{"id":2495,"date":"2020-04-11T01:39:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ralna.org\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2023-05-10T19:31:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:31:34","slug":"embrace-tech-to-keep-your-ral-home-safe-healthy-with-telecommunications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ralna.org\/embrace-tech-to-keep-your-ral-home-safe-healthy-with-telecommunications\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace Tech To Keep Your RAL Home Safe & Healthy With Telecommunications"},"content":{"rendered":"
While this may seem like a troubling time to continue with business as usual, especially for assisted living homes, it might be a great time to incorporate telecommunications applications. <\/span>Social connections are so important, and this is a time where long-term facilities may be restricting visitors due to the risk of infection. <\/span>Resources like Skype, Zoom or WhatsApp in your RAL home will help seniors stay in touch with their loved ones without added risk during quarantine.\u00a0<\/span>Our chief concern in assisted living is to keep residents safe, healthy, and comfortable, while also avoiding feelings of isolation. <\/span>One clear way to aid in this is to limit face-to-face visits from residents\u2019 family and friends and offer the opportunity to use video and voice messaging.\u00a0<\/span>Simple to use applications like those previously mentioned specialize in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices. Technology like an Emergency Notification Cellular Phone App<\/a> can even help with emergencies and disasters. <\/span><\/span>Encourage your residents and their families to embrace this form of technology for their health and the health of those around them.<\/span><\/p>\n According to expert Jonesboro injury lawyers<\/a>, while the coronavirus outbreak poses health risks for everyone, officials have made clear that the elderly are particularly vulnerable. <\/span>Now residential assisted living homes are putting strict restrictions in place to limit residents\u2019 risk of exposure to infection. <\/span>The measures are precautionary, but will put strain on families and friends. <\/span>Now, more than ever, people are eager to preserve contact with their loved ones and increasingly worried about their well-being. <\/span>Experts stress there are ways to stay in touch with and care for the elderly without putting them at risk of exposure to Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n The Residential Assisted Living National Association aims to provide the industry with best practices and ongoing information about COVID-19 prevention. <\/span>Please visit the CDC website <\/span>www.cdc.gov<\/span><\/a> and\u00a0 <\/span>www.coronavirus.gov<\/span><\/a> for additional information.<\/span><\/p>\nKEY BENEFITS TO USING COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN RAL HOMES<\/b><\/h2>\n
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