Seniors Facility Uses Digital Chat Platform to Connect Residents, Families

Seniors Facility Uses Digital Chat Platform to Connect Residents, Families
Joanne Hubbard, executive director at Kensington Place, helps a resident use a device. Andrea Obston/Courtesy of Kensington Place
David Lam
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Older adults at the Kensington Place assisted living community in Redwood City, California, have been spending most of their time in their rooms as part of social distancing measures.
But Kensington staff have found ways to keep residents active and connected—including giving them access to iPads and setting them up on a digital chat platform called Slack.
David Lam
David Lam
NTD News National Correspondent, Anchor
David Lam is a national correspondent based in California and a part-time anchor for "NTD Tonight." Before joining NTD he was a financial analyst.
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