Thrive in Place Blog
Activities of Daily Living: How to Know When Mom Needs More Help
Since the 1950s, activities of daily living have been used as a measurement for seniors’ ability to function while living on their own. As an adult child of a senior, you may be wondering how to use this information when you really want the answer to one key question:...
A New Era in Senior Housing: Tech or Bust
As with just about everything else in modern life, senior housing is seeing significant changes — largely due to the impact of technology. Not so long ago, the senior living field was defined by its boundaries: in buildings, on campuses and for residents. Today,...
5 Caregiver Solutions You Haven’t Considered
For members of the so-called “sandwich generation” — nearly half of adults in their 40s and 50s who provide support for both aging parents and adult children — finding practical caregiver solutions can be challenging. While many options exist to care for aging...
3 Ways Digital Health Technology is Transforming Eldercare
Picture a long, sterile hallway. Your room—small, with only a bed and chair, along with white walls and a cold, tile floor—sits just off that hallway. You eat at a certain time, not of your choosing, you don’t like the food when you do get it, and you have access to...
How to choose the right technology for your senior living community [Video]
Maintaining a residential facility for older adults comes with a great deal of decisions and responsibilities.
3 Life Changing Aging In Place Technologies
It’s no secret that retired people enjoy more leisure time than the average working individual. What is surprising is just how much of that newfound free time seniors spend watching TV — nearly seven hours each day. But along with providing many hours of enjoyment,...
How To Choose the Right Technology for Your Senior Living Community
Although our culture maintains stereotypes of older adults as technology phobics or novices, the Pew Research Center reports that over half of senior citizens use the Internet and have cell phones. Nowhere is this technology more important than in senior living...
Seniors Seek Technology Rich Communities for Modern Retirement
When planning a senior living community, it’s important to realize that retirees aren’t willing to settle for a view and a roster of activities. They’re accustomed to up-to-date technology in their homes and expect the same in their next residence, research says....
eHealth for Seniors: How a TV can become a caregiver’s helper
Imagine that your beloved grandmother — the one who made you cookies, bandaged your skinned knees and listened to you practice trombone for hours on end — can’t attend your wedding because she is too frail to travel. You’d feel heartbroken that someone so dear to you...
Activities of Daily Living: How Do I Know What Is Best for My Parents as They Get Older?
For members of the “sandwich generation” — those who support both their aging parents and their own children — knowing how best to care for Mom and Dad can present unfamiliar challenges. In almost all cases, seniors wish to remain in their own homes and resist moving...