Using Digital Home Health Technology in Long Term Care (by Laura Mitchell, GrandCare Systems)
So many times I talk with long term care providers and they see that technology is there, it works, it’s available and others are doing it, but yet they want more proof. They want references, they want testimonials and they want to know exactly how to implement it. I have been making it my role these days to keep providing more and more information about how and why technology can help in long term care, ROI, how it connects residents to family and staff, why residents and staff are happier using it and how to successfully implement it. I will be posting bits and pieces on LinkedIn as I continue to research and pull together different pieces. The end result will sort of be a “paper” on successful technology implementation into long term care – model options, pricing, staff education, testimonials, etc. If you have any questions, comments or thoughts for me as I go along on this journey, shoot me an email!
Please contact Laura directly at laura@grandcare.com
[Ed. Donna’s comment on LinkedIn follows]
Where is the vision to make telecare and social connectedness MUSTS in supporting older adults in their homes or in LTC?
The problem is that many ‘senior communities’ or home carers just don’t have the vision, especially the for-profits where the bottom line is all important–and many of the non-profits simply don’t have the fiscal resources. The question is how to move telecare/social connectedness from a ‘nice to have’ to a ‘MUST have.’ And I hate to say that may have to be done by appealing to state regulators to make connectedness and socialization metrics for licensure.
The other alternative is to drive consumer demand and make it a MUST for families–but the millions to drive that message are absent and not likely to appear any time soon (if Warren Buffett and Bill Gates want a useful place to spend their money, here it is!)
But then again Steve and I have been whinging on about this on Telecare Aware for years, from both sides of the Atlantic!
Thanks Donna! I am continuing to work on this and will share as I gather the information together (I feel like I’m back in college) 🙂
I am compiling a number of studies that help to “prove” that telehealth is a good idea as well as some ways GrandCare Technology & other digital home health technologies can save money, reduce hospital readmissions and enable individuals to remain more independent, happy and safe at home!
Please do share information with me as I march along my journey here!