Fall prevention is crucial to keeping nursing home and senior living residents safe, and technology is increasingly being used to help. One new partnership is using machine learning to prevent falls and improve overall patient care.
Lilli, a UK-based machine learning company for the home care industry, has teamed up with digital care management provider Nourish Care. Together, they help caregivers implement digital social care records and fall prevention services. Lilli’s sensor-based monitoring platforms and apps will work alongside Nourish’s software to help senior living caregivers keep residents safe. Such technology also could make a difference for senior living operators in the US.
Lilli’s software non-intrusively monitors people using “soft signs,” recording the patterns and trends of everyday life to help care providers identify abnormalities that could indicate a change in the patient’s condition, identifying potential health issues before they arise or worsen, the company says. Nourish Care, meanwhile, produces software that lets caregivers take more accurate notes during patient visits, and sends live information to keep managers up to date and make better patient care decisions.
Their partnership combines both technologies to help staff detect and prevent falls via the software platform.
This solution is similar to other fall prevention technologies in the marketplace. One new Apple Watch app, BoundaryCare, lets caregivers improve resident safety by helping them detect potential falls and wandering behaviors through geo-fencing. Another device, Cherish Serenity, uses AI radar technology to detect biometrics, body movements, falls and other safety risks through sensors. And HSC Technology, an Australian-based senior living provider, is testing new tools that use the internet of things in fall prevention.
Preventable falls are a leading cause of injuries and premature death in senior care settings and cost the US health system $50 billion a year. By 2030, there will be 72 million older adults experiencing a combined 52 million falls each year, according to SafelyYou’s 2022 State of Falls report.
