Senior Housing Rushes to Adopt Robots, Telehealth to Protect Residents

“The newly-pioneered technologies will be essential in providing the best care — medical, cognitive and emotional — to the upcoming wave of seniors."

The way we live our lives and conduct business has drastically changed in 2020—a trend that also includes the senior housing industry. Namely, according to a recent post from JLL, Covid-19 has prompted senior housing communities to quickly to adopt new technologies, faster than they might otherwise have.

Currently, technology is used in these communities as a way to keep both residents and workers safe from coronavirus. As one example, communities across the country are using robots to perform various tasks such as room cleaning and temperature checks.

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