Larksfield Place Retirement Communities, Inc.

Larksfield Place, a life plan retirement community in Wichita, Kansas, faced the persistent challenge of fall-related injuries among its senior residents across independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing settings. The community needed a proactive approach to identify fall risk before incidents occurred, rather than responding reactively after residents were harmed.

Larksfield Place partnered with VirtuSense Technologies and implemented their VSTAlert and VSTBalance AI ecosystem — the first such deployment at a retirement community in Kansas. The system uses infrared sensors and machine learning algorithms to continuously monitor residents and generate actionable risk data for healthcare staff before a fall occurs. The community also engaged Select Rehab to complement the technology with targeted rehabilitation services.

Falls with injury were reduced by 80% following implementation of the VirtuSense AI ecosystem. Larksfield Place became the first retirement community in the state of Kansas to adopt this technology, positioning itself as a regional leader in proactive senior fall prevention.

• Combining AI-powered sensor monitoring (VSTAlert/VSTBalance) with rehabilitation services creates a comprehensive fall prevention program that addresses both prediction and physical conditioning.
• Proactive, data-driven fall prevention can dramatically outperform reactive approaches — an 80% reduction in fall injuries demonstrates the clinical value of early intervention.
• Partnering with a specialized AI vendor allows senior living communities to access enterprise-grade safety technology without building internal AI capability.