Canadian Senior Living Facility Pilots NFC, BLE Solution for Contact Tracing
The NFC and BLE technology being piloted is assisting with contact tracing for COVID-19 but can also be applied in other ways to senior living facilities.
The NFC and BLE technology being piloted is assisting with contact tracing for COVID-19 but can also be applied in other ways to senior living facilities.
In leaked audio from a private conference call, Cuomo’s top aide admitted the administration withheld data on nursing home deaths for months.
Direct Supply integrated the facility’s access control with video surveillance, intercoms and an at-risk human perimeter system.
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The sitter said he put his hand on the foot of the patient’s bed to reach for his cell phone he had dropped when she became startled.
A report from the Department of Health also found 1 in 5 cases of potential elder abuse aren’t reported to state inspection agencies.
Reducing the penalties may give nursing homes less incentive to fix dangerous practices that could potentially harm elderly patients.
After a rape incident last month at a Phoenix hospital, the state is now pushing for video surveillance in common areas.
IAHSS issued new guidance for handling violence in assisted care facilities after surveying security directors about their top safety concerns.
The 75-year-old woman had been missing for 10 days from a nearby behavioral health center when her body was discovered in the stairwell.
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