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Low-Tech Diagnostics

The Paperfuge allows health care workers to perform important diagnostic tests in just a few minutes, all for less than a quarter.

02 / 03 / 17

Stranger Danger

Batten down the hatches, here come 2017’s biggest security threats!

01 / 22 / 17

Senior Living Forum

Whether you are a director, care provider or sales and marketing professional, you won’t want to miss the Yardi Senior Living Forum.

01 / 16 / 17

Food Truck Fun

Food trucks provide the perfect vehicle for senior living communities looking to increase brand awareness and improve the resident experience.

01 / 13 / 17

Rogue Routers

The smart home’s weakest link may be that unassuming router tucked neatly next to your modem.

01 / 05 / 17

Affordability Crisis

While the ghosts of the last decade’s housing crisis have (mostly) been put to rest, for many families priced out of their local markets the need for affordable housing remains strong. Like the PC’s infamous “blue screen of death,” the Urban Institute’s map of affordable housing inventory is terrifying to behold. A handful of dark blue swatches in […]

12 / 29 / 16

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Dementia Tags

As a dementia crisis looms, one Japanese city has ditched GPS locators and other wearable devices in favor of low-tech stickers for tracking elderly patients.

12 / 17 / 16

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Atlanta’s Geezer Squad

In one Atlanta senior care facility, residents keep IT support in-house, thanks to the Geezer Squad. Tech hiccups can fell even the most tech savvy amongst us. For senior citizens, reboots and restarts are difficult to navigate. While sometimes a wayward grandchild can be corralled into providing IT support, not everyone has access to a […]

12 / 15 / 16

Next-Gen Employees

The senior living industry needs 1.2 million new employees by 2025 in order to meet demand, and that means finding new ways to connect with job-hunting millennials.

12 / 12 / 16

Young at Heart

Forget sitting on a bench feeding pigeons; these days older adults are ditching the breadcrumbs for senior-friendly playgrounds.

12 / 08 / 16

Smart Homes, Dumb Security

On October 21, 2016, many of the world’s most popular websites were incapacitated by a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Users trying to blast off a tweet or listen to their favorite track on Spotify suddenly found themselves stranded on 404-error pages or stalled by perpetual “loading” messages on their browser. The […]

12 / 01 / 16

Data Powered Cities

The future of urban planning lies in not just accessing information, but deploying it as a resource to enhance urban planning and improve the lives of residents.

11 / 29 / 16

Pedal Power

In bike-friendly Sweden, a new apartment complex includes custom design elements aimed at encouraging residents to ditch cars in favor of pedal power. For many urban apartment dwellers, parking spots and constant traffic severely undercut the benefits of living within the city limits. Sure, public transportation, walking, and cycling are all reasonable alternatives to private […]

11 / 23 / 16

Bellwether Brews

Taking over abandoned storefronts and long-shuttered factories, breweries are breathing new life into cities across the country. Job interview, proposals and book clubs represent just a smidgen of activities occurring at your local brewpub. In the last few years, cities across the US have experienced a brewery renaissance. From empty storage units to abandoned storefronts, […]

11 / 22 / 16