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Tucking smart technology into care beds
Rob Marsden, national sales manager for wissner-bosserhoff, takes a look at how the care home bed supplier is incorporating innovative digital technology into its products
When it comes to technology in care, I have the same shared passion as wissner-bosserhoff. For many years, I have championed using technology, not to replace but to enhance the quality of care delivered by our fantastic care workers across the sector. There are always barriers when it comes to digitization, not least the biggest of all: change. I do believe, however, that with what has happened during these challenging times, people have become more accepting of change and are more willing to embrace change - as long as it is for the right reasons. It has also given us all more time to reflect on the ‘normal’ and consider how we may be able to do things differently.
Embracing change through technology The nursing shortage is already a reality in many communities worldwide. The number of people in need of care is rising rapidly while, at the same time, there is not enough nursing staff available to successfully cope with this development.
Taking up the trend and challenge of
digitalization early on, wissner-bosserhoff has been gathering valuable experience with the SafeSense bed exit sensor system and the sentida 7-i intelligent nursing home bed since 2014. During this time, SafeSense has
matured into a care assistant with further valuable functionalities and is recommended as a future-proof digitization platform due to its open architecture. This architecture can be easily retrofitted with even more functions that additionally relieve the care givers. The SafeSense 3 digital care assistant
features a completely contactless, patented sensor pad, which is positioned under the mattress and detects the smallest pressure changes in real time. This allows the movement activity of residents or patients to be recorded and the visualised data can be used to draw valuable conclusions about their individual movement profile.
Pressure injury prophylaxis and falls prevention Hazards such as pressure injuries and falls can be detected early and corresponding warning messages can be recorded silently as desired or forwarded as an active DECT (digital enhanced cordless telecommunications) call. The declared aim of this new technology is to reduce the number of patrols and custodial measures and to increase the safety of patients and residents.
First UK customer opts for SafeSense 3 trial The first UK customer trial for the new SafeSense 3 is Adept Care Homes, which has recently started a trial along with the sentida 5 universal low nursing bed.
6 Tucking smart technology
into care beds The state of the post-Covid care home nation How to create a positive workplace culture
Emma Philpott, operations director for Adept, said she fully recognises the benefits of using technology in care and is very keen to see the positive results for residents and staff. Meanwhile, many field trials are ongoing across Europe now with some very positive results. Even before product launch, the
Safesense 3 was gathering recognition. At the Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards 2020 last November, which were presented during the virtual edition of the Ageing Asia trade fair in Singapore, SafeSense 3 was able to convince the 16-member international jury. The product innovation, which was
presented to a broad public for the first time at the event, received the so-called ‘Oscar of geriatric care’ in the Best Smart Care Product award. The prize, which is highly prestigious in the Asia-Pacific region, was awarded at the 8th Aging Asia event, where more than 5,000 participants from 35 countries were able to listen to 170 speakers over the 23 days and visit a virtual showcase of 100 innovations for care of the elderly. Entries for the award were submitted
from Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan,
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