At Ecumen and at Lakeview Commons, we are committed to using innovative technology to enhance the lives and independence of the people we serve. A featured technological option at Lakeview Commons is QuietCare, which is available for a small additional fee. Lakeview Commons also is featuring the world's first cognitive fitness program called [m]Power. Lakeview Commons was the first in Minnesota to feature both of these technologies.

QuietCare: Helping People Stay Independent

• 24-Hours: QuietCare functions as a 24 hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week early detection system that lets caregivers and family members know that a loved one is safe. It recognizes emerging problems before they become emergencies.
  
  
• Unobtrusive: The system utilizes small, unobtrusive, strategically-placed wireless sensors in key areas such as bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and/or medication areas. The sensors are virtually invisible. No video camera or audio intrudes on our residents' lives.
  
  
• Sharing Information: Each sensor transmits information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week about our customer's daily living activities to a book-sized base station. Any changes in one's activities are communicated to caregivers and family members via e-mail, cell phone, text message or pager, or through a password-protected web site. This helps share information between caregivers, residents and their family members

[m]Power: The World’s First Cognitive Fitness System

We are exploring new ways to help our customers reduce the risk for Alzheimer's Disease through technology. We have introduced [m]Power, the world's first cognitive fitness system, which is produced by Dakim.

In designing this product, Dakim has brought together some of the best minds on neurology and aging, including: Gary Small, M.D., director, UCLA Memory and Aging Research Center; Helena Chang Chui, M.D., chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California; and Jeffrey Cummings, M.D., director, UCLA Alzheimer's Center.


Fun With a Purpose

Using a touch-screen interface, [m]Power has thousands of exercises featuring colorful images and generational-specific references including movie clips from the 30s and 40s, historical reminiscences, musical interludes and entertaining, recurring characters.

Although it can feel like a game, [m]Power is scientifically designed to address all cognitive processes from memory to computation to critical thinking and daily life skills. [m]Power continuously self-adjusts for difficulty in real-time, ensuring that users are always challenged at precisely the right level. [m]Power uses a built-in camera and auto facial-recognition software to measure performance and personalize each person's use of the technology. Test [m]Power yourself at www.dakim.com.