While more assisted living communities are being built with every amenity imaginable, on-site healthcare is among the most impactful. Having providers right where residents call home can eliminate travel woes and health complications, which can sometimes become significant barriers to treatment.
One delayed medical appointment, a forgotten call back, a missed lab test, or a prescription that didn’t get picked up can make a typical illness more challenging to manage or cure. Patients feel each misstep along the way. They lose a sense of well-being and can be prevented from going about their lives.
While more medical oversight can help prevent those snafus, medical staff, and care providers are in high demand but can often be in short supply. So, what’s the solution? Technology to the rescue!
What is Remote Patient Monitoring?
Remote monitoring devices include watches, scales, blood pressure cuffs, glucose meters, and continuous glucose monitoring systems. Without being in the same room with the patient, healthcare professionals can track data, from vitals to daily habits. When this data is monitored proactively, patients may be able to avoid some conditions that can negatively impact their well-being and ability to enjoy the senior living experience.
CarePredict & Legacy Medical
CarePredict offers senior living residents and staff watches to wear that communicate through beacons and sensors installed around the community. The system works together to track:
- A resident’s location and time spent in the location (GPS is included in each device)
- Eating and drinking movements
- Time spent sleeping
- Abrupt movements such as falls
- The time spent by staff in apartments providing care
- Vitals
The system also serves as a means for residents and senior living staff to communicate directly, replacing antiquated call button systems. When staff and residents can speak quickly without being face-to-face, staff can triage higher priority needs to help residents more efficiently.
CarePredict Helps to Reduce:
- Weight loss
- UTIs
- Falls
- The severity of common health issues
- Elopements/wandering
- ER visits and hospitalizations
When clinicians can proactively monitor their patients, their conditions can be treated with fewer complications and on-site without trips to seek urgent medical care. ER visits and hospital stays come with risks and take residents away from their apartments for unspecific amounts of time. By proactively managing care needs and offering on-site services, communities can ensure a more stabilized clientele and that residents remain comfortable at home.
Legacy Medical has been helping senior living patients by providing on-site care and services to meet their needs outside the typical scope of care full-time senior living nurses provide. They offer even more peace of mind for residents and their families through:
- Primary Care
- Express Care
- Medical Directorship
- Nursing Services (Case Management & On-Call Nursing)
- Remote Patient Monitoring (CarePredict)
Technology and proactive healthcare to address regular and routine health symptoms and changes could be the future for residents who want to age in place. Many senior living communities offer every amenity under the sun, but if residents are not healthy or feeling their very best, they may not utilize or enjoy everything available.
If you’re interested in how CarePredict and/or Legacy Medical can help your senior living community, please get in touch with us at info@legacymedical.com.
