Atria Taps Alexa to Empower Senior Residents
Benzinga LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Atria Senior Living has begun equipping its communities with Amazon Echo Shows, providing residents with a new level of convenience and control.
We're enhancing Amazon's Alexa with special skills that radically improve the resident experience.
CoterieTM, a joint venture with Related Companies and Atria, will see the first installation of Amazon Echo Shows at its new Cathedral Hill luxury senior living community in San Francisco. Cathedral Hill will debut the new smart devices to be ready for its first residents this spring with the help of Aiva Health, the leading virtual assistance platform for healthcare and senior living. The Amazon Echo Show devices will then be installed at selected Atria and Coterie communities during 2022 and beyond.
The fact that Amazon is enabling 'fleet management' of the Echo Show is a game-changer in senior living,said Atria CTO Chris Nall. We're thrilled to have this tool that empowers residents without complicated equipment or confusing interfaces. For most folks, it doesn't get any simpler than just asking Alexa for what you want and having it happen.
At launch, Cathedral Hill residents will be able to use the Echo Shows to ask Alexa to help with all sorts of things just using their voice:
- Adjust lights, blinds and thermostats.
- Make phone and video calls to friends and family.
- Find out what's on the dining menu and event calendar.
- Make calls to community staff and neighbors.
For their part, Cathedral Hill staff can also send messages into resident rooms -- as voice messages that Alexa reads aloud or as visual cards that appear on the screen of the Echo Show devices. These can be reminders about community events or important bulletins.
