| PACE Program Saves $1.8 Million |
The concept of enabling the disabled and elderly to live in the community outside of nursing homes is not new. In fact, the seeds of the idea germinated in the North Beach/Chinatown neighborhoods in San Francisco with the advent of the nation’s first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program...
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| Beyond Bingo |
A strong preconception exists when it comes to the relationship between senior citizens and technology, specifically technology such as computers and the internet. The socially accepted stereotype seems to encapsulate two perspectives, the first being that when it comes to technology seniors simply are not interested; that they are comfortable in their practices and that they do not have a need, or interest, in things like email and web browsing. The second perspective is the idea that seniors are not capable of using technology, that the learning curve is simply too great for them to overcome...
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| Increasing Occupancy |
There are few factors that affect the profitability of a senior living community more directly than occupancy. A considerable amount of money is spent on understanding the market, designing the desired mix of living units and subsequently promoting the service packages. In addition, providers are facing the challenges of serving a growing population of customers with dementia, chronic conditions and obesity...
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| Extend the Reach of Care Services with Remote Monitoring |
Current dynamics at the national and state level are foreshadowing a transformation of the market for elder care services. Economics alone point to a need to change how these services are delivered. Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) will play an ever increasing role in how these services are delivered to the elderly...
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| Total Life Cycle Costs |
While individual products may seem attractive on a purchase price basis, total life cycle costs can be extraordinary. Progressive organizations will seek better answers. Converged network solutions address these shortcomings and are being deployed by industry leading providers today. The various subsystems contained in the overall technology solution are identified along with their associated capital costs...
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| Maple Knoll Case Study |
There are currently 35 million older Americans and that fi gure is expected to grow to 70 million by 2030 and to 85 million by 2050. As the United States adapts to this growing elderly population over the next 30 years, progressive and forward-thinking senior living providers will increasingly need to embrace aging services technology solutions that not only enhance their ability to provide care to older adults but also help them improve the quality of that care. For Maple Knoll, enhancing resident safety is one of the most critical bene- fi ts o" ered by advanced aging services technologies such as Heathsense’s eNeighbor® Wi-Fi Wireless Nurse Call System...
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| Technology for Aging in Place |
Given the demographic trends for aging and the high costs associated with skilled nursing care, alternative approaches to long-term care must be adopted. Resident monitoring and telehealth technologies – like Healthsense’s eNeighbor® Resident Monitoring System – are increasingly being utilized to slow the progression of older adults through the various levels of the care continuum. By using aging in place technologies to help older adults maintain greater independence and to reduce ER visits, hospitalizations and nursing home stays, seniors, care providers, family members and payers can all realize substantial financial benefits...
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| Wellness Monitoring ROI |
By detecting problems early and ensuring that older adults who experience incidents, such as falls, receive assistance in a timely manner, the eNeighbor® Resident Monitoring System can prevent the serious complications that often result from these kinds of events. This case study examines how the resulting savings in hospitalization and skilled nursing home costs can enable the technology to initially pay for itself in less than one year – and, in subsequent years, potentially in less than six months...
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| Remote Monitoring Tested |
Understanding seniors’ attitudes toward technology— and, in particular, their willingness to adopt technological solutions that can help them remain independent longer—presents a significant challenge to the aging services industry. Until recently, limited information regarding the practical impact of remote monitoring systems on the elderly has been available. A recent study, however, has yielded new data about this technology...
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| Healthsense Integrated Solution Case Study |
After a comprehensive two-year search, the LHA selected Healthsense in December 2007 to design and install all of the aging services technology at Kingsway. “We were very meticulous and very thorough in our search,” said Jim Selvy, Vice President, Operations, for the LHA. “Above all, we were looking for a technology company that understood our vision for Kingsway and that could help us realize that vision...”
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| Call to Action for Including Long-Term Care |
In an analysis of more than 65 published studies covering four chronic conditions, home telemonitoring of chronic diseases has been described as “a promising patient management approach that produces accurate and reliable data, empowers patients, infl uences their attitudes and behaviors, and potentially improves their medical conditions..”
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| eNeighbor Research Study |
After completing the research, the research consultant is convinced that the eNeighbor system is a wonderful benefit to residents, family and staff. It provides peace of mind and a ‘safety net’ for the elderly residents. Prior to the interactions with the residents and staff, the research consultant had no knowledge of the eNeighbor system...
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| e-Health Policy Presentation on Telehealth |
Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients' health status. Closely associated with telemedicine is the term "telehealth," which is often used to encompass a broader definition of remote healthcare that does not always involve clinical services...
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| Redefined Care/Service Plans |
Many older adults are reluctant to transition to a higher level of care – even though their physical condition may warrant such a move – because they fear losing their independence and reducing their quality of life. These older adults tend to fall between the standard divisions of care in the aging continuum. A growing number of providers are now using state-of-the-art aging services technology, like Healthsense’s eNeighbor® Remote Monitoring System, to offer redefined care plans designed to address these “gaps” in the care continuum – and creating new revenuegenerating opportunities in the process...
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