DALLAS, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Penrose Senior Care Auditors announces the first and only tech-enabled solution to ensure seniors are okay and receiving the care they need, while providing families peace of mind.
Tech-Enabled: Senior Care Oversight at Your Fingertips
Penrose's user-friendly smart-phone app is designed to automate all key processes of the senior care auditing business:
On the heals of team-leading the win of the coveted Facebook PMD Innovation Award, Facebook Marketing Partner, Ryan Felton is Penrose's Chief Technology Officer. Felton states:
This application is changing lives. It puts the care of loved-ones in the palms of families' hands, giving them the ability to know what is going on with their loved-one and to take action, if necessary.
A leading software development firm, thoughtbot, helped to develop the application. "We're excited to have created great technology to enable people to check in on their seniors and know how their loved ones are doing," says Trace Wax, a Director at thoughtbot.
Penrose Check-In® and Senior Care-Check Audit™
The Penrose Senior Care-Check Audit™ is comprised of 150 items across the 7-Factors most concerning families: Senior Observations, Safety, Comfort, Cleanliness, Supplies, Maintenance, and Caregiver Observations.
At only $129 a month and called the Penrose Check-In, families can now rely on an independent third party - who is not a caregiver – to regularly and frequently visit and audit the senior and their living conditions, and then report back to them.
Certified Penrose Senior Care Auditors use the Penrose App on their smart-phones to complete the Care-Check Audits while at the seniors' residences.
Auditors check the exterior of the residence as well as the kitchen, living, bedroom, and bathroom inside the home. If the senior is in a senior care community, they also check the reception area, dining room, and multipurpose or common living areas.
Upon completion of the audits, clients are emailed real-time Care-Check Audit Reports, containing images and videos along with suggestions.
The Penrose Senior Care-Check Audit™ is comprised of 150 items across the 7-Factors most concerning families: Senior Observations, Safety, Comfort, Cleanliness, Supplies, Maintenance, and Caregiver Observations.
"Penrose continues to set the standards and lead the way for senior care oversight," says Harper.
Penrose's Unique Hi-Tech, Hi-Touch Solution
"We've tech-enabled our processes so certified auditors can easily and affordably assess 150-items regarding the senior's well-being and living conditions," says Harper, continuing:
While video cameras and calls can be helpful, it isn't even close to having a person in the residence to see beyond the camera's frame, smell the odors, view the entire environment, evaluate the caregiver, and talk with the senior. Further, many seniors – especially those from the 'quiet generation' who are now in their 80's, don't complain having lived through the depression and several wars. They already feel they are a burden and don't want to upset anyone.
App Simplifies Sign Up and Audit Reporting
For families / clients, signing up for the service is simple. Located at PenroseCheckin.com, families:
Clients can request up to one audit per day. The service auto renews each 30 days thereafter, unless the client cancels.
App Standardizes Audit for Consistency
For auditors, the Penrose App provides a touch-screen, standardized audit that takes about 30-minutes to complete. The application also:
Penrose App Provides Families Peace of Mind
The United States has approximately 50MM seniors, 75% of them needing some type of daily assistance. Meanwhile, government studies reveal that 50% of long-term caregivers in facilities admit to abusing seniors, while 95% of seniors report they have been abused or have witnessed it.
"Today, seniors' adult children are shouldering the burden of care, close-by or at a distance, all while struggling with work and their own families," says Rhonda Harper, CEO and Founder. Penrose research reveals that most families with aging parents are struggling with senior care, whether they provide it directly or indirectly. More than a third of respondents stated it has negatively affected their own health, their jobs, and their family.
Harper founded Penrose based on observing first-hand the poor care her father receiving in assisted living.
"I learned that if I visited regularly, the level of care improved substantially. As soon as there was a lull in my visits, it returned back to the previously low standard."
In February 2014, she established the "Senior Care Auditing" category, setting the standards by writing the Penrose Certification Program, its 7-Factor Care-Check Audit, and, now, The Penrose App.
Creating a New Workforce and Career Path
"Since Senior Care Auditing is a new service, Senior Care Auditors didn't exist," reveals Harper. "My goal was to ensure that every Penrose Senior Care Auditor was someone that I would want checking-in on my father."
Harper created and launched the Penrose Certification Program in February 2014. Every auditor must first pass the outsourced Gold Standard Background Check and Drug Screening before being allowed to take the proprietary 8-hour online certification program.
The Penrose Certification Program is offered at no cost so that it doesn't slow the ability to serve clients and seniors. "Only about 85% of our applicants, generally very experienced at the outset, become PenroseCertified. All of our Auditors are also insured and bonded."
Nationwide, PenroseCertified senior care auditors earn between $20-$60 per audit. "We only accept the best auditors and we want to keep them. To achieve that they are compensated well." Many of Penrose's auditors are seniors themselves, having retired and looking for a meaningful, flexible second career.
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