Editor’s note: McKnight’s Senior Living, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Home Care are publishing focused articles on the 2023 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology awards Nov. 29 through Dec. 5. Look for the nomination period for the 2024 awards program to open in May.
Falls are dangerous for many senior living residents, but they are especially dangerous for residents living with memory loss, who are three times more likely to have a serious injury when a fall occurs.
To combat this situation, the Forum at Rancho San Antonio in Cupertino, CA (managed by Life Care Services) used VirtuSense Technologies’ VSTAlert. The community won a Gold award in the Quality category of the Senior Living track of the 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology awards for its efforts.
The Quality category recognized the use of technology to improve the quality of services or care.
The provider said it chose VSTAlert because it could provide one-to-one monitoring of, for instance, in-room sitting without needing additional staff members or increasing the workload on current staff members. After five months of using the technology, The Forum saw an 80% reduction in falls with injury and had actionable data for its care team. The tech also helped provide tailored care plans for three frequent fallers. Each resident was monitored, and any fall incidents were analyzed by VirtuSense and the care team.
Other award winners in the Senior Living track’s Quality category:
- Silver: Arrow Senior Living Management for its use of PointClickCare’s electronic health records system and Microsoft’s Power BI.
- Bronze: Aviva Senior Living/Lloyd Jones for its use of Rythmos, from Intrex.
Read about other 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology award winners in the Senior Living track on the McKnight’s Senior Living website, in the Skilled Nursing track on the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News website, and in the Home Care track on the McKnight’s Home Care website.
Sponsors of the 2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit include LifeLoop, IntelyCare, MatrixCare, PointClickCare and ShiftKey + OnShift.To view the virtual awards presentation and recordings of the Summit webinars, visit mcknightstechawards.com (free registration required).
