Deborah Di Sanzo hit the stage at SXSW to share how Best Buy is using technology to enable aging adults to live and thrive in the comfort of their homes.
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It’s designed to make it easier than ever for older adults to access the phone features they care most about, including one-touch access to Lively Health and Safety Services.
Best Buy Health is helping to make it easier for older adults to stay safe, healthy and connected by offering a full array of health and safety services available on Apple Watch.
Best Buy Health today unveiled Lively Flip, a new, easy-to-use flip phone that’s designed to help older adults stay connected to family, friends and the health services they need.
The Lively Flip will be available in stores and online at Best Buy and Rite Aid later this month and at Walgreens in late October. It can also be purchased at GreatCall.com and through direct sales toll-free numbers.
The Lively Flip is the next evolution of the Jitterbug, designed to help older adults live their best possible lives. Voice services with Amazon Alexa are a new, enhanced feature that gives users the option to use their voice to make calls, write texts, check the weather and more. Users
The Brooklyn Public Library system in New York has played a special role in Nadine Cabrera’s life.
She got a part-time job at the Bay Ridge Library when she was 15 years old, helping visitors check out and return books. Then, in March 2019, a new Best Buy Teen Tech Center opened at the Kings Highway Library, and Nadine was hired to run it.
“I never had specific career goals. I just wanted a job that would allow me to keep a roof over my head,” she said.
They're designed to keep aging adults safer and more independent.
It features enhanced GPS accuracy and the fastest response time.
Acquisition is in line with Best Buy 2020 strategy
Strengthens company’s position and growth opportunities in the
fast-changing health space, with a focus on the growing needs
of the aging population
Minneapolis, August 15, 2018 – Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY), a leading technology products and services provider, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GreatCall, Inc. for $800 million in cash.
GreatCall is a leading provider of connected health and personal emergency response services to the aging population, with more than 900,000 paying subscribers.
GreatCall provides connected health and emergency response services to the aging population.