Walmart is teaming with app Avanlee Care, which seeks to help families coordinate care and monitor the wellness of aging loved ones, to help families who care for seniors remotely.
By adding Walmart grocery delivery services to its app, Avanlee Care users can place Walmart grocery orders for delivery to recipients' home through the app, which also offers medication adherence and health and mood monitoring services.
Citing a 2018 AARP survey that found that 90% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older want to remain in their own homes, Avanlee said the partnership with Walmart is a way to further improve its support for senior customers and their family caregivers.
"We are excited to be working with Walmart for grocery delivery through the Avanlee app, reducing the many tasks associated with caring for an aging parent," Avanlee Christine, CEO and founder of Avanlee Care said in a statement.
"We're constantly thinking of ways to make the busy lives of caregivers easier,” Christine added: “Integrating online grocery ordering and delivery from Walmart into Avanlee Care further helps our caregivers access everything they need to support an aging relative in one place. The delivery status tracking gives caregivers confidence that their relative has the food they need when they need it."