Senior Housing News Names Product of the Year Winners
Senior Housing News and Arrowfly announced winners of the inaugural Product of the Year Awards, selected by SHN subscribers.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Seniors
Senior Housing News and Arrowfly presented the inaugural Product of the Year Awards, recognizing products, solutions and technologies used across senior living communities. Winners were chosen from vendor nominations through votes cast by SHN subscribers.
Why it matters
The awards give senior living operators a reference point for products and technologies serving their industry. Recognition is based on subscriber voting, offering a view of which offerings the industry itself rates highly.
The awards span 10 categories, and the Most Valuable Product award is a tie between ALIS Pay and TELS Housekeeping. Vote totals and the full number of nominees per category were not disclosed.
The players
Senior Housing News
Senior Housing News is an industry publication covering the senior living sector, which co-presented the awards and ran subscriber voting.
Arrowfly
Arrowfly is a company that co-presented the Product of the Year Awards alongside Senior Housing News.
ALIS Pay
ALIS Pay is a payment product that shared the Most Valuable Product award for the inaugural awards.
TELS Housekeeping
TELS Housekeeping is a housekeeping product that shared the Most Valuable Product award for the inaugural awards.
The details
Vendors serving the senior living industry submitted products for nomination earlier in 2026. SHN subscribers then voted for their favorites in each category, with the product receiving the most overall votes earning MVP honors.
Timeline
Earlier in 2026: Vendors submitted products for nomination.
November 2, 2026: Winners of the inaugural Product of the Year Awards were announced.
Industry Landscape
The awards extend Senior Housing News's subscriber-driven coverage of the senior living sector into a formal product recognition program. Ranking vendors by reader votes gives the sector a peer-based signal for technology and service adoption.
Senior living operators and staff can use the winning products as a shortlist when evaluating vendors for payments and housekeeping. Families choosing a community may see these technologies in daily operations.
The takeaway
Subscriber voting produced a tie for the top prize, highlighting that multiple senior living technologies earned strong industry support. Operators comparing vendors can use category-level winners as a starting point for review.
Further reading
Explore more coverage in our Seniors section.
More information
See the full list of winners and nominees on the SHN Product of the Year Awards website.
