Jun 28, 2023
Long-term care is notorious for lagging behind other parts of the health care continuum – including hospitals and doctors’ offices – in the adoption of technology. As co-chairs of a Moving Forward Coalition subcommittee on health information technology, Gregory Alexander and Terrence O’Malley are working...
Jun 21, 2023
Under Jeannee Parker Martin’s leadership, LeadingAge California has achieved some remarkable workforce development numbers, graduating more than 1,000 students from a CNA and home health aide training program – funded by a generous $25 million state grant – in its first year alone.
While not every state has...
Jun 14, 2023
In his years marketing major brands like Gillette, Pepsi, and Dannon, Jeff Weiss never encountered any push to pitch products to consumers over the age of 55. Then, once he turned 55 himself, he realized that he didn’t feel like a different person just because he crossed an age milestone – he was still himself, with...
Jun 7, 2023
When Jack York first started bringing computers into senior living communities in the 1990s, he never could have imagined the ways elders use technology to stay connected with loved ones and their interests today – particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But even back then, when PCs took up entire desks...