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Empire TVFamily companion app

Keep families connected
to daily life in your community.

A daughter three states away opens a link on her phone and knows there is music at two and fish for dinner. It is the same community-channel content already on the in-room televisions, pushed to family remotely — so it costs your team nothing extra to keep current.

 Included with the community channel
 Nothing to install
 Public link or private accounts
 Your building’s name and colours
A family looking at a resident’s community information together
0Apps to download
1Link or QR code to share
48hSchedule held on each player
24/7Available to families
Willowmere
TODAY
Activities
9:30
Morning stretch
Sun Room
11:00
Coffee and news
Lounge
2:00
Live piano with Marcus
Activity Room
3:30
Ice cream social
Dining Room
Dinner · Baked cod, rice pilaf, honey carrots
Family app
Willowmere
What is on today
9:30
Morning stretch
11:00
Coffee and news
2:00
Live piano
3:30
Ice cream social
Dinner
Baked cod, rice pilaf
Visiting 9-7 daily
WHAT A FAMILY SEES

The same day on the in-room TV,
in their hand.

Your team publishes once. The televisions in resident and guest rooms update, and so does the phone of every family member you have invited.

Activities, menus and visitation hours
Marked family-visible, screen by screen
Opens in a browser, nothing to install
Your building’s name and colours
WHAT FAMILIES SEE

The same information on the television,
on their phone.

Today’s activities

Morning stretch at half past nine, live piano at two, the ice cream social at half three — the day as your residents see it.

Dining menus

What is for lunch and dinner. The question the front desk is asked most, answered before anyone rings.

Visitation hours

Current hours and any change to them, so nobody drives over on the wrong afternoon.

Announcements

A maintenance window, a weather closure, a reminder about flu shots — the notices you choose to share.

Celebrations

Birthdays and anniversaries. The things families want to know about and call in for.

The month ahead

The activity calendar rather than only today, so a family can plan a visit around something their parent enjoys.

LESS PHONE-TAG FOR YOUR STAFF

Published once.
Answered before they ring.

01
Fewer calls at the front desk

What is for dinner, what time is bingo, when can I visit. The three calls your receptionist fields all day are already answered on the phone in the family’s hand.

empiretvWillowmereVisiting today 9:00 AM to 7:00 PMWhat is on today9:30 AMMorning stretch11:00 AMCoffee and news2:00 PMLive piano3:30 PMIce cream socialDiningDinnerBaked cod, rice pilaf, honey carrotsCelebrating this weekHappy birthday, RuthEleanor Hayes turns 91 on Friday
Residents watching the community channel in a lounge
02
No second calendar to keep current

Your team publishes to the community channel once. The app shows the same content, so nothing is maintained twice and nothing drifts out of date.

03
You decide what leaves the building

Each screen is marked family-visible or television-only. Staff notices, maintenance windows and anything internal stay on the televisions and never reach a phone.

A resident lounge with a wall-mounted television
WHO IT IS FOR

Where families are far away
and want to feel close.

Senior living

Independent and assisted living, where adult children are often in another state and ring for the day’s plan.

Skilled nursing

Families tracking activities and dining while a parent is in a short-term rehab stay.

Memory care

A calm, current picture of the day for families who cannot always ask their parent directly.

Hospice

Visiting hours and the day’s schedule, shared gently and without a phone call.

HOW IT WORKS

Your channel is already doing the work.
This shares it.

1
Your community channel runs

The activities and dining content your team already publishes to the televisions.

2
You mark what families can see

Screen by screen: family-visible or television-only. Internal notices stay internal.

3
Share a link or a QR code

A QR code at the front desk, a link in a newsletter, or individual invitations to families.

4
They open it on their phone

In a browser, saved to the home screen if they want it. Nothing to download and nothing for you to support.

QUESTIONS

Straight answers.

No. It opens in a phone browser and can be saved to the home screen so it behaves like an app. There is no app store download and no password to reset.
Yes. Every screen is marked family-visible or television-only, so staff notices never leave the building.
Yes. Each community sets its own app name, accent colour, logo and light or dark theme.
Yes — it shows the same content. If you have Empire TV with the community channel, the family app is there to switch on.
Your team. A director can share a public link or a QR code, or invite families one at a time, and can add her own staff without calling us.
No. It comes with the community channel on Empire TV service. Pricing for your building comes back with your quote.
SEE IT YOURSELF

The real portal,
running on sample data.

No form and no sales call. Open the demo and click through the actual dashboard your activities director would use, or take the guided tour if you would rather be walked through it.

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The family app comes with the community channel, and the community channel comes with Empire TV. Send us what you pay today and we will put a written proposal beside it.

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Community channel and family app included
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