Industry | Senior living residences
How can water damage be dried in a senior living residence or long-term care facility without inconveniencing residents?
Prevention and response
Actions adapted to resident rooms, living units, and common areas to limit the impact of water damage, keep teams informed, and support continuity in the living environment.
In resident rooms, nursing stations, dining rooms, floor kitchens, and laundry areas, Assek applies a non-destructive drying process that helps limit resident relocations and interruptions to care. The response is coordinated with the facility to contain work to the affected unit and adapt it to care, meal, and medication schedules.
Secur centralizes the assessment, work progress, and expert and drying report for every affected room. Management can follow the case in one place instead of multiplying phone calls and emails, while maintaining a clear record of the work completed.
Sensors placed in resident rooms, bathrooms, and other risk areas, combined with automatic water shutoff valves, help isolate a wing, floor, or specific area without shutting off water to the whole facility. Teams can act before a leak becomes an incident that disrupts an entire living unit.
Rapid drying helps reduce humidity-related risks in settings where some residents may be more vulnerable from a respiratory perspective. Monitoring humidity, temperature, and air quality can complement the response when rooms or common areas require closer follow-up.
Oblik makes detection alerts visible in real time without asking staff to carry out rounds to find them. The platform gives teams an overview of one facility or several locations, helping a health authority or residence operator keep track of information in one place.
Testimonials
Honestly, I am very impressed. We called Assek on a Sunday evening, and by 7:30 the next morning, a team was already on site. By 5 p.m., there were eight people. Every room was taken care of within 32 hours, and the pharmacy did not slow down for 30 seconds. I could not have asked for more.
Installing sensors and valves in an LTC is not like working in an empty building in the evening. Every step is planned with staff around meals, medication, and care rounds so installation never disrupts residents' routine. That is the real field constraint when working in a care residence.
Why Assek
Water damage cannot be managed as though a building were unoccupied. Continuity in the living environment, coordination with teams, and visibility into risks remain priorities.
Residents' routines cannot stop
Resident rooms, meals, medication, and care continue around the clock, even when a living unit is affected.
Non-destructive drying and the work plan are coordinated with the facility to contain work to the affected area and limit disruption.
A leak can quickly affect a living unit
A leak in a resident room, bathroom, or technical area can spread to a wing or floor before it is detected.
Sensors and automatic water shutoff valves help teams respond to a specific area without shutting off water throughout the facility.
Teams need a clear record of events
For one residence or several facilities, alerts, work progress, and decisions can become dispersed between teams.
Secur and Oblik make alerts, response progress, and each room's records available in one place.
Yes. When water damage affects several rooms or a critical common area such as a dining room or nursing station, it can require significant adjustments. Early detection and non-destructive drying can help reduce this risk.
A structured response coordinated with the facility team can contain work to the affected living unit, without mobilizing all staff or unnecessarily disrupting nursing stations.
Yes. Assek has completed more than 100 drying interventions in LTCs across several CISSS and CIUSSS organizations in Quebec, from Chaudière-Appalaches to Montreal.