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GrandCare chosen as featured speaker at June 3 InControl Wisconsin event

GrandCare Systems’ Laura Mitchell has been selected to lead a discussion exploring how digital health technologies (activity, medication management, telehealth, socialization) can enable seniors to remain safer, happier and healthier wherever home is. It also engages multiple levels of caregivers, who can better and more efficiently care for an aging client or loved one.

Stop by GrandCare’s booth to experience why GrandCare is a leader and pioneer in the digital health and wellness industry.

 

Laura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare Systems Topic: Senior Cyborgs & Technology powered “digital caregivers”

This course is an exploration of how digital health technologies (video chat, activity, telehealth and medication monitoring) will empower the aging and chronic disease mgmt population while providing caregivers and health providers with BETTER information, eliminating the “noise” and enabling proactive, predictive and preventative care.  With the backdrop of the affordable care act, health providers are being penalized for cost of readmissions within 30 days.  Meanwhile, this society is faced with a huge disruptive demographic: the aging population. One can hardly discuss the aging tsunami without addressing the rising cost of healthcare, typically more is spent in the later years in life.  Everyone is looking to provide more cost-effective care where we turn caregivers into “zone players” vs. old school man on man.

Living a Self-Determined Life: A Conference on Empowerment for Older Adults

June 3, 2014

8:45 am – 4:00 pm

Glacier Canyon Lodge Conference Center at the Wilderness Resort Wisconsin Dells

The Living a Self Determined Life conference brings together people who are committed to the notion that older people should be empowered to live the life they choose.

Who should attend:

 – Senior Population

 – Professional Caregivers

 – Geriatric Care Managers

 – Long Term Care communities

 – Healthcare Providers

Register Now

 

GrandCare showcased at American Telemedicine Association in Baltimore Booth 5330

May 17 – 20th | Baltimore, MD | www.americantelemed.org/ata-2014

Join Digital Health industry leader and pioneer, GrandCare Systems this year at ATA 2014 in Baltimore in Booth 5330. We would like to meet with you, so please contact us: info@grandcare.com to schedule a meeting or request additional information.

Show phone: 262-442-5342 (text is best)

Visit GrandCare Systems at Booth 5330 

System Comp 2GrandCare Systems is a digital health touch-based technology tool that enables chronic disease management, medication adherence, supports seamless and effective transitioning from hospital to home and affords patient-centered coordinated care, bettering the patient experience. GrandCare offers care providers and healthcare staff with real time biometric and vital recordings, as well as onboard patient assessments. Remote care providers can push discharge instructions, medication schedules, red flag symptoms and more directly the touchscreen in the patient’s home. GrandCare is the vehicle to patient-centered care, enabling all members of the care team to remain coordinated and have continuous and immediate access to the patient.

For more information on GrandCare Systems visit www.GrandCare.com

Exhibit Hall Hours

Sunday May 18th, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Monday May 19th, 10am – 6:30 pm
Tuesday May 20th, 10am – 3pm

Why ATA?

The ATA Annual Trade Show is the premier venue for remote healthcare technology, featuring hundreds of vendors and institutions in the telemedicine, mHealth and HIT space.  With over 6000 healthcare professionals projected to attend, ATA 2014 is the place where buyers and sellers meet to do business. 

For Healthcare Administrators:

  • Increase clinical outreach and market share
  • Improve service quality and patient satisfaction
  • Cut service costs and lower hospital readmissions
  • See and test the latest remote healthcare technologies

For Clinicians, & Healthcare Providers:

  • Learn best practices for telemedicine in a variety of clinical specialties
  • Get the latest outcomes data from major clinical studies
  • Network with thought-leaders and thousands of peers
  • Earn Continuing Education Credits
  • Find equipment to start/upgrade a telemedicine program

For IT & Technology Professionals:

  • Get certificate-level training in the development and
  • maintenance of telemedicine systems
  • Maximize the investment in EHRs by using HIT to facilitate telemedicine
  • Integrate mHealth platforms into existing healthcare delivery systems
  • See and test the latest remote healthcare

For Entrepreneurs & Consultants:

  • Access and sell to the world’s largest gathering of technology-progressive health providers
  • Find B2B opportunities and VC investment opportunities
  • Get the industry perspective on hot-topic issues facing telemedicine and remote healthcare
  • See the products and services reshaping the healthcare

 

GrandCare Systems is featured in the New York Times and Yahoo News!

NY TIMES: Smartphones, Smartwatches and, Now, Smart Toothbrushes

By Eric A. Taub | May 7, 2014 | New York Times

IN the last few years, sensors have become small and inexpensive enough to make the monitoring of practically everything possible.

“Sensors also are helping caregivers see and respond to what is happening while patients are on their own. GrandCare Systems and other companies make devices to monitor a person’s home. If the patient, say, walks out the front door at 2 a.m. or opens the refrigerator 15 times an hour, the caregiver will get a phone call or a text message.”

Read the full Article

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Yahoo! We have the technology to reinvent aging, so why aren’t we using it?  

By Jeneen Interlandi | May 7, 2014 | Yahoo News

[..] The key to that, he [Charlie Hilman, Founder and CTO, GrandCare Systems] says, is to keep the interfaces simple and to integrate health and safety features with ones that facilitate connectivity. “We put a lot of stuff into Facebook feeds and Skype,” he says. “And the tablet era has really helped a lot because seniors love tablets: big, bright, backlit screen; no keyboard; no buttons.” In fact, tablets have become so popular among seniors that Hillman credits the devices with transforming the way they view sensor technology. “It took a while for them to get over the Big Brother aspect,” he says. “But now it’s, ‘Well, I don’t want to move to assisted living, and I don’t want somebody I don’t know coming into my home every day to deliver care.’ So this becomes a best option.”

Read the full article

GrandCare featured in “High Tech = High Touch”

A recent May 1 article in Health Data Management “High Tech = High Touch”, authored by Elizabeth Gardner, discusses the importance of technology for the senior population throughout the continuum of care and to help mitigate hospital readmissions.

She uses a few flagship technologies to exemplify how information technologies are helping individuals to stay healthy.

In a section titled “GRANDCARE: STAYING CONNECTED AT HOME“, Gardner interviews Evergreen, a Silicon Valley-based Long Term Care Provider utilizing the GrandCare solution, GrandCare’s VP of Business Development, Laura Mitchell and GrandCare’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Erick Eiting.

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Excerpt of the article:

A profusion of technologies can help people stay in their homes as they age, despite physical and mental disabilities: monitors and sensors to track vital signs and movement, the Internet for communication and entertainment, smart home features to control lights and temperature. However, tying them all together is a challenge beyond most elderly people and even the younger family members who may be caring for them.

That’s where GrandCare Systems, West Bend, Wisc., comes in. Started nine years ago, its goal is “to keep individuals safe, happy and independent at home, whatever that means,” says Laura Mitchell, vice president of business development.

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“I have a 95-year-old resident who reads bedtime stories every night to her great grandchild in Florida,” he says. “She just has to press the button with his picture and they’re connected. No turning anything on, logging in or memorizing phone numbers.”

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GrandCare Chief Medical Officer Erick Eiting, M.D., who’s also assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Southern California, thinks the system’s monitoring capabilities will be invaluable for improving communication between patients and their medical team.

“We can look at whether you’re taking your meds when you should be, and if not, why not,” he says. Problems with side effects can be headed off without requiring an office visit.

“We had one CHF patient who thought he was taking his meds, but we could see he wasn’t taking the evening dose of his diuretic,” Eiting says. “When we asked him why, he said it made him have to get up and go to the bathroom during the night. We increased his morning dose and that fixed it.”

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Click here to view the entire article

Digital Caregiving? Why would we ever do that?

Have you wondered how you can use new technologies within your existing in-home care business while ensuring a return on investment?

FREE Webinar: Why Digital In-home Caregivers will win with a proven ROI

Learn practical knowledge of what caregiving technologies are available, what services you can’t afford to not offer and how technologies can improve your bottom line without disrupting your current service model

This free 45 minute educational session cover how innovations in digital caregiving can redefine productivity and customer satisfaction for home care and hospice providers.

Hear directly from one homecare provider that has successfully used GrandCare and other technologies to improve client care, leverage a bridge to new clients and differentiate from the competition.

Make sure to Register below for a chance to win a Toshiba Tablet!

Thursday April 17, 2014
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM CDT
Event information

Do you ever wonder…

  • How to set yourself apart from the hundreds of in-home caregiving service providers?
  • How do you leverage technology and make money?
  • How to ensure client/family peace of mind?
  • If a crisis pendant is “peace of mind” enough?
  • How to improve staff and family/client communication?
  • How to PROVE the integrity of your staff and organization?
  • How to make your caregivers more efficient for less cost?
  • How to build new client channels without having to add more staff?
  • How to provide “zone caregiving” vs. man on man?
  • If you answered yes to any of these, this webinar is for you!!

Presenters

Laura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare SystemsLaura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare Systems
Laura is a founding member of GrandCare Systems. A significant part of her initial role was to bring the product to market in 2006 through the development of a nation-wide distribution network. She travels nationwide, providing educational presentations on digital home health, social media, using technology to mitigate hospital readmissions, and go-to-market strategies. She has also authored various magazine articles on the digital health market and go-to-market strategy. Laura is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Karpan, DaphneDaphne Karpan RN, BS, BA, Palliative Care Manager, Knute Nelson Home Care
Daphne is the project coordinator for GrandCare with Knute Nelson. Her previous experience as a home care nurse, home care branch manager, ER nurse, and inpatient staff nurse, as well as her volunteer work as IT manager for a family business, uniquely qualifies her to address the aging client’s medical and technology concerns. Daphne is a member of the national and local chapters of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Cloud State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with an emphasis in Jewish Studies from Hamline University.

Contact

GrandCare Systems
262-338-6147
info@grandcare.com

AARP Bulletin Features GrandCare as a New Technology for Aging Parents

Form AARP Bulletin | Sally Abrams

New Technology Could Allow You or Your Parents to Age at Home

Devices give older people the opportunity to avoid or delay the nursing-home decision

Phil D’Eramo used to call his parents four or five times a day to make sure they took their medication. An only child from upstate New York, D’Eramo was worried, especially about his 89-year-old father, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Were Mom and Dad eating often enough? When his father went out for short drives, was he getting home safely? […]

Now he logs onto a website to check their activity, captured via cellular connection, and remotely monitors their medication. He sees the number of times Mom opens the refrigerator, and when Dad goes into the bathroom or heads out the door. The company can alert D’Eramo by text, email, Web or phone if something is out of the ordinary.

“A dazzling array of new technology is giving older people more confidence in their ability to live alone, and it’s helping families avoid the wrenching decision to move an aging parent from his or her home to a nursing facility. “Smart” technology such as sensors, voice activation, GPS, Bluetooth, cellular connectivity via mobile phones, smartphone monitoring apps and sophisticated computers are making aging in place a viable option for an increasing number of people.”

System Comp 2AARP highlights GrandCare Systems as one of these smart technologies:

Who uses it: Gladys Jules lives in Atlanta and has used GrandCare to check on her aunt and mother in South Carolina and to keep them socially connected. Jules’ daughter recently had twins and streams daily photos to her grandmother. Last September, Jules, 62, had colon surgery and now also uses GrandCare daily. She takes biometric readings, organizes her prescriptions and stores her medical information for her kids “just in case.”

What it is: A multipurpose system that tracks daily activity, has medical monitoring (glucose, oxygen, blood pressure, weight) and can display anything: diets, discharge plans, exercises. An interactive touch screen lets Dad watch videos, view family or Facebook photos, listen to music, play games, read the news and video chat with family.

How it works: It uses an Internet connection that communicates with wireless sensors you’ve placed around the house. Caregivers log on to a website to see their loved one’s activity, write them messages and make rules (“Alert me when …”).

Learn more about GrandCare Systems by visiting GrandCare.com.

Other technologies highlighted in the article include MedMinder, Reminder Rosie, Philips Lifeline with AutoAlert, GreatCall 5Star Urgent Response and MobileHelp.

To learn more about aging in place technologies and how they are read the full article from AARP.

GrandCare’s Laura Mitchell Connected World’s 2014 M2M Women of the Year Nominee

Top U.S. Connected Women Lead Connected World Magazine’s 2014 Women of M2M List

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11678174.htm

Connected World magazine names the 2014 Women of M2M in its Apr/May issue.

Carol Stream, IL (PRWEB) March 18, 2014 –
Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, IBM’s Florence Hudson, Microsoft’s Julie Larson-Green, Ford Motor Co.’s Nancy Gioia, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s Peggy Johnson, and IBM’s Sandy Carter lead the blue chip roster that make up the 42 members of this year’s Connected World magazine Women of M2M. The women selected will be honored at an invite-only dinner, sponsored by Synchronoss and Aeris, to be held at Carlucci Restaurant, just outside of Chicago on April 10.

This year’s Women of M2M list is comprised of some of the most powerful women in the technology sector representing many of the largest companies in the world. These women were selected because they each brought a unique lens to their respective companies that has helped push connected technologies forward.

Connected World magazine is unique in its coverage of the rapidly growing space of interconnected technologies. Each of the women on the list has contributed to this, moving their respective company towards a common goal of bridging the gap between people and machines.

“There are few lists that celebrate successful women and only one that recognizes women of the M2M and technology space. Call it the Internet of Things or M2M, our industry and these women have enabled the world of people and machines to collide gracefully,” says Peggy Smedley, editorial director, Connected World magazine and president, Specialty Publishing Co. “I wish to extend my congratulations to each woman named, and am happy to be able to do so during Women’s History Month.”

About Laura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare Systems

Laura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare Systems

Laura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare Systems

Laura is a founding member of GrandCare Systems. A significant part of her initial role was to bring the product to market in 2006 through the development of a nation-wide distribution network. Laura specializes in Social Media and non-traditional, guerilla marketing strategies, furthering GrandCare brand recognition throughout the digital health industry, and has been featured in Forbes for her work.

She travels nationwide, providing educational presentations on digital home health, social media, using t echnology to mitigate hospital readmissions, and go-to-market strategies. Venues include the AARP National Convention, AHIMA, NAHB, Connected Health Symposium, ASA, CEDIA, CEA Industry Forum, and CES. She has also authored various magazine articles on the digital health market and go-to-market strategy.

Laura was a key organizer for the EHX and CEDIA Future Home Pavilion Educational Tracks. In 2008, she created the industry-wide Aging and Technology webinars. She was the recipient of the What’s Next 2011 Boomer Business Innovation Award for Excellence in Leadership and Innovation and was awarded the 2012 Dealerscope’s “40 Under 40” Award. Laura is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and lives in Wisconsin with her husband, two boys and two dogs.

The 2014 Women of M2M:

Marylin Arndt, Orange-France Telecom
Cathy Avgiris, Comcast Cable
Karen Baer, AT&T
Saraswathi Balasubramaniam, Aeris Communications
Mary Barra, General Motors Co.
Terra Bastolich, NetComm Wireless
Sanida Bratt, Synchronoss
Terri Bresenham, GE Healthcare India
Stacey Burr, adidas
Sandy Carter, IBM
Tamara Chamberlin, Verizon Networkfleet
Sarah Cooper, M2Mi
Laura Crisp, Verizon Wireless
Pam Ferguson, Rogers Communications
Betsy Francis, AT&T Digital Life
Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.
Kristen Hale, Spireon
Florence Hudson, IBM
Peggy Johnson, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.
Chandra Krintz, AppScale Systems
Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft
Peggy Lee, Jazz Wireless Data
Doris Mattingly, Lantronix
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!
Pamela McCauley Bush, University of Central Florida
Desiree Mejia, Location Based Technologies
Linda Mills, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Laura Mitchell, GrandCare Systems
Donna Morrow, AirStrip
Mary Murphy-Hoye, Intel
Michelle Pampin, Cambium Networks
Cathy Peng, Ethertronics
Tiffany Sargent, Intel
Meg Selfe Divitto, IBM
Amy Sheng, CellScope
Patricia Steele, KPN M2M
Jen Stephan, ZoomSystems
Kathy Tan, Intel
Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox Corp.
Pat Watkins, Sprint
Jean Weiss, PeopleNet
Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard

Be sure to pick-up the Apr/May 2014 issue of Connected World magazine to find out more about the Women of M2M, as well as read their individual profiles. The issue is available in print or by downloading the Connected World app in the iTunes App Store or Google Play. Simply search for Connected World.

About Connected World magazine

Connected World is the business and technology publication that provides the intelligence industry titans need and the guidance consumers crave. It’s all about M2M. http://www.connectedworldmag.com

GrandCare slated to speak and showcase Toshiba GrandCare at What’s Next Boomer Summit…

Boomer Summit

Thursday, March 13
Manchester Grand Hyatt – San Diego

The What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, hosted by Mary Furlong and Associates, is an annual event that brings together the country’s top businesses and organizations that are focused on the boomer and beyond marketplace. Whether you are just getting started with your boomer business or looking to scale, this is where deals get done.

Featured Sessions:

11:30 am – 12:10 pm
Introducing What’s Next Boomer Summit’s very FIRST “Speed Dealing” networking session.

Organized by Katy Fike, Aging 2.0, Laura Mitchell, GrandCare, and Peter Radsliff of Presto Services Inc.

Are you an entrepreneur/vendor looking for investors, distribution partners and/or media coverage?
Are you an organization looking to tap into external boomer innovation technologies?
Are you an investor looking for deal flow?
Are you a writer looking to for story-worthy innovations?
Are you sick of relying on serendipity to drive your networking at conferences?

The ultimate speed networking session to pair innovators with funding partners, providers with enabling boomer products and writers with fresh and interesting content. This structured “Speed Dealing” will facilitate short and meaningful conversations between mutually interested organizations, looking to establish collaborative relationships. Space is limited! Sign up on-site for this session at the Registration desk! Bring your business cards and elevator pitch!

12:15 pm – 1:25 pm
Lunch With The Experts

1:30-2:10pm
NEW in 2014! BECOME A GROWTH HACKER IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

In this first ever workshop featuring “Reverse Mentors,” participants will learn how to hack their way through brand building, lead generation and customer engagement. With a focus on building brand and PR presence in the digital marketplace, marketers in housing, home care, caregiving and related services will take away hot tips to hack their way to the top of their industry.

MODERATOR: Lisa Price, Executive Director of Marketing, Zillner: LisaP@zillner.com

Laura Mitchell, VP Business Development, GrandCare Systems: laura@grandcare.com
Kevin Bracken, CEO, Gymsurfing: kevin@speakeasy.com
Jeh Kazimi, Founder & CEO, Breezie: jeh@breezie.com

More information online at BoomerSummit.com

GrandCare Featured on “America Tonight”

With our senior population booming, America Tonight examines the problems and possibilities in the way we provide care. For more stories on elder care, check out the rest of America Tonight’s special series “Aging America.”

Robot care for aging parents? With new technology, adult children monitor aging parents 24/7

Watch the Video

The feisty 89-year-old [Eleanor Boysen] proudly declared that she can swear in both German and Polish. But she’s also diabetic with mobility issues, and her daughter Lynn worries about leaving her alone in the basement apartment they share, particularly when she travels for work.

“It was always a concern, more of a concern if she were to fall or something, because that has happened a few times,” she said. “And then, she had a heart attack a couple of years ago.”

System Comp HR11-13So, Lynn Boysen installed home sensors in the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom of their apartment.

“They notify my daughter when I do things… like the one in the bathroom. If I’m not there by 9 o’clock and there’s no movement, then she could find out whether there’s something wrong with me,” explained Eleanor Boysen.

It’s a relief for Lynn to know her mother is safe, and a relief for Eleanor to know she’s not as much of a burden.

“She’s got things to do like everybody else,” Eleanor Boysen said. “And this way it makes her free.”

Read more…

This Spring…coming to a brain near you…The GrandCare Memory Boost

In a not so distant future…one seemingly ordinary man discovers something extraordinary.

This spring, viewers will enjoy the coming of the SECOND BRAIN, “GRANDCARE MEMORY BOOST”

 

Starring:

  • Sandy Halperin: playing the ordinary man
  • GrandCare Systems Memory Boost: playing the second brain.

Together – they will fight memory loss and early Alzheimer’s, LIVING up to the challenge!!

You will clap, you will cry! Watch Sandy’s breathtaking performance and GrandCare’s natural appeal.  You want want to miss this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs6t2dTolrk

Cameos by Lauren Halperin & Scott D Feldstein.

Shot & Produced by Laura Mitchell

All rights belong to GrandCare Systems

For more information: www.grandcare.com or call 262-338-6147