Transição do modelo de doença aguda para a prevenção e o cuidado de longa duração, com monitoramento computadorizado

Our mission is to transition from a sickness model to a prevention and wellness model of care in long-term care using non-invasive sensor monitoring to reduce falls and increase the quality of life for older adults. We can monitor safety, disease processes, pain and medication management to proactively intervene when issues develop over the course of days or weeks. Changes in a person’s baseline activities and behaviors tend to sync with disease processes to provide information for a proactive, preventative care model to reduce risks of falling and ensure success for aging in place. The implementation of the WellAWARE system has been installed and piloted in 6 assisted living residences and 5 skilled nursing facilities. The result of the multi-site pilots in Minnesota and Colorado has produce astonishing results. Within three months of implementing the WellAWARE system in a busy skilled nursing facility in Colorado, there was a 66% reduction in monthly falls, from 9 to 3. In addition to the effectiveness in fall reduction, the data mined from the sensors has fostered vital insight into sleep patterns for each resident—it allowed front line staff to tailor pain medication closer to 3 resident’s bedtimes to increase longer and restful sleep, prevented increases in 4 potential urinary tract infections and reduced caregiver stress on staff by evincing residents who could not re-position themselves during the night, who in fact could. This model can blossom into a national prevention medical model to impact the lives of older adults in long-term care.