Jan 8, 2026
Emily Almond

Elderly home turns to wearables for contact tracing, sidestepping Apple-Google limits

Elderly home turns to wearables for contact tracing, sidestepping Apple-Google limits
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - When a senior living facility in Amarillo, Texas suspected a nurse may have caught the novel coronavirus this month, it had a list within five minutes of staff and residents the nurse could have infected.
High-tech wristbands worn by The Legacy at Town Square's 35 workers and 49 residents expedited contact tracing, the otherwise pain-staking process of interviewing patients to determine who crossed paths with them.
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Updated January 12, 2026