Healthtech Startup Sena Health Aims To Make ‘Aging In Place’ Possible With At-home Care

During the pandemic, the message to older folks was: “Stay out of hospitals if you can.”

The COVID-19 virus was circulating in emergency rooms and nursing homes, and those coming in for routine procedures or check-ups were at risk for exposure. Receiving healthcare at home became more normalized, from telemedicine to visits from professionals.

Anthony Wehbe is a longtime local healthcare professional and hospitalist who in 2020 began work on startup Sena Health, a tech-enabled solution to bring healthcare to people in their homes. As a medical pro with aging parents, Wehbe told Technical.ly he was especially in-tune with the needs of older patients and how the pandemic has affected their routines, risk and care. And he found that many treatments that people seek at a hospital, from physical therapy to COVID-19 recovery to preventative care, can be done in the home.

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