Quietcare Announces Improved Technology To Keep Seniors Safe In Living Environments
New York, NY - QuietCare (www.quietcaresystems.com), an advanced passive monitoring technology, announced its latest technology enhancements at the AAHSA Future of Aging Services Conference.
In addition to learning about QuietCare system's new technology, Robert Roush, Ed. D., Director, Texas Consortium of Geriatric Centers and Baylor College of Medicine, spoke about ways technology improves communication in caregiving and ways staff can become more proactive and responsive to resident care.
"Technologies like QuietCare are a cost effective, easy to implement approach to proactive care, and help identify residents' unmet needs, such as sleep disturbance, without intruding on their privacy," said Roush.
The adoption of ZigBee, an advanced wireless networking technology standard, to the QuietCare system, will enhance the system's current capabilities in helping caregiving staff interact with residents, designing care plans based on the level of need rather than a schedule, and how management obtains greater insights into care delivery in their residence, with access to information they otherwise could not obtain.
"New wireless technologies, like ZigBee, are being incorporated into current caregiving products and settings to provide consistent and reliable information to staff in real time," continued Roush. The system is expandable for other measurements, such as detectors for chair, bed and door. It also enables development of more extensive management reporting on staff efficiency and performance metrics.
QuietCare's patented, advanced passive monitoring technology learns normal patterns for key activities such as wakeup, sleep, night time bathroom activity, overall activity level and hydration, alerting caregivers when there is a meaningful deviation from the individual's norm, indicating possible health, safety and/or wellness issues without residents having to do or wear anything, preserving resident privacy The system utilizes small wireless motion sensors strategically placed throughout the apartment or home to capture and isolate key activity patterns. It can also be set up for wander and night motion alerts.
QuietCare can help identify potential medical emergencies, such as possible bathroom falls, and help staff manage wandering, falling, and other risk factors. Should any urgent situation or abnormal deviation from the norm occur, a red alert to check on the resident is immediately sent to staff via cell phone or pager.
In addition to alerts, QuietCare provides online, near real time reports to staff that are insightful and actionable, with features such as exceptions reporting and historical trend analysis. The information and insight serves to connect staff to residents in a more individualized way, yet enables residents to have as much independence as is safe and possible.
SOURCE: QuietCare