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Join GrandCare in Little Rock at the Enabling Technology Summit

The Enabling Technology Summit is dedicated to exploring the latest advancements in assistive technology and remote supports. GrandCare is proud to be a Bronze sponsor this year and will be exhibiting our platform at the event. The Summit will take place at the Little Rock Marriott September 9-10, 2025.

At-a-Glance Schedule

September 9th:
12:00 – 5:00pm: GrandCare Booth is open (Salon Foyer)
2:00 – 2:45pm: Join GrandCare for the vendor lightning round (Salon B&C)
5:00 – 7:00pm: Network with Scott from GrandCare

September 10th:
7:30am – 12pm GrandCare Booth is open (Salon Foyer)

What makes GrandCare a great assistive technology and remote support tool?

GrandCare is a touchscreen and sensor-based monitoring technology that allows remote caregivers, family, or guardians to remotely monitor various sensor activities throughout the home (motion, door, temperature) as well as telehealth devices (blood pressure, weight, pulse ox, glucose). Caregivers can choose how and when to receive alerts based on pre-set parameters (e.g. if an individual gets out of bed in the middle of the night, call, email or text their designated caregiver).

The GrandCare touchscreen is typically mounted in several rooms of the house to support the individual with room-related tasks, daily schedule and one touch caregiver access from those rooms. Sensors and cameras can be placed inside and outside the home.

Most individuals will have a GrandCare touchscreen in the kitchen with recipes, kitchen safety tips and step-by-step videos. A bathroom touchscreen might have hygiene-related videos. All GrandCare touchscreens are personally customized by the GrandCare team specifically for the individual with to do task lists (e.g. brush your teeth, take a shower, take out the garbage), room specific how-to videos, daily schedule of events and entertainment personalized options such as hobby pictures, entertainment videos (locked-down youtube videos based on interests).

Our online portal allows caregivers to receive alerts on their desktop computer, iPad, or phone.

GrandCare is NOT a personal emergency response system, a fall detection system or a fire prevention system. We provide a system to help individuals be more independent and self supporting while designated family/caregivers can remotely monitor and support the individual.

Want to see how GrandCare is positively impacting the lives of people with disabilities in Arkansas? Check out this video about how Easterseals Arkansas is using GrandCare technology to promote independent living within their roommate housing program.

If you’re at the Enabling Technology Summit, stop by our booth. GrandCare’s director of training and sales support, Scott Feldstein, will show you around the touchscreen and answer any questions you may have about setting up remote supports and monitoring. We’ll also have giveaways!

Not attending? Contact us for a demo.

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How to Reduce Overnight Staffing and Provide BETTER Remote Support

If you’re experiencing overnight staffing shortages, an increased population of clients who need support, as well as burnout for existing staff, you are not alone. Disability Service Support Agencies find themselves with the frustration of a client population with support needs and not enough physical staff to meet those needs.

We have good news. Assistive technology can help and sometimes even reduce onsite support hours by implementing a remote supports model powered by industry leader, GrandCare Systems.

And what if we told you that not only will your organization save money, but your staff will be more efficient and your clients will experience more independence. Sound too good to be true? It’s not, and we have several studies to prove it.

Many of your clients may need occasional help in the overnight hours, but maybe not every single night and it certainly isn’t necessarily all night. Having a staff member on site for an eight hour shift every single night is a very costly and inefficient way to solve for this kind of need.

Consider the following scenario.

Safely Reducing Overnight Staffing Hours for Marco

Marco has a few things he needs help with and he has engaged a support agency to provide that help. One of the concerns is that he has a sleep-related eating disorder. Occasionally, he’ll get up at night, go to the kitchen and eat a lot of things he shouldn’t. In some cases he might eat things that aren’t even food, creating an even more dangerous situation. For this reason the agency recommended that they have a support person there during the overnight hours.

On the occasion that Marco did get up and make his way to the kitchen, the support staff would wake up and simply say “Hey, Marco, it’s 2 o’clock in the morning. Don’t you think you should go back to bed?” Marco would often nod and go back to bed. In his case, Marco only needed that brief conversation to remain safe.

Now Marco is receiving this support remotely. When he gets out of bed, a motion sensor alerts the remote support staff that there is activity in his kitchen. Then the remote support staff member drops in on the kitchen GrandCare touchscreen to assist him in going back to bed.

Marco no longer needs an overnight staff person and he still has 24/7 available support.

But there are many “Marcos” in your organization.

The remote staff cater to Marco’s needs, but also can simultaneously be available to 21 other residents in the overnight timeframe.

Overnight staffing reduced from 1:1 to 1:22

The staffing ratio has now gone from 1:1 to 1:22.

Freeing up these staff members allows your agency to reallocate staff hours to serve more people and to help those who really do need in-person support.

Remote Supports Improve Care

In Marco’s case, he only needed about 60 seconds of support. Using a remote support model through GrandCare, he can get this support only when he needs it and feel more independent the rest of the time.

This not only improves Marco’s quality of life, but improves the lives of your caregiving team and organization.

Talk about a win-win!

Learn more about how GrandCare’s remote support features can help reduce in-person caregiving hours and overnight staffing. Contact us now to schedule a demo.