N.B. Company Launches Digital Platform To Improve The Lives Of Seniors and Caregivers
FREDERICTON– A technology company based in Fredericton and Denver, Colorado hopes to improve the lives of seniors and their caregivers in New Brunswick with the launch of its platform in the province.
Routinify offers a platform that combines easy-to-use technology, accessible through smart displays and wearable technology, to provide seniors, as well as their families and caregivers, with real-time data on their health and wellbeing.
The company was created when Pat Kelly, Routinify’s president and CEO, started caring for his mother. He found there were a number of challenges, including navigating the in-home care plan and timely communications with family members who lived out of town. Care was scheduled by time, not by routinely assessed and changing needs.
“My mother stayed in her home and received good care, but I knew that home care could be better managed and monitored for both families and caregivers,” said Kelly in a media release.
“It’s important that care be delivered with the clients’ needs first, and the only way to do that is with concrete information. Routinify’s technology collects information – vitals, sleep patterns, activity, and more – and that data allows for a more tailored care plan and real-time connection in the care circle, including the aging individual, their families, nurses, doctors, and caregivers.”
Routinify’s WellAssist platform offers a suite of services that run on hardware from partners such as Amazon, Garmin, FitBit, Omron, Nymbl Sciences and more, all specially designed to make it easy to use for seniors. The platform’s features include a dashboard that provides reminders, caregiver Check-Ins, encourages engagement, and provides opportunities for involvement from within the care circle.
For Graeme MacKinnon, one of the platform’s earliest users in the province, it helps improve his parents’ lives at home significantly.
Routinify helped my parents live a more comfortable life in their own home. The reminders for medications, meals, and activity are incredibly helpful,” he said. “I also receive video messages from the caregivers to keep me updated, which gives me peace-of-mind.”
Routinify is also being used by Wellness Connections, a home care organization based out of the Ste. Anne’s Court retirement community in Fredericton. Owner and manager Teena Canavan has been working with the Routinify team as they’ve prepared their launch and believes it’s the “wave of the future.”
“We have an aging population and many of our clients’ children do not live in the same city, the province, or sometimes even in the country,” said Canavan. “Not only does the Routinify platform give us concrete data to help shape care plans, but the Caregiver Check-Ins allow us to update our clients’ loved ones in real time. This allows us to provide them with a level of comfort knowing that their parent or loved one is receiving the right care at the right time. Routinify is changing how care is delivered in New Brunswick.”
Monthly subscriptions for Routinify are now available in New Brunswick and Colorado with plans to expand into other jurisdictions in the coming months.