RoamAlert system. (Advertorial).Wandering residents can be a challenge in today's busy nursing homes, assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. facilities. Although tagging systems have been available for more than a decade, a renewed focus on these wandering systems has emerged in recent years due to increased security and care requirements and decreasing staff resources. Facilities that use eXI's RoamAlert system provide dignity, mobility, and a safe environment to wandering residents while giving staff more time to focus on resident care. Wandering residents wear a small, lightweight transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. that is attached with a tear-proof wristband wristband An identifying bracelet attached to a Pt's wrist at the time of admission to a health care facility, which may be the only identifier used during a person's stay in a hospital . Should a resident attempt to leave, staff is alerted and the system can be configured to lock exit points and shut down elevators. Other wandering systems can be incapable of handling multi-floor environments or individual elevator cars, and can also be prone to false alarms. Moreover, other systems' tags are not only big and cumberome, but also have limited battery life, which requires the tags to be frequently replaced. The RoamAlert system, on the other hand operates throughout every floor and can be tied directly to a facility's nurse call an paging systems, providing immediate alarm notification. Backed by a four-year warranty, RoamAlert's wrist tag is among the smallest and longest-lasting tags currently available. The RoamAlert system can assist staff in balancing risk prevention and quality of life for residents and patients. It is also likely to help stem the tide Stem The Tide An attempt to stop a prevailing trend. Sometimes referred to as "stop the bleeding." Notes: If a stock is continually falling, stemming the tide would be an attempt to halt the free fall and change its direction. See also: Reversal, Trend of rising insurance costs. Healthcare facilities across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. have chosen eXI's RoamAlert system for its reliability, ease of use, fail-safe technology, and superior product support. |
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