Active-aging communities leverage rapid communications technologies to combat the pandemic

When the pandemic struck, active-aging organizations recognized that prompt, accurate communication to all stakeholders was key to ensuring compliance with directives from the government and health authorities, and managing expectations for all concerned. Two organizations in different locations and with different constituents responded by implementing different emergency-messaging technologies. Each had similar goals: to optimize community operations, ensure safety, and enable wellness programming and other activities to continue as much as possible, albeit in transformative ways. Marilynn Larkin, contributing editor to the Journal on Active Aging, recently talked with leaders at these organizations about how their use of communications technology is facilitating their response to pandemic requirements.