McKnight’s Senior Living March 25, 2024
Aaron Dorman

Getting older adults with heart issues to monitor their conditions has proven to be a challenge, particularly with wearables.

A smartphone app, Hello Heart, however, has shown overwhelming promise in being able to reduce blood pressure among seniors, a new report showed.

A majority of study participants, all older adults, were able to reduce both their weight and blood pressure over periods of three and six months, the study showed.

The latter result is significant because high blood pressure puts seniors at risk for almost all forms of heart disease and emergencies, including heart failure, stroke and related death.

Surprisingly, the older adults who were part of the study had a 45% higher engagement rate with the app than younger...

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