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 wandering prevention 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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Second Michigan Veterans Home Gets Scandent
Grand Rapids, Mich. - June 30, 2017 - Grand Rapids became the second Michigan Veterans Home to use Scandent, deploying checkpoints in its laundry room, kitchen, and at two facility exits to safeguard resident belongings and facility property. The home was established in 1885 to serve the needs of veterans of the Civil War and is located on 90 wooded and landscaped acres off the banks of the Grand River. The home has 450 skilled nursing care beds and 100 domiciliary beds, and offers an in-house pharmacy, rehabilitation therapy, pastoral care, and specialty clinics. |
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Vermont Veterans' Home Secures Resident Property with Scandent
Bennington, Vt. - June 19, 2017 - The Vermont Veterans' Home installed Scandent checkpoints at its laundry room and five facility exits to protect residents' dentures, hearing aids, and eyeglasses, as well as facility medical equipment and electronic devices, from loss and theft. The home was founded in 1884 to care for veterans disabled in the Civil War, and admitted its first 25 residents in 1887. Today, the home provides care for up to 177 veterans and their families, offering music and memory therapy, acute and subacute rehabilitation, and a certified Alzheimer's unit. |
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Veterans Community Living Center at Homelake Deploys Scandent
Monte Vista, Colo. - April 17, 2017 - The Veterans Community Living Center at Homelake deployed three Scandent checkpoints to prevent the loss of its residents' dentures, hearing aids, eyeglasses, cell phones, and wallets. VCLC Homelake was established in 1889 as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, providing a sanctuary for aging and disabled Civil War veterans. Today, Homelake offers long-term care skilled nursing for 60 residents, 48 domiciliary cottages for individuals who do not require 24-hour nursing care, and short-term rehabilitation. |
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.