The following care scenarios will help you discover how you can enhance independent living with our technology-enabled care solutions.
Smart Door Sensors: Using Technology Enabled Care To Offer Insights into Daily Routines
Consider Mrs Patel, an elderly woman living alone in Derbyshire.
Her son, James, worries about her well-being as she lives in a fairly isolated area. By installing smart door sensors in key areas of Mrs Patel’s home, James uses our technology enabled care solutions to gain valuable insights into her daily activities.
Later in the morning, James receives an alert on his smartphone indicating that his mother has been in and out of the bathroom several times over the course of the morning.
Concerned about a potential water infection due to a change in his mum’s routine, James remotely checks the data from the smart door sensors. He notices that Mrs Patel has visited the bathroom several times in a short amount of time.
James immediately calls his mother to check in and discovers that she indeed feels unwell but doesn’t like to interrupt him at work. Thanks to our technology enabled care solution and smart door sensors, James intervenes in time, ensuring his mother’s water infection is addressed as quickly as possible.
Smart Plugs: Helping to Monitor Specific Behaviour Habits
In another scenario, Mr Thompson, an elderly gentleman from Mansfield who lives alone, struggles to remember to drink regularly.
Upon his family’s request, his caregiver, Emma, integrates smart plugs with Mr Thompson’s kettle to track how often it is used.
Before her next care visit, Emma logs into the remote monitoring app and sees that Mr Thompson has only had two drinks since her morning call.
With the assistance of our technology enabled care system, Mr Thompson’s family can speak directly to him about increasing his daily fluid intake, showing him the data gathered by the smart plugs and discussing what measures can be taken to help him improve this.
Motion Sensors: Identifying Periods Of Inactivity
Mr Johnson typically walks around his house during the day. However, one morning, the motion sensors installed in his home detected a prolonged period of inactivity.
The monitoring system generates an alert and notifies Mr Johnson’s daughter, who, concerned about the possibility of a fall, immediately contacts her father’s neighbour who has a key to check on him.
It turns out Mr Johnson had indeed fallen in the bathroom but was unable to reach his phone. Thanks to the timely alert, his daughter arranges for help to assist him.
Home Sensors: For Remote Family Monitoring
Mary Johnson, a 65-year-old woman living in Bolsover, was diagnosed with early-stage dementia two years ago. Her husband, John, has been her primary carer, but with his own health challenges, including arthritis, it has become increasingly difficult to manage Mary’s condition and ensure her safety.
As her symptoms have progressed, Mary has been experiencing memory loss and confusion, occasionally wandering away from home, which has caused significant distress for John and their adult children, who live nearby but cannot provide constant care.
Concerned about both parents, they needed a way to monitor Mary’s condition and safety while giving John some respite, so the Johnson family turned to technology enabled care to help give the family peace of mind.
Motion sensors were installed throughout the Johnsons’ home to monitor Mary’s activity in key areas such as the kitchen, bathroom, and front door. These sensors would notify John or their children if Mary left the house unexpectedly or spent an unusual amount of time in one area, potentially indicating confusion or risk.
The system could also detect whether Mary followed her usual daily routine, and if any anomalies were spotted, John would be alerted via a mobile app. For instance, if she was frequently up in the middle of the night or forgot to move between rooms, it would prompt further investigation from the family.
Thanks to our technology enabled care solution, the Johnsons can log into our family-friendly app so the whole family can stay up-to-date on Mary’s condition. This mobile tool also enables John to log daily observations about Mary’s health and behaviour, which can be shared with her doctor and their children.
The app also serves as a communication hub for the family. Their children could check in on Mary’s routine, review any alerts, and coordinate visits or assistance with John. This shared responsibility provided John with much-needed support, giving him the opportunity to take breaks while ensuring that Mary’s care continued seamlessly.
