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9 Reasons Why Digital Signage is Crucial For Retirement and Long Term Care Homes During a Pandemic

Retirement and long term care homes have been on high alert due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During these uncertain times, digital signage has become crucial for helping residents and staff members stay connected, informed and most importantly safe. Below are 9 ways a digital signage network can significantly help your retirement or long term care home during this crisis. 

  1. Instantly display important public health and safety information on screens across the entire facility
  2. Easily create a custom community TV channel to display the latest COVID-19 news that residents can watch on their in-room TVs 
  3. Deliver consistent reminders for residents and staff members to wash their hands, use hand sanitizer and practice social distancing 
  4. Quickly publish videos on community TV channel to educate residents how to minimize the spread of COVID-19 
  5. Display messages and photos from residents’ loved ones who have been restricted from visiting
  6. In case of emergency, colour coded ‘Emergency Mode’ will be activated to display relevant information in real-time across the entire digital signage network
  7. Display daily menus with images and nutritional information to comply with
    legislation
  8. Broadcast live activities and programming to each suite via in-room TVs; residents can participate in activities while quarantined in their suites
  9. Inform resident who are visually challenged by playing voice announcements of COVID-19 precautionary measures throughout your facility

About Netvisual

Netvisual is a full-service provider of digital signage solutions for retirement and long term care homes across Canada and the USA. Our products include digital signage, video walls, digital kiosks, digital building directories and digital window displays. Learn more about our digital signage solution on our retirement & long term care homes page. 

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