Verizon is continuing to expand its role in the robotics industry. Verizon is acquiring incubed IT, an Austria-based startup that develops autonomous navigation and fleet management software for autonomous mobile robots (AMR). Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first half of the year, were not disclosed.

Founded in 2011, incubed IT’s employees will join the Verizon New Business Incubation team. Verizon said its 5G and edge compute technologies, combined with incubed IT’s software, will enable enterprise customers to gain new efficiencies and scale AMR fleets. incubed IT will continue to drive development, sales and support for its customers and suite of products, which include:

COVID secure appointments to view a new retirement complex in a village on the outskirts of Chester can now be made.

Apartments at The Cedars on Old Hall Street, Malpas are due to be available in the Spring.

There has already been considerable interest in the site since construction began – with 35 per cent of the properties sold.

The development consists of 23 one and two bedroom modern apartments for those over 60 as well as private parking.

There will be a homeowner’s lounge for events and socialising, a guest suite for visiting family and friends, and lifts to all floors.

In almost a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended decades of conventional wisdom about the nature of work. Employees across industries continue to demonstrate that productivity isn’t measured by hours spent at a desk or in an office, but by qualities like diligence, ingenuity, and resilience.

By the same token, the pandemic has also illuminated the true benefits of coming into the office – much of which positively impacts mental health: social interaction, in-person collaboration and innovation, and mentorship. While some degree of remote work is likely to become a permanent facet of our new normal, only 12% of U.S. workers say they want to continue doing it full-time.

Fellowship Community’s Lisa Vercusky had been looking for new ways to engage with memory care residents when an online search at home led her to a tool common in Europe but virtually unheard of in the United States.

The next morning, the corporate quality officer at the 362-unit Whitehall, PA, community took the concept for a table-top virtual activity center directly to David Sutter, director of IT operations.

The Magical Memory Table the team cobbled together over the next year is the Gold winner in the Quality category of the Senior Living track of the 2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. The project combines specialty software with a commercially available computer and projector to cast colorful, interactive videos onto a table. A motion-depth camera makes items respond as residents use their hands to catch virtual fish, move vividly colored balls or bricks or pick flowers.

Plans to create a huge retirement complex which included the revamp of an historic building have been thrown out.  Developers McCarthy and Stone Retirement Lifestyles Ltd and Kimberley Developments Ltd had hoped to build 48 apartments and convert Aldridge Manor House into seven flats and three homes on the land off Little Aston Road in Aldridge.  But Walsall Council planners felt the design and size of the scheme would have a negative impact on the listed building.  Officers also raised concerns about a lack of affordable housing provision as well as drainage and tree protection issues.

Olivia Beaton, Editor of Senior Living News sits down with Jimmy Carrion VP of Business Development and Tod Petty Executive Vice President from Lloyd Jones…

A senior living community that can be traced to a concept first voiced in 2003, but which has not yet broken ground, already has residents lined up for 60% of its planned 220 units. The project is Broadview-Senior Living at Purchase College, a 40-acre neighborhood to be built at an estimated cost of $320 million on the 500-acre campus.  The entity identified as the developer is LCS/SCD Partners LLC. The sponsor is identified as Purchase Senior Living Community Inc., a nonprofit set up by the college to develop a senior living community. Iowa-based Life Care Services, an established manager of senior living communities, is shown as manager of the project and is handling the marketing.

aking the handles off doors to trap potentially COVID-positive seniors in their rooms was so “disturbing” that the president of the company that owns the retirement home in Durham Region was furious.

Now David Bird — president and CEO of Diversicare Canada, which operates White Cliffe Terrace in Courtice — has apologized.

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“We are connecting with residents and family members to let them know what happened, how truly sorry we are, and the steps we are taking to prevent this from happening again,” he told the Toronto Sun in a statement Saturday.

As part of a larger redevelopment of the site into a senior living community, a developer proposes to rehabilitate the Motherhouse into senior housing. As a former convent, the structure has wide hallways, common areas, grand stairways and the stunning three story chapel complete with stained glass windows, altar, and a grand organ.  The building will be converted into 66 affordable and 22 market rate senior apartments and the common areas will be preserved to serve future phases of the redevelopment.

The infamous economic downturn of 2009 presented an obstacle to that growth that the staff hurdled in 2010 by joining forces with other sole proprietors.

To keep busy and skills sharp, the group entered a design competition for a 73-unit multifamily senior project in El Paso, Texas. This competition delivered way more than bragging rights to the winner. Firms vied for the job to build what they came up with. Stakes were as high as the urge to create the winning design. Yet, backed by a strong team, the win was in the bag.

Thus, the origin story of WORKSHOP8, a name that pays homage to the original 8 creators of that winning design. The team size has grown larger than eight since then, but the name has stuck.