Author: Jonathan

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.” …

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 …

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 …

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 …