PointClickCare Partners with Magicare on Advanced Sleep Monitoring System

PointClickCare, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus, will partner with Magicare on an integration for an advanced sleep monitoring system. “This integration offers real-time monitoring of vital signs, in-bed and out-of-bed status, and automated alerts to nursing teams, improving senior care by enabling quicker emergency responses and reducing caregiver strain,” says Canadian Healthcare Technology.

PointClickCare is a leading cloud-based health care software for long-term and post-acute care markets. Magicare, based in Waterloo ON Canada, provides smart elderly care solutions using intelligent wearable devices, mobile internet, and IoT technologies to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home-based care providers, and individual older adults.

Covenant Living Featured for Residents’ “Pretty Amazing” Virtual Reality Journeys

Via a partnership with Visiting VR, a community-based organization launched by a longtime caregiver, 20 residents of Covenant Living at the Samarkand in Santa Barbara, CA, visited four countries in an hour. “The elephant came right up to me,” said resident Bess DeWit while another said the only missing thing is the smells: “there are a lot of good [ones] in Africa, the foods and everything.” Covenant Living is a LeadingAge CAST Patron.

Kim Gaskell of RiverWoods Wins 2025 LeadingAge Leadership Award

Congratulations to Kim Gaskell, vice president of operations at LeadingAge member and CAST Patron RiverWoods, the 2025 recipient of LeadingAge’s Leadership Award! Among her achievements, Gaskell is building her organization’s relationship with the University of New Hampshire (UNH); RiverWoods recently hosted a panel discussion on assistive technologies and robotics to enhance autonomy and quality of life. She has also participated in a UNH-hosted innovation lab, introducing the world of senior care to students and inspiring student brainstorming on tech solutions, such as wearables that help detect urinary tract infections. Get to know Gaskell and learn more about her collaborations.