. The right technology can help keep communities safer, happier, healthier, connected and operating more efficiently. Though many communities understand why they may need to bring a new technology into their space, they are often faced with the challenge of how to do so. Time to …
DENVER — Enquire, a Denver-based software company offering cloud customer relationship management (CRM), marketing automation and contact center solutions for senior living communities, has hired Craig Riley as chief information security officer. Riley will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive information security strategy and program to ensure that information assets and technologies are appropriately protected. In addition, he will ensure information security risks are identified, evaluated and mitigated; lead efforts to prevent and respond to security incidents; establish standards and controls; manage security technologies; and implement security policies …
CHICAGO — Sentrics, a Chicago-based technology company serving seniors housing, has added Robert Kramer to its Advisory Council. Kramer is the co-founder and former CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Broadly recognized as one of senior living’s most influential and high-profile thought leaders, Kramer joins a group of leaders providing the Sentrics management team guidance and insight about the trends impacting the services and care in senior living. Kramer, who launched Nexus Insights in 2020, offers new ideas about how to rethink aging and …
DALLAS — OneDay, a Dallas-based technology company offering video storytelling within senior living communities, has hired Eric Varin as vice president of client success and Victoria Repice as vice president of product. The company also promoted Deena Naccarella from vice president of finance to chief financial officer and Carter Severns from director of marketing to vice president of marketing. Varin and Repice bring OneDay to 14 new hires in the last year, which are in response to OneDay’s growth. In 2020 alone, the company increased its customer base by more …
The pandemic has turned some technologies from optional amenities into operational necessities. By Jonathan Gould, K4Connect COVID has brought countless industries to a halt and caused companies to rethink how they continue to meet the needs of their customers while surviving the ongoing impacts of this pandemic. We’ve seen in-person meetings shift to virtual platforms, small businesses implement new e-commerce options, and restaurants add curbside delivery and pickup services for restaurants. Innovation is taking on new, promising forms that serve the customer where they are. This innovation wave is also …