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How to Reduce Costs and Improve Quality of Life in Senior Living Facilities
TL;DR
- Senior living managers want to hold costs down without letting appliance failures reduce residents' comfort and quality of life. Most property management systems cannot tell when each unit needs maintenance, schedule it ahead of time, or control individual appliances remotely.
- Connected appliances in common areas and rooms can be monitored and controlled from one dashboard, including vacant room equipment being readied for new residents. App alerts report the condition of units, so staff can prioritize responses and resolve issues before they become major service calls.
- Setup is quick: connected appliances join facility Wi-Fi without extra hardware, and repeating that process across properties cuts time, cost, and staff effort. The goal is lower repair and maintenance costs without trading away resident comfort.
- SmartHQ™ Management helps senior living teams monitor and control connected GE Appliances and PTAC or VTAC units across a portfolio, read fault codes over existing Wi-Fi, and use remote controls and batch commands instead of room-by-room visits.
Senior Care Facility managers ideally want to run facilities efficiently to be on budget at maximum profit, in addition to maintaining the highest level of comfort and reliability for residents. However, when appliances fail unexpectedly, it reduces the quality of life and comfort of their residents.
There shouldn’t be a trade-off. But, most property management systems don’t include appliance-management functions that know when maintenance is needed for each unit, proactively scheduling maintenance to avoid malfunctions, and even enabling remote control for each independent appliance.
The Most Advanced Appliance-Management Capabilities Are Now Available as a Stand-Alone Solution or Integrated Into Any Existing Property Management System
GE SmartHQ Management is the answer to the cost-vs.-comfort problem for Senior Living facility managers. Whether in common areas or in each room, appliances that are connected and monitored can deliver better air-quality standards while improving operating costs." or something to that effect. The only thing we need to be mindful of is that the PTAC units don't need to be connected to cycle air, but if you are using the system you could proactively run the unit.
1. All-In-One Management Capability
Control and maintain more of your vacant room equipment in preparation for new residents - all at your fingertips via the SmartHQ Management Software - which utilizes an intuitive dashboard to resolve issues for residents before they escalate to major service calls.
2. Managing Your Equipment Remotely Allows for Efficiency and Scale
With more equipment under your management, your operational workflows must adapt to respond to the data you’re presented with from your appliance management software. With software features and app alerts that notify you of the conditions of your units and equipment, you can prioritize your response to better serve your senior residents.
3. Easily Install Your Equipment onto Facility WiFi Networks
With no additional hardware out of the box, your equipped appliances can connect quickly and easily to facility WiFi networks - making installation and configuration a simple, straightforward process. Repeating this efficient process with your equipment across multiple properties cuts down on time, cost, and staff resources. Check out the ‘How It Works’ video to see the process in real-time:
Facility managers of senior living facilities can especially appreciate the idea that high costs of appliance repair shouldn't be a trade-off for consistently high levels of care and comfort. Even if you have a property management system and appliances in place that are not GE-based, GE SmartHQ Management is designed to be your non-compromising, open-integration solution for reducing the time and cost of appliance repair and maintenance, allowing the focus of facility management to be where it should, on comfort and quality of life for residents and guests.
Facilities can cut costs by using appliance management software that knows when each unit needs maintenance, schedules it ahead of time, and allows remote control of individual appliances. Resolving issues before they become major service calls limits repair spending. This avoids trading cost against resident comfort.
Unexpected failures reduce the comfort and quality of life of residents, so managers cannot treat them only as a cost issue. Facilities must balance budget and efficiency against reliable comfort in common areas and in each room. There should be no trade-off between cost control and resident care.
Yes, managers can control and maintain vacant room equipment from a dashboard in preparation for new residents, without visiting each room. Remote management also supports scale: as the amount of equipment grows, app alerts about unit conditions let teams prioritize their response to better serve senior residents.
It is quick and simple. Appliances connect to the facility Wi-Fi network without additional hardware out of the box, so installation and configuration are not a heavy project. Repeating the same process across multiple properties cuts time, cost, and staff resources.
No, it can run stand-alone or integrate into an existing property management system. Most property management systems lack functions that know when maintenance is needed, schedule it proactively, or enable remote control of each appliance, so this software fills that gap. SmartHQ Management is built for that purpose.
Still managing your entire appliance fleet without real-time visibility?
- Real-time monitoring and precision diagnostics across your portfolio
- Remote controls and batch commands without room-by-room visits
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