Council trials smart assistive tech to help residents live independently in their own homes for longer
As part of a commitment to adult social care, St Helens Borough Council is trialling a range of new smart assistive technologies to help support…
Innovative fall detection tech will be installed in over 350 retirement apartments
Birchgrove, a developer of rented retirement homes, has become the first senior living provider in the UK to install Nobi’s AI-driven fall detection smart light,…
Innovative tech that could help detect falls while maintaining privacy debuts at CES 2024
New technology that can provide a non-intrusive way of alerting that somebody has had a fall made its debut at CES 2024. It is new…
Guest article: Assistive technology’s role in fall prevention and maintaining independence
Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director of Tunstall Healthcare Falls are the largest cause of emergency hospital admissions for older people with 70,000-75,000 people fracturing their…
Smart assistive lamps reduce falls in care home by 84 percent
An AI-powered lamp has reduced the number of falls in a care home in Cumbria by 84 percent, with a 28-fold increase in response time…
Smart fall prevention lamp set to monitor breathing and coughing 24/7 this year
European technology firm Nobi has revealed numerous new features to its fall-preventing smart lamp at CES 2023, as the assistive technology is now able to…
Computer vision monitoring solution deployed in Brussels hospital to support elderly patients
Care technology specialist Kepler Vision Technologies has partnered with Belgian medical device company Innomediq, which will see UZ Brussel (University Hospital Brussels) use Kepler’s Night…
Partnership helps care staff deliver better and faster care for patients who have fallen
An international collaboration will see care home residents better cared for with powerful AI technology that is able to detect when patients fall, are experiencing…
Fall detection and monitoring tech used in three care facilities to help reduce staff workloads
AI monitoring software specialist Kepler Vision has newly partnered with Hikvision Spain to expand the use of its assistive technology solution to three psychiatric hospitals…
Hip’Guard ‘airbag belt’ proven to reduce impact of falls by 85 percent
An “industry-first” fall protection device has been launched in the UK, which uses innovative motion analysis, fall detection and airbag technology to protect the wearer…