Knowledge is Power, Part 2 -- Location Event Report

Today I’ll continue my series on PalatiumCare reports. Last time, we discussed how a Resident Event Report can help you address the care of a specific resident, especially if your care giver response is being called into question.

Location devices are defined as any device that is in a fixed position. Pull cords, motion sensors, door & window contacts are all considered location devices. If a location device is assigned to a resident, like a pull cord in a resident’s bathroom, then that location device’s activity will also appear in a resident report. But there may be times when you need to check the report of a device that is assigned to a common area. Other times, it may just be more helpful to see the breakdown of information for just the device, rather than all the resident’s activity.

If you’re using these devices to monitor a specific area, you would access a Location Event Report.

LOCATION EVENT REPORT

I often share the story of a resident in one of our facilities. The administration was concerned that a man, we’ll call him John, was falling during the night on a regular basis. At least once a week care givers would check on John in the morning and find him lying on the floor in the middle of the room, unable to reach the call cords located by his bed or bathroom. Obviously, the administrators and John’s family were concerned. They decided to monitor John’s movement during the night using a motion sensor.

The motion sensor was mounted in John’s room and set to only record events that happened after his regular bed time. After a few nights, they checked the Location Event Report for John’s motion sensor. It turns out that John was getting up many times every night. John would fall only a fraction of the times he would get up, and care givers had no idea. The administration and family now knew the scope of the problem was wider than just regular falls, and they worked together to discover the reason for John’s restlessness at night.

Location Event Reports can also be used to monitor activity in stair wells, outdoor areas or common rooms. You can use door contacts to monitor one resident’s movements, or you can monitor the traffic in and out of your building. However you wish to use the information, it is available to you at any time.

To find out more about PalatiumCare, contact a representative at 888-725-2848.

Kirt Graves

Sales Representative

kgraves@palatiumcare.com