Monitoring Safety
Contemporary Long Term Care: Senior Living Safety (06/01) Vol. 24, No. 6 p.18; Long, Rachel
As the Congress and lobbyists fight to reduce the use of
restraints on long-term care patients, Senior Technologies has been
developing alarms and voice chip warning systems to prevent fall-prone
residents from injuring themselves during an incontinent or disoriented
moment. The devices would alert nurses about whether patients are
moving or trying to get out of bed without assistance before an accident
could occur. In addition, the voice chip, which could use a family
member's recorded voice, could tell patients to wait for a nurse to
assist them. Senior Technologies is also developing programs that would
collect behavioral data and other information that would allow nurses to
determine which patients are more likely to fall than others.