Aquinas Senior Living, Inc. (ASL) has expanded 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%. Only a single family across the entire rollout opted out.
Teton's AI technology uses passive optical sensors installed in residents' rooms, requiring no interaction from residents, no wearables, and no 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 brief anonymized clips when needed, not a live video feed. The platform is HIPAA compliant and SOC 2 certified.
The approach is grounded in Teton's own research, which analyzed more than 2,000 falls across four countries and 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.
As part of this expansion, one of Aquinas's Pennsylvania facilities is serving as the official Beta test site for the integrated E-call resident call system, which folds traditional resident assistance requests directly into the Teton dashboard. By unifying fall detection and manual assistance requests into a single interface, Aquinas is eliminating alarm fatigue and allowing staff to prioritize critical resident 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.”
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.”
Katie Grant, President, U.S., Teton, noted, “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.”
The Aquinas rollout timeline includes: November 2025 at Heritage Springs (Montoursville) achieving 100% adoption; April 1, 2026 at Wynwood House (State College); April 8, 2026 at Wynwood House (Nittany Valley/Centre County); and May 2026 scheduled for the Lewisburg community. More information about Teton is available at teton.ai, and about Aquinas Senior Living at aquinasseniorliving.com.
