ALIS acquires Ella and elbi to expand ai-powered senior care platform. August 26, 2026 ALIS has acquired the Ella and elbi technology platforms from TapRoot Interventions & Solutions, marking the senior living software company's first acquisition and expanding its capabilities in dementia and behavioral care support. Financial terms were not disclosed. ALIS founder and CEO John Shafaee announced the acquisition at ALIS FWD, the company's second annual user conference. The transaction adds technology designed to give frontline caregivers real-time, personalized guidance when caring for residents with dementia and behavioral needs. ALIS plans to incorporate that expertise into its broader clinical and operational software platform as senior living operators look for ways to improve care delivery while managing staffing and resource constraints. Ella and elbi use behavioral information collected at the point of care to recommend non-pharmacological, person-centered interventions for challenging behaviors. The technology is intended to help caregivers prevent or respond to behavioral reactions while providing operators with data to measure outcomes and apply population health management practices. "Senior living operators are being asked to deliver better outcomes with fewer resources, and nowhere is that pressure more visible than in dementia care," Shafaee said. He described Ella as a tool that can provide caregivers with personalized interventions at the point of care. For ALIS, the acquisition extends its existing investment in artificial intelligence beyond administrative and operational functions into a specialized area of resident care. The company's platform currently brings together customer relationship management, clinical functions, billing, electronic medication administration records, business intelligence and AI. Adding Ella and elbi gives ALIS a behavioral-care technology layer focused specifically on situations where caregivers may need immediate guidance. The investment also addresses an operational challenge for senior living providers: translating clinical expertise and resident-specific information into practical interventions that frontline staff can use during day-to-day interactions. In pilot programs conducted with senior living communities, Ella was associated with improvements in the effectiveness of behavioral interventions and reduced reliance on as-needed, or PRN, psychotropic medications, according to the companies. The system also provides real-time alerts intended to help supervisors respond more quickly to higher-risk situations such as exit seeking and physical aggression. TapRoot was founded in 2019 by Linda Buscemi, PhD, LPC, to address what the company saw as a lack of real-time data and clinical support for caregivers making complex decisions involving people with dementia. "We started TapRoot because caregivers were being asked to make complicated clinical judgment calls with little data, no support in the moment, and people living with dementia were paying the price," Buscemi, TapRoot's co-founder and chief clinical officer, said. She said joining ALIS gives the technology an opportunity to reach more caregivers and residents while maintaining the clinical approach used in its development. Ella was built around a validated behavioral database that delivers personalized behavioral interventions through a smartphone application. elbi extends the underlying person-centered approach to home caregivers, providing guidance intended to improve care interactions and reduce caregiver stress. The acquisition provides ALIS with an established set of specialized tools rather than requiring the company to build dementia-focused behavioral technology entirely within its existing platform. It also gives TapRoot access to ALIS' customer base and senior living technology infrastructure, potentially broadening deployment of its behavioral-care products. Ella will retain its existing brand in the near term while ALIS and TapRoot begin integrating the technology into the ALIS product roadmap. The companies did not provide a timetable for completing that integration. The transaction comes as senior living technology providers increasingly focus on software that can address both operating efficiency and the quality of resident care. Dementia care presents a particularly complex use case because staff must frequently respond to changing behaviors while accounting for individual resident needs and minimizing unnecessary interventions. By adding Ella and elbi, ALIS is expanding its platform further into those frontline clinical workflows. The acquisition positions the company to combine resident and operational data already managed through its software with specialized behavioral guidance intended to help caregivers make more informed decisions at the point of care.

Tenera Care and ALIS announce powerful integration for better senior living care management. News provided by. HALIFAX, NS and CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Tenera Care, a provider of advanced location-based monitoring solutions for senior living communities, today announced the launch of a powerful integration with ALIS (Assisted Living's Intelligent Software), a leading eHR software. This collaboration creates an integrated ecosystem with a user-friendly mobile interface that leads to better health outcomes for residents while capturing all aspects of care delivery, changing how senior living operators manage care and optimize operations. Tenera Care provides an "indoor GPS" system, delivering industry-leading location information on residents, staff and equipment in senior living communities with chair-level precision. Integrating this real-time data with the ALIS platform delivers immediate benefits: * Improved Health and Safety Outcomes: When an alert is triggered, caregivers are provided with the resident's complete health plan through the Tenera Care mobile app. Tenera also measures the time caregivers spend with the resident in response to the alert. Location data is also used to deliver important resident health insights, including fall risk, UTI risk, depression risk and more. * Real-Time Care Tracking: Tenera Care's location data captures how much time caregivers spend with residents in real time, for both planned and unplanned care, enabling managers to better understand staffing needs while simultaneously capturing accurate billing data for all care delivered. * Improved Compliance: Tenera Care's mobile app and location tracking makes it much easier for staff to precisely document their activities. "This integration with ALIS solves a fundamental problem in senior living operations - the disconnect between care planning and care delivery," said Stephen Fitzgerald, CEO of Tenera Care. "Communities can now see not just what care was scheduled, but what care actually occurred, when it happened, and how residents responded. This visibility eliminates guesswork in staffing decisions, ensures accurate service billing, and gives families confidence that their loved ones are receiving the care they need." The Tenera Care and ALIS integration simplifies workflows for clinical staff while providing administrators with operational insights, enabling data-driven decisions that improve both resident outcomes and business performance. "Senior living operators need systems that work together, not against each other," said John Shafaee, CEO of ALIS. "This partnership eliminates the frustration of managing separate platforms for care planning and care tracking. When everything connects seamlessly, staff spend less time on documentation and more time with residents, while administrators get the data they need to run efficient operations and capture all appropriate billing details." Tenera Care and ALIS will build on this integration, offering even more industry-leading functionality in 2026. About Tenera.Care Tenera.Care is a healthcare technology company focused on location-based monitoring solutions for senior living communities. The company's platform uses wearable technology to capture care provided in the facility and monitors resident health and movement patterns, controls elopement, and prevents falls. This supports informed management and proactive care interventions. For more information, visit www.teneracare.com. About ALIS ALIS is the only complete eHR software purpose-built for assisted living, memory care, and independent living. Designed to grow with your portfolio, ALIS streamlines workflows, eliminates duplicate entries, and ensures compliance across states. From eMAR and drug management to integrated assessments, billing, and family engagement, ALIS simplifies care and operations - driving margin growth. Learn more at www.go-alis.com. SOURCE Tenera Care

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