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Living Independently's QuietCare Home Health Alert System
QuietCare is an early detection and early warning system that allows caregivers and family members to know that a loved one is being monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure they are safe.
QuietCare detects emerging problems before it develops into an emergency.
QuietCare utilizes wireless motion sensors that are small, discreet and strategically placed in a home to monitor the client. The system is practically invisible with no use of cameras or audio. The sensor transmits the client's information to a book-sized base station capturing data 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Robotic Dog a Good Companion For Seniors?
Nursing home study finds no difference between robots and real dogs.
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Aide Faces Sex Assault Charges
Man was found partially nude near a 90-year-old Alzheimer's patient.
Florida Nurses Arrested for Withholding Medication from Elderly Patients
More than 70 doses of medication unaccounted for.
California Fines Nursing Home Chain $1 Million
California's second-largest nursing home chain has agreed to pay $1 million and improve the quality of care at its 30 facilities in the state, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced.
Hidden Cameras Reveal Neglect at NY Nursing Homes
Nineteen employees at two New York State nursing homes where hidden cameras revealed distressing evidence of patient neglect have been arrested, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced.
Nursing Home 101: Being an Effective Advocate
Many adult "kids" with parents needing residential care think that, once they find a facility that doesn't make them reach for the silver bullet, the job's done. Think again.
Sun Healthcare Fined $2.5 Million
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., will pay $2.5 million and make numerous changes in the operation of its California nursing homes, Attorney General Bill Lockyer said. The agreement resolves claims that the nursing home operator violated a 2001 permanent injunction that required it to improve the quality of care at all 18 of its California facilities.
Caregiver Shortage Predicted
As the U.S. population ages, there may be a shortage of professionally trained people to care for the millions of older Americans.