How it started
A decade ago, the director of a nursing home approached us with a problem. His residents were regularly losing their dentures, and he was spending thousands of dollars on replacements and dealing with angry families. We started a project to develop a system that would eliminate denture loss in nursing homes, and after a couple of years of research, antenna design, and testing, Scandent was born.
Where we are
Since our launch, Scandent has been expanded to protect hearing aids, eyeglasses, wallets, cell phones, clothing, wheelchairs, and various electronic and medical devices. We have also developed wristbands for wander management so that nursing homes can ensure the safety of their Memory Care residents, protect residents’ personal items, and secure their own assets with one integrated system.
Where we’re going
Scandent is now deployed in over 40 nursing homes and healthcare facilities across the country, from New York to North Dakota, and from Arkansas to Idaho. We are continuously striving to improve our system and develop new and better tags for all types of items and devices found in nursing homes. As we did at the start, we aspire to help all nursing home residents live happier and healthier lives.
SCANDENT NEWS AND MEDIA
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Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home Picks Scandent for Wander Management
Kapolei, Hawaii - May 9, 2025 - The Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home has becoming the first facility in Hawaii to use Scandent as its wander management and loss prevention solution, with checkpoints deployed at key exits to enhance resident safety. Daniel K. Akaka is a newly built, state-of-the-art 120-bed facility that provides a comfortable and supportive environment for veterans. The home features spacious single occupancy rooms with private baths, a rehab gym, communal dining, landscaped gardens, and wellness programs. |
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NYS Veterans Home at Montrose Gets Scandent to Protect Resident Property
Montrose, N.Y. - March 28, 2025 - The New York State Veterans Home at Montrose has deployed Scandent to safeguard resident property, becoming the fourth of New York’s five veterans homes to use Scandent. Scandent will initially protect resident dentures, hearing aids, and eyeglasses, with future plans to expand to other personal items, facility devices, and wander management. Nestled in the wooded hills of the Hudson Valley, Montrose provides skilled nursing, rehab, and long-term care to 252 veterans and their dependents in a peaceful, scenic environment. |
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Briarwood Deploys Scandent to Safeguard Resident Property
Iowa City, Iowa - January 11, 2025 - Briarwood Health Care Center has implemented Scandent to safeguard essential resident devices and property. Briarwood will use Scandent to tag and protect hearing aids, eyeglasses, cell phones, wallets, and facility walkie-talkies. Locally owned and operated, Briarwood provides skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term care services in a supportive environment. Briarwood specializes in long-term placement, skilled therapy, and helping residents transition from hospital care back to their previous level of independence. |
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Vladimir Djuric
Chief Executive Officer
Vlad is the CEO and cofounder of Scandent. Prior to Scandent, Vlad was an Associate and a founding member of OpenView Venture Partners, a $1.5 billion venture capital fund that invests in software companies. While at OpenView, Vlad sourced and helped deploy $50 million into seven new investments and worked with portfolio companies to develop their finance functions. Before OpenView, Vlad was an Analyst at Insight Venture Partners. Vlad graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Economics. Vlad holds a patent in the RFID field.
Akshay Athalye
Chief Technology Officer
Akshay is the CTO and cofounder of Scandent. Prior to Scandent, Akshay was a Research Scientist at the Research Foundation at Stony Brook University, where his research interests focused on RFID hardware design, protocol development, and signal processing. Akshay holds several RFID-related patents and has been involved in RFID research for over a decade. Akshay has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University, and has numerous RFID-related publications in academic and industry journals.
Richard Yao
Principal Systems Engineer
Richard is the Principal Systems Engineer at Scandent. He is a former Gentoo Linux developer with extensive experience in computer operating systems and storage. He was previously a major contributor to OpenZFS and has contributed to dozens of open source projects, including the Linux kernel. He enjoys work that improves humanity’s quality of life. He holds a B.S. in both Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University.