Austco Vayyar fall detection solution

Austco, an international manufacturer of nurse call systems and healthcare communications solutions for hospitals and senior care facilities, has partnered with Vayyar to provide touchless, camera-free fall detection and activity monitoring.

The partnership will bring touchless fall detection and activity monitoring to its global care provider customer base.

The Vayyar Care devices will be integrated directly with Austco’s Tacera nurse call platform to power several solutions for different segments of the market: independent living and aged care, remote patient monitoring and dementia/memory care.

The integrated solution will provide fall alerts in all scenarios, including those when a resident or patient is unable to operate a standard alarm system or has neglected to put on a wearable device.

With the ability to ‘see’ residents in all conditions without revealing personally identifying information, the integrated solution gives caregivers the visibility they need to monitor residents and patients without violating their privacy.

In higher acuity facilities such as skilled nursing and post-acute care, the fall risk can be assessed and mitigated through multifactorial activity analytics and vital signs monitoring, while in memory care, operators will be able to overcome the challenge of residents’ inability to report health and wellbeing issues through 24/7 monitoring.

The integrated solution is also designed to enable a suite of automated applications, such as lighting, environmental control and security features, that will reduce risk and enhance comfort for residents in all types of facilities.