Give Yourself a Ski Lift
If you’ve ever tried to use a walker in snowy conditions, you know that the walker legs, with their rubber tips, tend to get stuck in the snow, making forward mobility a major winter challenge.
Category: Age Tech
Easy Pull-on Fall Reduction
#TechTuesday Continuing with our January topic of winter fall prevention, we bring you YakTrax walkers. YakTrax are stretchy rubber straps that pull on over the soles of your shoes or boots, and have metal coils…
Raising Cane
#TechTuesday Among older adults, falls are the most common cause of traumatic head injury, and icy walkways are a very common cause of winter falls. In an online article on the Mayo Clinic website, Minnesota…
Connect with Friends
#TechTuesday Do you like to read and miss your book club? Pour yourself a glass of Chardonnay and check out the Senior Planet Virtual Book Club. They just finished reading the award-winning book by Minnesota…
Senior Planet, “Stuck at Home”
#TechTuesday Check out Senior Planet’s long list of ideas to overcome feeling “all dressed up with nowhere to go.” Staff has compiled a long list of Stuck-at-Home Guides with enough events and opportunities to fill…
Introducing Senior Planet
#TechTuesday This December Cassia Tech Tuesdays will feature several of the myriad online resources for seniors accessible on the Senior Planet website. Originally founded as Older Adult Technology Services (OATS), the Senior Planet organization has…
Minnesota Good Age: Senior living communities get a boost from technology
Helping residents stay in touch with their loved ones and personal passions during a pandemic means taking a creative approach with technology.
Memory Cafés Provide Support to Care Partners and People with Dementia
Two memory cafés in the Twin Cities were created in the past two years to offer support to those with dementia and their family members or care partners. Emerald Crest, Augustana Open Circle and Augustana…
Robot Helps Seniors Stay Connected with Loved Ones, Physicians
Published April 17, 2017 | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Some say it’s like Skype on steroids. A new robot at the Augustana Care’s Learning Lab for Elder Care Technologies in North Minneapolis can help…
Award-winning Multi-sensory Room
In 2016, we were honored with the Eureka! Award by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal for a unique multi-sensory environment created at Emerald Crest by Augustana Care. The multi-sensory room was designed for people with…