In August of 2022, Fynn launched its operations platform that enables senior living operators to leverage behavioral analysis—a powerful and underutilized tool—to gain a deeper understanding of residents for earlier detection of potential changes in acuity. This report highlights early findings on how the platform is using behavioral analysis to proactively identify changes in physical, social, and emotional well-being sooner. Fynn will continue to update these ongoing findings as it learns about the impacts of continuous behavioral analysis on resident and community outcomes and the engagement and support for senior living care teams.
According to Cleveland Clinic, sundowning or late-day confusion is a phenomenon experienced by 20% of people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Symptoms begin in the late afternoons through the evening and include changes in behavior such as increased feelings of agitation, confusion, etc., at times escalating to wandering, hallucinations, and in some cases, violence. To help care teams anticipate potential adverse events caused by sundowning, Fynn has developed a continual assessment of resident behaviors to detect early patterns of behaviors associated with sundowning.
This platform has empowered care staff to work with medical professionals and families to deploy earlier interventions such as adjusting levels of care, environmental triggers, or medications for residents who may be experiencing sundowning.
To date, Fynn has been deployed in four senior living communities offering Independent Living through Memory Care. The goal is to address the challenge of improving the resident care experience by identifying early shifts in resident well-being. Fynn enables senior living operators to continually assess behavioral trends to provide an earlier indication of patterns that may be related to sundowning and enable staff to anticipate and intervene to improve residents’ well-being and their care experience.
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Fynn is committed to promoting Health Sustainability—a conceptual and actionable approach to transforming the availability, efficiency, and quality of senior living options and operations. While the Health Sustainability Movement seeks to bring together the larger senior living ecosystem, Fynn is contributing by helping care teams identify physical and emotional changes earlier for proactive, personalized care.Through Fynn’s novel data collection and analysis of behavioral data recorded in the platform, Fynn is able to detect early patterns of behaviors associated with sundowning. These early findings are the first step of many toward improving the resident care experience and ultimately, toward creating Health Sustainability.
To consistently collect behavioral data on a daily basis, resident behaviors are collected by staff upon completion of tasks and Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). Fynn is device agnostic, meaning staff can record behaviors on tablets or mobile devices into Fynn’s secure app. The behaviors collected by staff are supplemented with passive sensor signals to develop insights into resident well-being.In one example, a staff member shared that her team was able to use Fynn to identify an increase in negative behaviors for one Memory Care resident that has a diagnosis of dementia. She noted that his behaviors were time-of-day specific and identified as sundowning. The increase in negative behaviors triggered a change in caregivers, as the data helped identify that the resident responded better to male caregivers. It also prompted an appointment with the resident’s neurologist to discuss adjusting his medications as well as a shift in his daily routine. She credited Fynn with helping her to identify “residents at-risk” through reports on these residents that helped her implement interventions based on the findings.Fynn’s novel approach of using behavioral data to better understand and proactively care for residents generates a positive feedback loop of action. By providing empirical evidence of a dramatic shift in resident behavior in correlation with the time of day, care staff can work with residents’ physicians and families to create action plans backed by data rather than anecdotal details. This improves care collaboration and experience while seeking to reduce adverse events that may result in hospitalization, decreased quality of life, and legal ramifications.
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“I’ve had the privilege of witnessing firsthand how Fynn has positively impacted our senior living communities. Fynn's data-driven approach has not only enhanced the well-being of our residents but has also proven to be a game-changer for our communities' efficiency and financial performance.”
"Fynn has transformed our care delivery with its efficient, intuitive platform and proactive insights. It streamlines workflows and empowers our team, significantly improving resident health and caregiver satisfaction."
"Fynn has been a great tool for me and my Team to use to help be proactive and not reactive when caring for our residents. We are able to track resident behaviors and trends to get ahead of problems before they arise which helps reduce move outs and our residents can safely age in place."
"This is my first time utilizing Fynn as a community operator. Fynn is a user-friendly clinical system that not only helps me ensure our residents receive amazing care but also significantly improves the quality of patient care. I am thoroughly impressed with the quality and effectiveness of this program. Fynn has exceeded my expectations as someone who values convenience without compromising on healthcare standards."
“I’ve had the privilege of witnessing firsthand how Fynn has positively impacted our senior living communities. Fynn's data-driven approach has not only enhanced the well-being of our residents but has also proven to be a game-changer for our communities' efficiency and financial performance.”
"Fynn has transformed our care delivery with its efficient, intuitive platform and proactive insights. It streamlines workflows and empowers our team, significantly improving resident health and caregiver satisfaction."
"Fynn has been a great tool for me and my Team to use to help be proactive and not reactive when caring for our residents. We are able to track resident behaviors and trends to get ahead of problems before they arise which helps reduce move outs and our residents can safely age in place."
"This is my first time utilizing Fynn as a community operator. Fynn is a user-friendly clinical system that not only helps me ensure our residents receive amazing care but also significantly improves the quality of patient care. I am thoroughly impressed with the quality and effectiveness of this program. Fynn has exceeded my expectations as someone who values convenience without compromising on healthcare standards."
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