Living alone can be worrying for both the person and their family, especially as people age. The risk of falling, getting injured or immobilised increases with age. Unfortunately, there are many things that can go wrong. However, thanks to technology, there are many things that can be done to mitigate that risk. Here are some…
Throughout the Western world, populations are ageing. In Australia, 16% of the population – or 4.2 million people – are aged over 65 (according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare). Many older Australians say that they desire to “age in place”; that is, to remain in their current accommodation, compared with moving into…
What is electronic medication management? Historically, all prescribing, ordering, monitoring, adjusting, dispensing and medicine administration records was done on paper. Paper-based systems can be difficult to keep up-to-date and accurate and are open to human error. Electronic medication management is therefore a digital (or electronic) system through which doctors, pharmacists, nurses and care staff can…
Enhancing the standard of living in retirement villages is a top priority for most providers, and implementing assisted living technologies is one way to elevate care effectively. Most older people want to live independently for as long as possible, and assisted living technologies enable residents to ask for help when they need it without being…
Retirement villages offer residents independence when they want it and help when they need it. But when it comes to retirement living, no two villages are alike so the standard of care can vary between them. Advancing the standard of care in retirement villages is important. These days, our expectations of care have never been…
The health and wellbeing of residents is a top priority for most retirement villages. And with the advancements of assisted living technology in recent years, you might be exploring new options to improve standards of care at your retirement living facility. Unfortunately, most monitoring solutions only provide a partial solution to falls management. That is…
The transition care programme provides much-needed support to people who have recently been discharged from the hospital. Helping people get back into their routines at home is important because most people want to live as independently as possible. The risk of post-hospital discharge adverse events is very real and needs to be taken into account…
Patient monitoring systems help to improve aged care standards, but not all systems are worth your investment in time and money. Here at SOFIHUB, we’ve created a system called TEQ-FallsAlert which is designed to provide superior care, supervision and safety to the vulnerable in care and at home. If you’re considering which patient monitoring system to…
Falls can have huge consequences for our older population, which is why falls detection sensors are becoming increasingly popular as an aged care alert system in residential facilities. In a typical aged care facility with 80 beds, over 400 falls are likely to happen in a year alone. Of that number, approximately two thirds of…
Aged care systems rely on the ability of aged care workers to cope with the demands placed on them. But with the chronic staff shortages that are continuing to worsen in the industry, aged care workers always have days when they work to their limits. So how can we help to alleviate the pressure and…