Over the past few years, new tech tools have proven vital in reducing falls and falls-related hospital visits among residents of senior living communities and nursing homes.
For its work engendering fortunate outcomes, a senior living software giant has been named to the latest Fortune Impact 20 list.
SafelyYou, with a falls detection platform that is geared toward dementia care, was ranked 14th on the most recent iteration of the Impact 20 list.
Company officials said they were “thrilled” to be recognized in an announcement last week.
“Folks are starting to really wake up to the magnitude of challenges brought on by an aging population,” SafelyYou founder and CEO George Netscher said in a statement. “We simply do not have enough caregivers in this country to provide quality care for all those who need it. Our company is dedicated to both reducing falls and empowering higher quality care.”
According to internal data, SafelyYou is able to reduce falls by 40% and emergency department visits by 80% among senior living partners.
It is one of several monitoring companies that have added AI capabilities to their systems over the past year and a half. Although SafelyYou uses cameras to detect falls, other companies, such as Butlr, use heat-and-sound sensors.
Overall, companies are moving toward passive tech that is as unobtrusive in older adults’ lives as possible, and many systems now are designed to collect data relevant to health interventions.
Last year, SafelyYou was named a winner in the Tech Partner of the Year category within the Senior Living track of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
The company also announced a partnership last year with the ECRI, which has a safety reporting database and provides solutions and guidance to long-term care companies, the McKnight’s Tech Daily reported.
