Aquinas Senior Living, Inc. (ASL) announced the expansion of its integrated resident safety ecosystem powered by Teton, the proactive care platform for senior living communities, across its Pennsylvania portfolio. Following a benchmark-setting deployment at Heritage Springs Memory Care in Montoursville, ASL successfully launched the system at its Wynwood House communities in State College and Centre County, achieving near-universal resident and family adoption of 99.8%, with only a single family opting out across the entire rollout.
The technology, a passive optical sensor installed in resident rooms, requires no resident interaction, wearables, or manual calibration. Privacy is engineered into the system: no video is streamed live, no audio is captured, and movement data is processed locally on-site. Care teams receive safety signals and, when needed, brief anonymized clips, not a live video feed. 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, giving care teams the opportunity to intervene before an incident occurs. The technology integrates directly into clinical workflows, enabling care teams to act on insights within the systems they already use, without adding administrative burden.
As part of this expansion, one of Aquinas's Pennsylvania facilities is currently serving as the official Beta test site for the integrated E-call resident call system. This technology folds traditional resident assistance requests directly into the Teton.ai dashboard. By unifying fall detection and manual assistance requests into a single interface, Aquinas is eliminating “alarm fatigue” and allowing staff to prioritize the most critical resident needs in real time.
The Aquinas roadmap continues to accelerate through the spring: Heritage Springs (Montoursville) achieved 100% adoption in November 2025; Wynwood House (State College) went live on April 1, 2026; Wynwood House (Nittany Valley/Centre County) went live on April 8, 2026; and the Teton platform is scheduled for adoption at the Lewisburg community in May 2026.
“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.”
“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,” added Jim Burnham, Chief Operating Officer. “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 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,” said Katie Grant, President, U.S., Teton. “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.”
