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Senior Living Assisted Living Memory Care

A residence first, a secured facility second

Senior living has to feel like somewhere people live, while managing wandering risk, controlled entry and family expectations. A system that makes the building feel institutional has failed even if it works. DWG helps communities specify security that stays in the background.

It has to disappear into the building

Residents and families notice hardware. The specification has to weigh how equipment looks and sounds alongside what it does, which is a constraint most product datasheets ignore entirely.

We evaluate equipment on discretion as well as function, confirm that entry control and wander management integrate rather than sitting as separate systems staff have to learn twice, review the bill of materials for a residential setting, and check what's supportable by a small on-site team. How the work gets done is shaped around you: we can coordinate with the integrator or contractor you already use, bring the right integration and field resources in ourselves, or anything in between — whatever the project needs.

How we engage

The greatest opportunity to improve a project exists before anything is purchased. We support every phase — the earlier we're involved, the more value we add.

1. Plan

Entry points, resident areas, wander risk, family and staff expectations.

2. Evaluate

Platform comparison, integration of entry and wander management, discretion.

3. Specify

Specification assistance, BOM review, device placement and finish.

4. Procure

Quoting, availability, lead times.

5. Deploy

Phased delivery, coordinated around residents in place.

6. Support

Technical support, spares, and equipment a small team can run.

Core capabilities

Enterprise physical security infrastructure across every major discipline.

Video surveillance

  • IP camera systems
  • Video management systems (VMS)
  • Network video recorders
  • Edge, cloud and enterprise storage

AI & video analytics

  • Object and behaviour detection
  • License plate recognition
  • Search and forensic review tools
  • Operational and business insight

Access control & identity

  • Enterprise access control platforms
  • Smart and mobile credentials
  • Door hardware and locking
  • Authentication and biometrics

Visitor management

  • Visitor registration and badging
  • Watch list and screening
  • Contractor and vendor check-in
  • Real-time on-site awareness

Intercom & entry communication

  • IP intercom systems
  • Video entry stations
  • Emergency call stations
  • Two-way communication at entry points

Emergency notification

  • Mass notification systems
  • Public address and paging
  • Multi-channel alerting
  • Campus and site-wide communication

Lockdown systems

  • Coordinated building-wide lockdown
  • Single-action activation
  • Integration with access control
  • Notification tied to activation

Fire & life safety

  • Fire alarm control panels
  • Smoke, heat, CO and duct detection
  • Notification appliances
  • Alarm communications and monitoring

Intrusion detection

  • Enterprise intrusion systems
  • Perimeter detection
  • Sensors and detection technologies
  • Alarm communications

Mobile & temporary surveillance

  • Mobile surveillance trailers
  • Rapid-deployment camera systems
  • Remote and off-grid power
  • Construction, event and temporary sites

Network & infrastructure

  • PoE switching and fiber optics
  • Structured cabling and wireless
  • UPS and power systems
  • Cabinets, racks and enclosures

Engineering & procurement services

  • Product evaluation and solution design
  • Multi-manufacturer comparisons
  • Bill of materials review and value engineering
  • Lifecycle planning and technical consultation

Questions we help you answer

Most suppliers focus on selling products. We focus on helping you make an informed decision — and these are the questions worth settling first.

  • Will this feel like a home or like an institution?
  • Do entry control and wander management work as one system?
  • Can a small on-site team operate and maintain it?
  • How do we control entry without staffing the door?
  • What do families see and hear?
  • Can it be installed with residents in the building?
  • What does it cost to maintain year over year?

Answered early, these prevent the expensive corrections that surface once equipment is on site.

Vendor-neutral technical expertise

DWG works across a broad portfolio of leading security manufacturers. Rather than promoting a single product line, we help you evaluate qualified solutions on the criteria that matter.

Technical criteria

  • Technical requirements and objectives
  • Performance and interoperability
  • Standards compliance
  • Cybersecurity considerations

Commercial criteria

  • Availability and lead time
  • Lifecycle cost
  • Budget alignment
  • Future scalability

Resource coordination

  • Work with the integrator or contractor you already use
  • Bring in integration, field and engineering resources where you need them
  • Product, engineering and deployment coordinated as one project
  • Shaped around what the end user needs, not a fixed model

Who we work with

Facilities

  • Independent living
  • Assisted living
  • Memory care
  • Skilled nursing
  • Continuing care communities
  • Adult day programs

Project types

  • New construction
  • Renovation with residents in place
  • Security modernization
  • Wander management upgrades
  • Analog-to-IP migrations
  • Technology refresh

Project teams

  • Executive directors
  • Operations and facilities
  • Clinical leadership
  • Purchasing and ownership groups
  • Architects and engineers
  • Systems integrators

Talk through the building before selecting equipment

There is no cost to have our specialists review a specification, a bill of materials, or a quote.

DWG — Digital Watchguard Inc. · 800 Shames Drive, Westbury, NY 11590 · 516-933-4900


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