Senior Independent Living Resident Communication
Keeping residents informed can be hard when they live in apartments away from the main community building.
SeniorScreens gives independent living communities a simple way to share activities, menus, announcements, appointments, and schedule changes with residents on their mobile devices.
Most importantly, residents can check what is happening before they leave their apartment. Meanwhile, staff can update information in one place and keep the community informed.
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Know Before You Go
Residents can check activities and changes before leaving their apartment.
Update One Place
Staff can update information without trying to reach every resident one by one.
Easy to Read
Residents get a simple place to find the information they need each day.
Help Stop the Turnaround Trek
Years ago, a resident living in an independent living apartment in Indiana told me about a problem I never forgot.
He would get ready and make the trip from his apartment to the main building for an activity. However, when he got there, he would sometimes find out the activity had been canceled, moved, or changed.
So, he had to turn around and make the trip back to his apartment.
I call that the Turnaround Trek.
For some residents, that trip is more than a small inconvenience. For example, the walk may be long. It may also take extra time, or it may simply be tiring.
More importantly, the real problem is communication. When residents live throughout an independent living community, staff need a quick way to share a change before someone leaves home.
That simple problem stayed with me. As a result, it became an important part of why we built SeniorScreens.
Give residents a way to know before they go.
How SeniorScreens Helps
Simple for staff. Easy for residents.
Staff Posts an Update
First, staff add or change an activity, menu, announcement, appointment, or other important information.
SeniorScreens Updates
Next, the latest information becomes available without staff having to contact everyone one by one.
Residents Check Before Leaving
Finally, residents can check the latest information from their apartment before they make the trip.
Communication Matters When Residents Live Across a Community
Independent living is different from having every resident under one roof.
In many communities, apartments are spread across a large property. Meanwhile, the dining room, activity rooms, offices, and other shared spaces may be in a separate main building.
Because of that distance, good resident communication matters.
SeniorScreens brings daily community information to residents. Therefore, they do not have to walk to the main building just to find out what is happening.
More Than 40 Years Around Senior Living
SeniorScreens did not start with a business idea from outside the senior living world. My family was in the senior living business for more than 40 years. I grew up around it. Because of that, I saw how important good communication is for both residents and staff.
Years later, I began using technology to solve some of those everyday communication problems. One of those projects was Recastio. Recastio uses digital displays to share menus, activities, announcements, and other information on TVs. It has also been used in healthcare and senior care settings, where clear daily information matters.
That experience helped shape the next step. Recastio showed me how useful digital communication could be inside a community. However, independent living residents may be in apartments away from those shared TV screens. So, SeniorScreens takes that same basic idea and brings the information directly to the resident on a mobile device.
In other words, SeniorScreens brings together two things I know well: senior living and technology. The goal is still simple. Keep residents informed and make communication easier for staff.
Make Communication Easier for Your Independent Living Community
Give residents an easy way to stay informed from their apartments. At the same time, help reduce unnecessary trips to the main community building.