A little after two o’clock in the morning in an Arizona nursing home, Rose Robinson*, an 86-year-old retired schoolteacher, is sleeping peacefully in her room when she awakens with an urge to use the restroom. Rather than calling a nurse to help her, Rose decides to make the trip unassisted.
SamarionSolution's fall prevention feature, SamarionPrevention, uses several technologies to quickly intervene and prevent Ben from falling. For example, high-tech image analysis software has learned Rose’s unique movement patterns and knows when she is merely turning over or attempting to exit the bed.
Help is seconds away. Immediately when possible bed exiting behavior occurs, SamarionPrevention alerts the nursing station, and the nurse on duty views Rose via a monitor. With the push of a button, the nurse interacts with Rose through her television, gently yet firmly instructing her to remain in bed until assistance arrives. Simultaneously, caregivers receive a page via their mobile assistant device, informing them Rose needs immediate help. The staff member nearest Rose then goes directly to her aid.
While no system can prevent all falls, SamarionPrevention allows Rose’s caregivers to reduce their response time to seconds rather than precious minutes it might have taken if the facility had no system—or a less-effective system—in place.
Thanks to SamarionPrevention, Rose accomplishes her mission and returns to a good night's sleep unharmed.
*Names and situations are fictitious, serving only to illustrate common nursing home incidents.