First of its kind AI-powered assisted living facility opens
By Alexa Velez
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NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — Tech is meeting health care at GardenView at Moorings Park, the nation’s first assisted living facility designed around artificial intelligence. The community held its ribbon cutting Tuesday in Naples.
The new facility uses smart technology to keep residents safe while still giving them independence. Each resident wears a secure device that unlocks their apartment door automatically, logging their safe entry. Smartwatches alert caregivers if a memory care resident reaches the elevator, and indoor smart lights detect movement, falls and sleep patterns, notifying the care team when something changes.
Moorings Park strategic advisor Sarah Thomas said the connected systems allow caregivers to be proactive.
“We have these systems talking together so that we can act in a proactive way, and we can start to capture a unique subset of lifestyle and hospitality and care support data points that allows us to really be unique in the market,” Thomas said.
Outside, residents can spend time in a secure garden, designed so they can walk alone while still being safe. Couples can also live together, even if only one partner requires care.
Moorings Park CEO and President Dan Lavender said privacy was central to the design.
“We’ve taken very good care to make sure that we’re using it positively and not invasive at all,” Lavender said. “That’s why we’ve chosen not video, but sensor movement and other things like that. We’re very interested in making sure that there’s privacy.”
GardenView has 23 units, with nurses on-site around the clock. Prices start in the five-figure range. The first residents are expected to move in this November.
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