Walmart Partners With Senior-Care App for Grocery Delivery

Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart is teaming up with senior-care app Avanlee Care to help families who care for seniors remotely.

Avanlee Care, which seeks to help families coordinate care and monitor the wellness of aging loved ones, said it is adding grocery delivery services powered by Walmart. Avanlee users will be able to place Walmart grocery orders for delivery to recipients' home through the regular Avanlee Care 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 age in place, the company said that teaming up 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," said Avanlee Christine, CEO and founder of Avanlee Care, in a statement.

Christine founded Avanlee Care after watching her family tackle the myriad challenges associated with managing care and logistics for older relatives remotely. 

"We're constantly thinking of ways to make the busy lives of caregivers easier,” said Christine in a statement. 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."

Avanlee said its integrated grocery delivery capability powered by Walmart is available for free download via the App Store and Google Play.