PointClickCare Names James Yersh as President to Accelerate Growth and Healthcare Innovation

LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus PointClickCare, a leading health tech company helping providers deliver exceptional care, has appointed James Yersh as president. Yersh brings over two decades of senior executive experience in finance, operations, and go-to-market leadership within SaaS-oriented and technology companies. He joined PointClickCare in 2022 as chief financial officer and more recently served as chief revenue officer for Senior Care.

Under Yersh’s leadership, PointClickCare has continued to solidify its position as an innovator in health care technology, making its ongoing investments in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solutions that enable intelligent care transitions, insightful clinical interventions, and improved financial performance, according to a company release on PR Newswire.

Sentrics and Inovonics Expand Decades-Long Partnership

LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus Sentrics and LeadingAge Corporate Partner Inovonics, longtime partners in senior living technology, are deepening their collaboration to usher in a new era of scalable, intelligent life safety solutions. Moving forward, all new Sentrics eCall deployments will be built exclusively on Inovonics hardware, as Sentrics transitions away from in-house hardware manufacturing to focus fully on software innovation and data intelligence, says a GlobeWire news release from Sentrics.

This decision builds on more than 20 years of partnership. Inovonics, an industry leader in enterprise-grade wireless sensor networks for life safety and security applications, and Sentrics, a top provider of hardware and integrated technology solutions for senior living, have long collaborated to keep residents safe. Now, their combined product roadmap is positioned to set the pace for life safety innovation across the industry—blending trusted infrastructure with advanced analytics and next-gen applications.

CDW Experts Share Insights on CDW’s AI Research Report

In the latest CDW Artificial Intelligence Research Report, 62% of information technology (IT) decision-makers say their organization has difficulties in executing AI ideas. Experts Ben Sokolow and Lee Pierce, both CDW healthcare strategists, co-wrote “Lessons Learned From CDW’s AI Research Report,” an article in HealthTech that shares insights on applying AI.

The authors suggest that organizations understand how AI will solve problems before turning to these new tools, put in place a strong AI governance structure, and prioritize data governance. CDW is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus.

CLA Celebrates the Advancement of 780 Professionals Across the Firm

LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP) has announced the advancement of 780 professionals across the firm—a significant milestone in CLA’s legacy of investing in people and passing the torch to the next generation of leaders, according to a company release on PR Newswire.

Twice a year, CLA honors its people through a firmwide advancement process that reflects its people-first culture and deep commitment to intentional succession. Those being recognized are not only outstanding professionals—they are difference-makers, pathfinders, and stewards of the trust placed in us by privately held businesses, nonprofits, government organizations, and entrepreneurs across the country, says the release.

LifeLoop Partners with Charter Senior Living

LifeLoop, a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus and a leading resident and staff experience solution for senior living, has announced a strategic partnership with Charter Senior Living, a leader in senior care services based in Naperville, IL

Charter, which operates 72 senior living communities nationwide, has deployed the LifeLoop resident engagement solution as the innovation backbone to its signature Flourish℠ Memory Care program, according to a LifeLoop news release on PR Newswire. The Charter memory care program offers research-based best practices that emphasize human connection and meaningful resident engagement. Together, the organizations are redefining the possibilities of personalized care and engagement for older adults living with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

RiverSpring Living Celebrates Residents’ Wedding

Congratulations and celebrations are in order at CAST Patron RiverSpring Living, as two residents at the Bronx nursing home recently tied the knot at ages 76 and 51. This is the first marriage for both Al Capiello and Elizabeth Bly, who met at RiverSpring Living. The New York Post carried the news, along with heartwarming photos of the newlyweds.