Our Story
With over 50 years of technology and senior care service, Smart Safe Seniors is positioned to support you and your family's needs. While it can be difficult at times for seniors to age in place, our goal is to make it as safe and comfortable as possible. There are many new technologies that do just that. Coupled with years of experience in senior care, we hope to make this an excellent experience for you and your loved ones.
Meet The Team
Jonathan O'Donnell
Founder, Age In Place Consultant
Bio
With over 20 years of experience as a technology and project management leader, my career has been focused on making complex systems work better for people. I’ve managed large-scale digital projects, including serving as a lead strategist for the successful MassSave.com program, helping residents make their homes more efficient.
My real passion, however, is using technology to help people in a more personal and meaningful way. I believe everyone deserves to live safely and independently in their own home for as long as possible.
That’s why I shifted my focus to serving seniors and their families. As a Certified Senior Home Safety Specialist, I can help you identify and address potential risks in your home how to fix it. As a specialist Certified in Smart Home Assistive Technology and AI, I can install and, most importantly, clearly explain the simple tools that provide greater well being, security and peace of mind.
My background in project management means every job is handled professionally and reliably, and my service in the U.S. Army instilled a deep sense of discipline and trust. I look forward to helping your family find practical solutions that make life at home safer and easier.
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Certified in Home Safety and Assistive Technologies.
Fully insured and CORI checked.
Lauren Murray-O'Donnell
Senior Living Advisor
Bio
Lauren F. Murray O’Donnell is a nationally recognized long-term care executive and McKnight’s Women of Distinction Award honoree with more than 25 years of experience advancing skilled nursing, post-acute, and senior-living excellence. She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for one of the nation’s largest post-acute organizations, overseeing multi-state operations, clinical and quality performance, workforce engagement, value-based care strategy, and large-scale transformation across 147 centers.
Lauren began her career in acute-case management before joining long-term care. Over the next two decades, she rose through roles including Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Regional Vice President, Market President, and Senior Vice President before becoming COO. She is known for elevating performance, stabilizing challenged markets, strengthening hospital partnerships, and leading organizations through complex industry change with measurable results.
As an Advisor of Smart Safe Seniors, Lauren brings her deep operational, clinical, and family-centered expertise directly to older adults who want to remain safely at home. Smart Safe Seniors provides a fully integrated approach to aging in place—combining care advising, home-safety technology, dementia-informed coaching, transition support, and long-term planning. Leveraging her training as Certified Senior Advisor (soon to be complete) and licensure as a real-estate salesperson, Lauren can assess needs, implement smart-home and safety solutions, coordinate downsizing and move management, and guide families through all transitions including real-estate transitions when remaining at home is no longer feasible.
Smart Safe Seniors is built around a simple promise: trusted expertise, one coordinated plan, and every solution a family needs to keep their loved one safe, supported, and independent. Lauren’s leadership philosophy emphasizes dignity, stability, and empowering older adults to live the life they choose—safely and confidently at home.