杏吧原创 this book

Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to age in place. This book explores how recent improvements in integrated home technologies have the potential to address those challenges. The book considers how embedded home sensors can be used to monitor the health and wellbeing of older adults and how that can be used to assist with supporting safety and well-being. The content is designed to help multiple stakeholders in the supportive smart home space to better understand the complexity of this field and the need for transdisciplinary collaboration. These stakeholders include the older adults who will benefit from supportive smart home technology;  informal and formal caregiver and healthcare professionals concerned about the older adult鈥檚 well-being; researchers from multiple disciplines in the supportive smart home area and their funders; companies looking to develop solutions and services or expand their offerings; policy makers who want to ensure privacy and equity in access and a successful integration of these technologies into the evolving health and social services sectors; and students, the future leaders in AgeTech. Overall, the intent of the book is to inspire engineers, computer scientists, industrial designers, clinicians and healthcare providers, social scientists, students, policy makers, and older adults and their caregivers to collaborate in advancing the supportive smart home space to develop more options for aging in place.

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Exciting new about a recent SAM3 Project with TochTech Inc.

Sensor technology piloted in retirement home can improve health and safety of residents, study finds

May 2, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) 鈥� Many seniors struggle with insomnia or may be living with dementia 鈥� conditions that can put them at increased risk of injury from nighttime wandering and falls. Nevertheless, overnight staff at care homes are faced with the challenge of providing direct and continuous monitoring of all at-risk residents. With funding and advisory support from OBIO^庐, through its Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN鈩�), researchers at Bruy猫re partnered with Tochtech Technologies to evaluate the Toch Sleepsense, an award-winning bed alarm system鈥檚 ability to monitor nocturnal activity in real-time.

is a non-contact sleep monitoring device, easily placed under the foot of a bed that is uniquely designed to detect when a person exits the bed. The system can provide 鈥渙ut-of-bed鈥� alerts to care teams, helping them respond quickly to residents who may be at risk of falling or wandering, and generates high-level reports on sleep quality, helping health care providers better support a resident鈥檚 care.

Over the course of a five-month pilot, AGE-WELL SAM3 National Innovation Hub researchers validated the technology鈥檚 accuracy in an objective laboratory setting at 杏吧原创 University with multiple bed styles and sensor placements. The evaluation was also conducted, in a real-world environment, located at The Courtyards on Eagleson, a seniors鈥� retirement community for people living with dementia that is owned and operated by All Seniors Care Living Centres.

The evaluation found that Sleepsense was successful in monitoring high-risk residents getting out of bed and wandering at nighttime by effectively alerting staff, which reduces the need for hourly checks on all residents鈥� rooms.

鈥淪taff members felt the technology supported their work enabling them ultimately to provide better care for their residents,鈥� said Dr. Frank Knoefel, Senior Investigator at the Bruy猫re Research Institute and consultant at Courtyards. 鈥淣ot only can this technology support resident safety, we saw real examples of it supporting resident health when a family noticed their loved one was tired during daytime visits. Thanks to the available data on sleep cycles that the sensors also capture, we were able to recommend medication adjustments and monitor changes to the resident鈥檚 sleep pattern. One family was really happy to see objective evidence of sleep improvement in real time.鈥�

Between validated testing in a controlled and home care environment, outcomes show the valuable impact the Sleepsense technology can have for long-term care and retirement homes. With the assessment resulting in a positive determination of value, OBIO鈥檚 EAHN鈩� program will now provide follow-on funding and advisory support to EAHN鈩� members to plan and implement the procurement of Sleepsense in accordance with provincial procurement guidelines.

鈥淭he evaluation demonstrates that this innovative, made-in-Canada solution will help to improve the care and safety of residents in long-term care settings who frequently get out of bed and wander颅颅颅 at night, said Dr. Maura Campbell, OBIO^庐 President and CEO. 鈥淥BIO^庐 welcomes any opportunity to bring commercial-ready technologies that have a positive impact on patient care to the healthcare system.鈥�

鈥淲e are pleased that our partnership with Bruy猫re can help continue improving the care journey of the aging population,鈥� said Jessica Yang, CEO, Tochtech Technologies. 鈥淭he EAHN鈩� program provides critical exposure for this innovative technology across the Ontario health care sector.鈥�

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Tochtech鈥檚 seniors-focused solutions are the basis for two significant research projects taking place this October. Both these Mitacs sponsored projects are looking to understand how the senior care industry which has faced many challenges in the last two years, can benefit from technology and innovation.

is focused on better supporting staff caring for Persons Living with Dementia (PLWD) within assisted living and other communal living models.  One key symptom of dementia is disorientation for time and/or place that can lead to a disruption in the circadian rhythm. A result of this, is that PLWD can wake overnight and be confused about when and/or where they are, leading to them exiting their bed and wandering that can include leaving their own room in a care home, or potentially falling and not being detected until someone happens to check on them. Researchers are using Tochtech鈥檚 Sleepsense bed monitor to assess if the sensor system will improve staff ability to support residents that have exited beds through more effective response and staff efficiency. Collaborating parties on this 6-month project include SAM³ (researches from 杏吧原创, Breyere and UOttawa),  Bruy猫re Continuing Care, Courtyards Senior Residences and Tochtech Technologies.

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