Reflecting on AI in Senior Living: Insights from Conversations with Joe Velderman and Sarah Thomas
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the privilege of diving into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) in senior living through conversations with two of the brightest minds in the industry: Joe Velderman, VP of Innovation at Cypress Living, and Sarah Thomas, CEO, global age-tech expert, and venture partner. Both Joe and Sarah bring
3 Innovative Strategies to Build a Tech-Forward Senior Living Culture in 2025
As a company who’s seen the transformative power of technology in senior living communities, we believe the key to success lies in creating a culture where technology feels like a natural part of life—for residents, staff, and leadership. It’s not about chasing the latest trends but about embracing tools that truly make a difference. Here are three strategies that can help build a tech-forward senior living culture in 2025.
5 Ways to Optimize Your EHR Today
Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems are the backbone of modern healthcare operations. Keeping your system efficient and user-friendly is essential for improving productivity, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. Here are five actionable strategies to optimize your EHR today.
Protecting Senior Living Communities from Phishing and Voicemail Scam Emails
You dedicate your time and care to your residents, ensuring they receive the specialized attention they deserve. But who’s making sure your senior living community’s technology is just as secure and well-managed? As more and more digital tools become essential to the daily operations of senior living communities, the need for thoughtful and proactive cybersecurity measures becomes increasingly vital.
Top 5 Tech Strategies to Transform Technology Culture in Senior Living
As senior living communities grow and evolve, embracing the right technology can make a huge difference in daily operations and resident care. Here are our top five tech strategies that can help your community thrive and help you prepare for the future
Why a Technology Partner is Key to Choosing the Right EMR
Choosing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system is a significant decision for any senior living community. The right system can streamline operations, improve care quality, and ensure regulatory compliance. With so many options available, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Senior Living New Construction Technology: A Trusted Partner
When you begin planning your new construction or renovation, how often do you ask yourself the question – “What is my technology vision?” As technology advances quickly, it’s essential to include begin thinking of how technology will be incorporated into your building as early as possible. Successfully utilizing technology in senior living communities requires careful planning as well as an understanding of how your staff and residents will use technology.
Enhancing Senior Living Experiences Through Resident Technology Support
In the senior living industry, technology education is increasingly essential for residents. Providing residents with the means to stay connected, engaged, and empowered can greatly improve their quality of life. Empowering Seniors Through Technology For many seniors, technology can seem overwhelming and unfamiliar.
How to Protect Your Senior Living Community from Phishing Scams
Phishing is a type of cyber-attack where attackers use deceptive emails, messages, or websites to trick individuals by trying to obtain sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, passwords, and other sensitive personal information. Phishing scams are extremely common and can have significant impacts on individuals and organizations.
The Benefits of Penetration Testing for Senior Living Communities
Penetration testing is an essential cybersecurity practice in which authorized experts simulate cyberattacks on a system, network, or application to detect vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors. This practice is crucial because it helps communities to proactively identify and rectify security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by malicious attackers.
Addressing and Combating the Senior Living “Wi-Fi Crisis”
With close to 2% of the population occupying senior living communities and more seniors being interested in using technology in their daily lives, access to reliable Wi-Fi in senior living communities is more important than ever. Retirement community residents expect their senior living community to offer dependable Wi-Fi connectivity in the same way they expect their community to provide necessities like air conditioning and power.
The Benefits of Strong Cybersecurity for Senior Living Communities
With the rising frequency of cyber attacks on organizations around the world, it’s more important than ever that your Senior Living community takes an even more serious approach to their cybersecurity posture and cyber risk. One of the most critical things that IT staff can do for their community is to take proactive measures in protecting it from malicious actors trying to get access to their internal network or systems — or perhaps even worse — their residents’ protected health information (PHI).