{"id":54212,"date":"2015-06-03T00:10:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T10:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=54212"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:47:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T21:47:53","slug":"app-aims-to-help-seniors-live-full-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/app-aims-to-help-seniors-live-full-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"App Aims To Help Seniors Live Full Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

John, a resident at senior care facility The Plaza Assisted Living in Moanalua, received phone calls from his two adult children almost every day. While that sounds nice \u2014 and it was \u2014 it eventually turned grating. They both always had the same, mundane questions: What did you do today? You didn\u2019t sleep all day, did you? It became stressful for John (name changed for privacy), and he felt the interaction was shallow. <\/p>\n

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The Plaza at Moanalua activity director Eric Domingo checks in a resident for an outing CHRISTINA O\u2019CONNOR PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

But that changed a few months ago, when Plaza began using Sagely, an app that allows senior facilities to manage residents\u2019 activities, compile information digitally and share it with families in real time. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, it\u2019s like Facebook for seniors,\u201d says Tricia Medeiros, The Plaza Assisted Living regional director. \u201cThere\u2019s this news feed of all these things that are happening that you can track and get notifications.\u201d <\/p>\n

That means that John\u2019s kids can see exactly what he did all day, and even get notifications sent right to their phone when he took an aerobics class, or joined a group movie night. \u201c<\/p>\n

Rather than having the conversation steered toward \u2018What did you do?\u2019 they can connect on a deeper level, talking about how the kids are or planning for their next get together,\u201d explains The Plaza at Moanalua activity director Eric Domingo. \u201c(John) seems more at ease with everything.\u201d <\/p>\n

Developed by Todd Funasaki and Jeff Malins in collaboration with Team Praxis, Sagely came out of conversations the two had with coworkers and friends who faced difficulties in caring for aging parents. The main goal, they say, is to improve quality of life for seniors and their families, while simultaneously streamlining operations for assisted living staff. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe application is really designed around two points of need: The first is the need of staff members of these assisted living communities, and then the second is the needs of the family members of the residents who are in those communities,\u201d explains Malins. <\/p>\n

To create Sagely, Funasaki and Malins embedded themselves within communities such as The Plaza at Moanalua to evaluate the needs of all parties involved \u2014 the care staff, along with the seniors and their families \u2014 and then integrated their findings into the app. <\/p>\n

The Plaza is among a few assisted living communities locally and on the Mainland that Sagely has been working with. In the future, Funasaki and Malins also aim to introduce Sagely to other populations, such as adult day care centers or individual homecare providers. <\/p>\n

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Sagely founders Todd Funasaki (far left) and Jeff Malins (far right) with The Plaza Assisted Living regional director Tricia Medeiros, activity director Eric Domingo and director of marketing and branding Tony Buhain<\/p><\/div>\n

For Plaza staff, Sagely has made their jobs more efficient, as they instantly can access information on any resident. Their favorite food, what activities they enjoy \u2014 it\u2019s all there. While Plaza always had collected stats like that, they usually were marked on a piece of paper and then filed away until the resident\u2019s family stopped in for a biannual meeting. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow you can access this information all the time,\u201d says Medeiros. <\/p>\n

\u201cInformation is power. Now, it\u2019s very measurable, very goal-orientated and very analytical,\u201d she continues. \u201cInstead of saying, \u2018Your mom is very active,\u2019 we can now say, \u2018Your mom participates in 60 percent of the activities that we provide, and that is 20 percent more than she did last year.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThese are points of stress that may seem trivial, but just knowing if my mom or dad got out of their room that day \u2026 it makes all the difference in the world,\u201d Funasaki says. <\/p>\n

For Plaza, having that data has meant they can shape their programs around what is most popular with the residents. (And, Domingo explains with a laugh, it\u2019s also provided fodder for a little friendly competition among his staff.) It also has enabled Plaza to pinpoint residents who are not interacting in order to try to better engage them. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t have that information at your fingertips, it can get overlooked,\u201d Funasaki says. \u201cBut if you can see trends in (a senior\u2019s) participation, it\u2019s game-changing.\u201d <\/p>\n

After all, at the core of all of this, Sagely and Plaza officials agree, are the seniors themselves. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe really want to improve the quality of life and the health and wellness of all seniors,\u201d Malins says. <\/p>\n

\u201cQuality of care and quality of life in health care is almost exclusively talked about from a clinical point of view,\u201d Funasaki adds. \u201cPart of our vision is purposely to focus less on that clinical aspect \u2014 they are going to get that care \u2014 and continue expanding the value of the life of the resident, not just from a clinical point of view, but from an engagement point of view.\u201d <\/p>\n

For more information, call 429-7025, visit gosagely.com or email contact@gosagely. com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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