New tech-friendly senior living design could serve as model for future buildings, engineers hope

McKnight’s Senior Living January 18, 2024
Aaron Dorman

Developers behind a new veterans home are hoping the facility serves as a design model for how to accommodate “the personal technology ecosystem.”

As seniors are rapidly adopting technologies like smartphones and wearable devices, senior care and living providers need to be increasingly sure facilities have the infrastructure for these tools, such as sufficient wireless connectivity and charging outlets.

That can also include knowing which software and interoperable systems to utilize as well, as one report noted.

Engineers with the firm IMEG Corp., who helped build the new 138-bedroom veterans home in Augusta, ME, said it is especially important for new senior living projects to implement these innovations during the planning phase.

While IMEG is undoubtedly using the...

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