Aquinas Senior Living, Inc., a tech-enabled senior care provider, announced the expansion of its resident safety ecosystem powered by Teton's proactive care platform across its Pennsylvania portfolio. Following a successful deployment at Heritage Springs Memory Care in Montoursville, the system has gone live at Wynwood House communities in State College and Centre County, achieving a 99.8% resident and family adoption rate.
According to the announcement, the Teton platform uses passive optical sensors installed in resident rooms that require no wearables, manual calibration, or charging. The system processes movement data locally, ensuring privacy by not streaming live video or capturing audio. Care teams receive safety signals and anonymized clips when needed. The platform is HIPAA compliant and SOC 2 certified.
This approach is grounded in Teton's own research: an analysis of more than 2,000 falls across four countries found that measurable signals, including night-time movement patterns, sleep disruption, and changes in respiration, consistently precede falls by hours or days, allowing care teams to intervene early.
As part of the expansion, one of Aquinas's Pennsylvania facilities is serving as the official Beta test site for the integrated E-call resident call system. This technology combines traditional resident assistance requests with the Teton dashboard, unifying fall detection and manual requests into a single interface to reduce alarm fatigue and help staff prioritize critical needs in real time.
“What we saw in Montoursville was the proof of concept; what we are seeing today in State College and Centre County is proof of scale with near universal adoption,” said Stephen J. Schmid, President and CEO of Aquinas Senior Living. “Our residents and their families aren't just accepting this technology - they are embracing it. They recognize that a 'proven and fully adopted' system is the best path to ensure the highest standard of safety in modern senior living communities.”
Jim Burnham, Chief Operating Officer, added, “By integrating Teton's computer-vision AI with our new E-call resident response system, we are moving away from disparate 'point solutions' toward a truly unified ecosystem. This ensures that whether a resident pushes a button or the AI detects a potential risk, our team is there exactly when they are needed.”
The rollout timeline includes: November 2025 for Heritage Springs (Montoursville) with 100% adoption, April 1, 2026 for Wynwood House (State College), April 8, 2026 for Wynwood House (Nittany Valley/Centre County), and May 2026 for the Lewisburg community.
Katie Grant, President, U.S., Teton, commented, “The reality of moving care from reactive to proactive is that it goes beyond operational gains, it changes the quality of life for residents. A fall that doesn't happen, a hospitalization avoided, a family member who sleeps better at night knowing their loved one is safe. Memory care is one of the most demanding care environments there is, and it is exactly where having the right information at the right moment makes the greatest difference.”
