Safe and Secure: Bill and Cathy’s Story
When it comes to the safety and security of our loved ones, there’s nothing we won’t do to protect them. We recently worked with Bill and his wife Cathy* to help deliver a solution that addressed their needs and keeps them both feeling safe and secure. This is their story. Bill and Cathy live together in a beautiful part of Colorado. Bill is an active member of his community and works full time for a local home care agency. A few years ago, Bill began to notice that his wife Cathy was experiencing some forgetfulness and confusion. At first it …
How to Know if Routinify is Right for You
When we talk to individuals in the community about our Routinify WellAssist™ platform, many agree that it sounds like a fantastic tool. There are a number of features and options within the platform, so we work together with clients to talk about their vision for wellness. We sat down with Routinify’s Clinical Director, Tricia Friars, to help shed some light on this process and to share how others might better understand how Routinify can be a real support for them and those who care for them – their CareCircle. Can you tell us about your professional background? I’ve been working …
Routinify gives caregiver peace of mind
Karen Wilson has spent the past 11 years working as a caregiver in the Saint John area. She’s spent time as a youth-care worker and as an intervenor at a women’s shelter. While those jobs brought her a lot of satisfaction, Karen was looking to make a transition to working full time with seniors in her community. “I’ve always been interested in working with seniors,” says Karen. “They deserve so much respect. I was drawn to this new job because I want to provide a level of care that offers dignity to seniors as they age in their own homes.” …
Technology and aging: Routinify launches scientific trials launch in New Brunswick
Routinify was born out of necessity. When Pat Kelly, Routinify’s founder and CEO, was caring for his mother and aunt, in their mid-90s and early-100s respectively, he experienced firsthand the challenges of caring for an aging loved one. Kelly saw an opportunity to leverage data and technology to make the experience around aging in place smoother for all involved, which led him to develop the Routinify WellAssist™ platform. The suite of products helps people age safely and happily in their own homes or assisted care facilities while providing valuable insights into their health and wellbeing to their family members and …
Building a community of care with Routinify
Lisa Guidry has seen the full scope of New Brunswick’s healthcare system in action. A nurse for 30 years, Lisa has spent the last 12 years of her career as a nurse practitioner, working predominantly with seniors who live in their homes. She does bedside visits for her clients and looks after any medical needs that arise. Each day is different for Lisa, but there’s one thing that has changed how she works with her clients – Routinify. Lisa first heard about Routinify through Tricia Friars, a long-time colleague who also happens to be the clinical director at Routinify. They’d …
Growing our business and hiring four recent NBCC graduates in New Brunswick
Following our Canadian launch in early April, we’ve seen a significant amount of interest in our WellAssist™ platform. With increased interest in our product comes the challenge of growing our team to meet the demands of an ever-evolving platform. Knowing we needed to hire, we turned to the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) and their Information Technology – Programmer Analyst program at their Saint John campus. Not only did we find an abundance of talent, we also found a number of recent graduates who could make the transition from student to employee immediately and hired four capable and eager new …
“Smart Aging” Tech Company Routinify Launches in New Brunswick
–Routinify’s smart displays and wearable technology help aging adults live safer, healthier lives– Fredericton, NB (April 2, 2019) – Routinify, a Fredericton, NB and Denver, CO headquartered technology company, today announced the public launch of its smarter living platform in New Brunswick. The platform 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. Routinify was born out of necessity when Pat Kelly, Routinify’s President and CEO, began caring for his aging mother. That process uncovered a number of challenges including navigating …