Advanced senior living technology seamlessly connects residents to health and wellness, social engagement, and home automation tools.

K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and those living with a disability, announced today its expansion into New Jersey through a strategic partnership with United Methodist Communities (UMC), an influential provider of residential and community-based services for older adults.

United Methodist Communities will deploy K4Connect’s premier connected-life senior living solution, K4Community, reaching more than 1,600 residents and associates at its full-service campuses throughout New Jersey: Bristol Glen (Newton), Collingswood, Pitman and The Shores (Ocean City).

K4Community is specifically designed for older adults and is the most advanced technology solution in elder care and services today. The comprehensive solution integrates the latest in home automation, connected health and wellness products, as well as social engagement services, ultimately empowering everyone at UMC to live simpler, healthier, and happier lives.

“We’re excited to introduce K4Community to our four full-service campuses. Our residents and associates are eager technology adopters and we strive to meet those interests through the services, tools and amenities we provide,” said Travis Gleinig, Corporate Director of Information Technology for United Methodist Communities. “K4Connect sets us up for seamless, ongoing digital growth and uniquely aligns with us as a mission-based organization. We know with K4Connect, resident value and support comes first – a key point of value for us as a service-driven organization.”

Residents across UMC’s full-service campuses will now be able to control their apartment homes with automation features, such as smart lighting and thermostats, along with enterprise-level voice access to content and community services through their Amazon Alexa devices. The communities will also have access to content creation, management, publishing and digital signage, which streamlines communication, and allows residents to see the latest news and updates directly in their homes and throughout their campuses.

“I think the use of technology in our lives is inevitable and beneficial,” said Anne Bozek, a resident of United Methodist Communities and member of the Bristol Glen Echo Club — a resident driven group that meets to learn and gain a higher level of comfort with technology. “It helps me connect with my children and grandchildren who live far away.”

K4Community will also supply operators and associates with tools to provide the best in care and hospitality. Enabled by K4Connect’s enterprise operating system, FusionOS, UMC will receive comprehensive backend data reporting and analytics that drive operational efficiencies and cost savings, and provide valuable resident behavior insights.

“United Methodist Communities has provided premium care to New Jersey residents for over a century. We’re thrilled to join as their technology partner, continuing this legacy of service through innovative solutions designed to enhance the lives of their residents and associates,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “This expansion into New Jersey is also an exciting milestone for K4Connect. We look forward to working with United Methodist Communities to continue to evolve our partnership and how we can best serve their communities.”

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K4Connect currently serves more than 15,000 residents at over 75 premier retirement and care communities across the nation. To learn more about K4Connect and its current and future technologies, please visit http://www.k4connect.com

Senior-focused innovators join forces to bring cutting-edge technology solutions to the rapidly expanding aging population, ultimately empowering them to live simpler, healthier and happier lives.

CHICAGO and RALEIGH, N.C., June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ —K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and those living with a disability, today announced a strategic partnership with the Ziegler Link•Age Fund II, LP (the “Fund”). Through this partnership, K4Connect joins a roster of emerging portfolio companies specializing in technology products and services specifically designed to support the aging and post-acute care market. 

K4Connect is the leading provider of enterprise connected-life technologies for senior living communities, currently serving more than 15,000 residents at over 75 premiere retirement and care communities across the nation. The Fund’s partnership comes during a period of significant growth for K4Connect as the company looks to continue to advance its product leadership, accelerate new partner integrations and further expand its customer base.

The Fund is a limited partnership that seeks to invest in companies who are improving aging and post-acute services in the United States and around the world. The Fund seeks to invest in growth companies who are able to dramatically improve the healthcare IT or healthcare services landscape for our aging population. The Fund’s Limited Partners include many the most innovative and progressive senior living providers, healthcare systems and strategic service providers in the United States, Canada and Australia. 

“K4Connect is a particularly exciting partnership for the Ziegler Link•Age Fund. Their approach to advancing the senior living industry is anchored in deep technology expertise, while maintaining a constant pulse on the needs of the residents and communities they support. We’re thrilled to add them to our specialized portfolio of companies that are dedicated to providing innovative solutions for this population that has historically been severely underserved by technology,” said Chief Investment Officer of the Ziegler Link•Age Fund, John Hopper.

The aging population is experiencing unprecedented growth and this expansion is quickly revealing shortcomings in support, care, and resources traditionally available to this demographic. The world-wide 65+ population is set to double to over 2.5 billion people by 2050, but affordable senior housing availability is at risk and caregiver shortages are a growing challenge. At the same time, older adults are starting to adopt advanced technology like never before. K4Connect is bridging this gap through comprehensive, scalable technologies specifically designed to improve the lives of older adults, ultimately empowering them to live simpler, healthier and happier lives.

K4Community, K4Connect’s flagship solution specifically designed for senior living communities, is an enterprise end-to-end solution that integrates the latest in smart home automation, connected health and wellness products, as well as social engagement services for senior living communities. With K4Community, senior living staff see returns on productivity with a streamlined dashboard tool, while residents are empowered to live more independently through tech-enabled environments – including voice-activated features through a custom Amazon Alexa integration. K4Community is built upon K4Connect’s patented operating system, FusionOS, an advanced multi-modal edge-cloud architecture and the only of its kind in the senior living industry.

“We share a mission to serve like K4Connect, with a focus on serving older adults, a population that has long been underserved by technology,” said, Ziegler President & CEO and Head of Investment Banking, Dan Hermann. “K4Connect has developed a sophisticated solution that meets the needs of seniors today, while establishing technology infrastructure that will support generations to come.”

K4Connect was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. The company recently announced a Series B financing round led by the second largest insurance firm in the world, AXA Venture Partners, bringing the total funding raised to more than $27 million.

“This support from the Ziegler Link•Age Fund is an exciting step forward for us, during what has already been a fantastic year of growth for K4Connect,” said K4Connect CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Member Advocate, F. Scott Moody. “We’re honored to add the Ziegler Link•Age Fund to our unique bench of investors who value our mission of providing technology that encourages simpler, healthier and happier lives for those we serve.”

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To learn more about K4Connect and its current and future technologies, please visit www.k4connect.com

 

 

Premier Life Plan Community completes successful pilot of the most advanced senior living technology on the market; prepares to roll out to nearly 900-person campus

 

Today, White Horse Village, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Newtown Square, Pa., announced the deployment of K4Community, the premier senior living solution from K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and those living with a disability. K4Community will lay the foundation for White Horse Village’s ongoing digital transformation, bringing the latest advancements in connected-life technology to Community residents and team members.

White Horse Village is one of the Philadelphia area’s most revered Life Plan Communities with 30 years of experience providing residents with premium housing, full continuum healthcare services, life enrichment programs, and support offerings. Through this partnership, White Horse Village is institutionalizing technology as a long-term solution to meeting the evolving needs of the 520 residents and 375 team members across its expansive 96-acre campus. K4Community enables this through a comprehensive solution that integrates the latest in-home automation, connected health, and wellness products, as well as social engagement services, ultimately empowering everyone at White Horse Village to live simpler, healthier and happier lives.

“As an active Life Plan Community, we place a high value on creating opportunities for our residents to live extraordinary lives in an environment that emphasizes personal growth, connectedness, and relationships. When we learned about K4Connect and all of the benefits their technologies could bring to our residents and team members, we jumped at the opportunity to pilot it,” said Len Weiser, President and CEO of White Horse Village. “We’re thrilled to now officially deploy K4Community across the campus, enabling all of our residents to live more independently, while staying connected with each other, their families, and our team members.”

This campus-wide implementation follows a successful pilot in which participating residents — several of whom are part of the Resident Technology Advisory Committee that encourages tech innovation and education in the interest of residents — advocated for the technology long-term. White Horse Village will roll out K4Community in phases, starting with content creation, management, publishing and digital signage to streamline information-sharing across the broad campus. Future phases could include implementing new automation features such as smart lighting and thermostats in resident homes, along with enterprise-level voice access to content and community services through Amazon Alexa devices.

“Many of us at White Horse Village are interested in contemporary technology and the potential it has to assist us in our daily lives,” said Sam Goldstein, a member of White Horse Village’s Resident Technology Advisory Committee. “One of the K4Community features that I find truly handy is the voice capability through Amazon’s Alexa. My wife and I both use it to turn lights on and off throughout our apartment, raise or lower the temperature on the thermostat, play classical music when we want quiet time or would like to read, or we ask it for the world and local news and weather.”

In addition to meeting resident demands for more modernized resources and amenities, K4Community will outfit White Horse Village’s team members with enterprise management tools and the advanced analytics necessary to continue providing the best in support services and hospitality. This is all possible through the underlying operating system, FusionOS, a first in the senior living industry. Operators and staff are provided in-depth insights that drive overall efficiencies and cost savings through comprehensive backend data reporting, as well as features that signal trends in resident behavior.

“With the implementation of K4Community, White Horse Village is taking an important step toward institutionalizing technologies that will benefit hundreds of residents and team members today and in the future. From voice-enabled devices to comprehensive backend analytics, our FusionOS enables the integration and expansion of resident-facing technologies and enterprise-level tools that meet the ever-evolving needs of all who live and work in this Community,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “We’re excited to support White Horse Village with dynamic solutions that can truly transform the lives of all residents and team members at this impressive Community.”

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K4Connect currently serves more than 15,000 residents across the U.S. through Smart Home, Smart Living and Smart Wellness specifically designed for older adults. To learn more about K4Connect and its current and future technologies, please visit http://www.k4connect.com

About White Horse Village 
White Horse Village is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) dedicated to giving residents age 62 and older the best living experience. The Community is located on 96 acres in western Delaware County, Pa., approximately 20 miles west of center city Philadelphia. White Horse Village is a CARF-accredited life care community, granted its fourth five-year re-accreditation in June 2015. For more information, visit http://www.whitehorsevillage.org

New collaboration to enable current and future Lenbrook residents to have access to the most advanced senior living technology on the market.

 

Think “smart home” technology is just a future dream or too complicated for seniors? A new partnership between K4Connect and Lenbrook is about to change that. As the first Smart Senior Living Community in Georgia, Lenbrook will implement K4Community, K4Connect’s smart solution created specifically for residents, staff and operators of senior living communities. The secure solution features several ways to keep Lenbrook residents, families, and staff safely connected.

K4Connect is a purpose-driven technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and those living with a disability. The new partnership with Lenbrook, Atlanta’s premier Life Plan Community, will establish K4Community as the foundation for the senior living community’s expanding technology offerings. With K4Community, residents will be able to access real time information about life at Lenbrook, control their smart living environments, monitor their health and wellness, access community concierge services, and securely connect with loved ones, staff and fellow residents by using their smartphone, tablet or, in time, simply their voice.

“The purpose of bringing this technology to Lenbrook is to provide a platform to support more healthy, independent, and engaged lives for our residents,” said Dan Dornblaser, Vice President of Finance, CFO, and IT Leader. “At Lenbrook, we look for every opportunity to help our residents enjoy life to the fullest, creating connections among the community, and providing timely and accurate information. We’re excited that the future of senior living technology is now available at Lenbrook!”

Lenbrook will roll out K4Community in phases. The first phase will include K4Community’s content creation, management, publishing, and digital signage platform, along with K4Community’s resident and family application that provides access to community content, community services and a private social network. The second phase includes expanded smart capabilities, which will be available at the upcoming Kingsboro at Lenbrook community opening in 2022. Once the phase-in is complete, Lenbrook residents and staff will have access to: 

• Smart Home: Residents will be able to control their smart living environments (smart lights and thermostats, etc.).

• Smart Wellness: Residents will be able to monitor their health and wellness with fitness trackers, connected smart scales or blood pressure cuffs.

• Smart Living: Residents will securely connect with loved ones, fellow residents and community services using technology.

• Content Creation and Digital Signage: The industry’s most advanced digital signage will automate Lenbrook staff workflows and simplify the way they create, manage and share content. This provides increased opportunity for resident engagement with access to real-time information and events, all while streamlining the creation and publishing process for staff members.

In addition to providing multiple conveniences to residents, K4Community equips Lenbrook’s staff with the tools and advanced analytics to provide the best in care and hospitality. K4Community drives overall efficiencies and cost-savings for community managers through operations and workflow automation and energy management.

“Our expansion into Georgia with Lenbrook reinforces our mission to improve the lives of older adults across the country through technology. Lenbrook is a cutting-edge community with a clear focus on providing the best in care and hospitality for their residents. We’re thrilled to be working with them on their journey to a true Smart Community,” said F. Scott Moody, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Member Advocate of K4Connect. “Our solution enables Lenbrook to modernize experiences for current residents and staff, as well as prepare for the future by offering the flexibility to seamlessly add new smart technologies as they come to market.”

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About Lenbrook

Lenbrook is the first and only Life Plan Community in Atlanta to achieve national accreditation by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). Founded in 1983, this not-for-profit senior living community in the heart of Buckhead enables its residents to enjoy the gifts of independence, good health and personal fulfillment through engaging programs and services. Its award-winning facilities also offer the security and convenience of excellent on-site, Medicare-certified healthcare services. Visit http://www.lenbrook-atlanta.org or call 404-264-3386 for more information. For specific information about Kingsboro at Lenbrook, visit https://kingsboroatlenbrook.org