{"id":10628,"date":"2023-06-12T08:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electroniccaregiver.com\/?p=10628"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:12:54","slug":"continuous-care-technology-helps-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electroniccaregiver.com\/continuous-care-technology-helps-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuous care technology helps aging"},"content":{"rendered":"
Electronic Caregiver is joining forces with Western Home Communities<\/a> in Cedar Falls, Iowa to provide continuous care to its members. Through the partnership<\/a>, Western Home is offering Electronic Caregiver\u2019s Virtual Caregiver platform, Addison Care, in its Fortified Life<\/a> program.<\/p>\n Fortified Life is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) \u201cwithout walls.\u201d Members receive home-based services to help them age independently, wherever they call home. And now, Addison Care will be one of the services offered to members who need it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Western Home and Electronic Caregiver partnership represents a shared understanding of the need for versatile approaches to wellness. Our management platform allows Western Home the visibility they seek when working with their program members to maintain health. Meanwhile, their members get to enjoy and benefit from additional program assistance via Addison Care,\u201d said Morgan Beasley. As Electronic Caregiver\u2019s Lead UX\/UI Designer, Beasley played a significant role in facilitating the launch of Addison at Western Home.<\/p>\n Electronic Caregiver released Addison Care to market<\/a> in January 2023. The platform features a 3D-animated Virtual Caregiver that acts as a continuous care companion for the aging and chronically ill. Clients interact with the avatar through voice and touch via a dedicated Lenovo all-in-one computer or tablet in their home. Addison offers continuous care through a world of experience, a world of connectivity, and a world of benefits. Above all, the Virtual Caregiver platform can be curated to fit each customer\u2019s specific needs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Through Fortified Life presented by Western Home Communities, Addison Care will provide customized reminders. Addison will also deliver regular active living and wellness surveys to keep members healthy, safe, and connected. Additionally, Fortified Life members will have access to Addison\u2019s fun features, which help clients stay engaged in their care plan. For example, the Virtual Caregiver can mirror time of day, weather, holiday celebrations, and faith within the management platform. Furthermore, clients can enjoy personalizing Addison\u2019s home, ethnicity, locations, and apparel. They can also interact with objects, animals, musical instruments, media, and characters in Addison\u2019s world.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are constantly thinking about active aging and what that looks like,\u201d Fortified Life Director Amanda Lynch said. \u201cAnd we really are always on the cutting edge \u2013 clearly, with Addison and our partnership. Ultimately, we feel that by having a virtual presence with folks, they are going to feel better longer. They will be able to age in place<\/a>, which really is our main goal.\u201d<\/p>\n With Addison Care, Western Home will provide continuous care to its members. They will be able to check in remotely as needed and keep a closer eye on members\u2019 health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n \u201cAddison, offered in conjunction with other Fortified Life services, allows people to age the way they would like to, by their own design,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cNot every solution is for everyone, and we know that. But we feel like the pieces we have right now with Addison are going to be a great solution for a lot of our members.\u201d<\/p>\n Initially, Addison Care will be available to provide continuous care to 25 Fortified Life members. But that number is expected to grow over time. Ultimately, the goal is to offer Addison to any member who enters the program that could benefit from it. In the future, Western Home may decide to extend the offer to non-Fortified Life residents as well.<\/p>\n \u201cAddison can really transform a community, just from the standpoint of being able to have good data, good analytics, and being able to have a value add. It\u2019s being able to say to a family member, \u2018We\u2019ve got this, we\u2019re here for you,\u2019\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n Since 2021, Western Home has also offered Electronic Caregiver\u2019s Premier<\/a> medical alert device to Fortified Life members who can benefit from emergency response services.<\/p>\nCutting-edge technology for the actively aging<\/h2>\n
Continuous care allows members to age independently<\/h3>\n
Transforming a community now and in the future<\/h3>\n
Virtual Caregiver will revolutionize continuous care<\/h2>\n