Technology may help seniors avoid early continuing care
Posted Feb 13, 2011 12:23 am.
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High-tech devices could help seniors stay at home, as residents in Grande Prairie and Medicine Hat will be testing a new program.
The province announced on Thursday that the technology is designed to allow them to stay in their homes rather than move to continuing care centres.
According to the Edmonton Journal, items include a ”stove guard” which turns off the appliance if someone with a chronic illness falls asleep while something is cooking.
The guard is equipped with a sensor that can detect if there is no motion nearby indicating the person may have nodded off or fallen to the floor.
The client can then be contacted through a two-way voice system to see if they are safe or need extra help.
The new technology will be tested by about 25 clients over the next year and followed by an evaluation to see if the program should be expanded.
