Connected Living is now the U.S. partner and distributor of Temi, an interactive robot designed for senior living and healthcare facilities.
The partnership with Temi is the latest addition to Connected Living’s comprehensive COVID-19 emergency toolkit, which enables senior living communities to manage outreach across all of its constituents, including those who work and live inside and outside the property. The technology suite includes pre-configured iPads, tablets, Alexa skills, a TV channel with programming designed for seniors, and a smartphone app that helps seniors stay connected with families and one another.
“Temi allows us to safely check temperatures at the door, set up family and doctor social or health visits, and interact with unlimited engagement content,” said Sarah Hoit, CEO and co-founder of Connected Living, which serves hundreds of senior living communities nationwide. “We need to do everything we can to bring health and wellbeing to our clients and to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in senior communities, while creating significant opportunity for socialization and healthcare visits.”
The TEMI robot can also be used as an in-room companion device. It can share engagement content, provide food service menus, or work as a communication device to share safe, social distancing activities that might be occurring in the building.
Maplewood Senior Living introduced Temi to the marketplace by purchasing a robot for its high-end Inspīr Modern Living community center in Manhattan. The company also purchased one additional Temi for use at each of its other properties.
“We are committed to continuously innovating the way we do things, and bringing the best of what the market has to offer to our residents,” says Eleonora Tornatore-Mikesh, chief experience and memory care officer for Maplewood. “While this has always been our commitment, being able to deliver social and emotional visits with family, and/or connect with a doctor in the resident’s room is critical at this time.”
Through vibrant digital screen “faces,” Temi interacts with humans via autonomous navigation, dynamic video, enhanced audio and advanced artificial intelligence. Within senior living communities, the gender-neutral Temis function as companion devices with virtually endless possibilities for education, healthcare and entertainment through a proprietary Connected Living Alexa skill — no complicated smartphones required.
“Partnering with Connected Living to bring the convenience of personal robots to thousands of other elders is truly the fulfillment of a dream, and knowing that we’re easing the burden on this population is incredibly rewarding,” said Yossi Wolf, Temi co-founder and chairman.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that Maplewood Senior Living purchased one robot for its Inspīr community. A press release provided to McKnight’s included an incorrect figure.
