Hello,
I'm looking for feedback on if a new wearable technology will help caregivers. I was asked to develop this technology, but I have little experience as a caregiver, and I'm not sure if it will work given everything you go through.
The concept is this. The patient wears a sock with a sensor on it at night. If the patient gets up, the sock alerts the caregiver with a text or email. The sock has sensors in it, and small bluetooth device. The sock connects to a cell phone, and the phone sends the alert when it senses that the patient is up.
The idea is to help prevent night wandering. It's not a GPS like solution, as it doesn't give exact location, but it would notify you pretty quickly, and is less invasive.
What do you think? Thanks for any insight you have. I'd really like to help, but only if this technology/solution will help.
- Aron
I'm looking for feedback on if a new wearable technology will help caregivers. I was asked to develop this technology, but I have little experience as a caregiver, and I'm not sure if it will work given everything you go through.
The concept is this. The patient wears a sock with a sensor on it at night. If the patient gets up, the sock alerts the caregiver with a text or email. The sock has sensors in it, and small bluetooth device. The sock connects to a cell phone, and the phone sends the alert when it senses that the patient is up.
The idea is to help prevent night wandering. It's not a GPS like solution, as it doesn't give exact location, but it would notify you pretty quickly, and is less invasive.
What do you think? Thanks for any insight you have. I'd really like to help, but only if this technology/solution will help.
- Aron