Assisted Living is a form of care, provided by a facility for elderly and disadvantage people who may need help in managing certain basic daily activities such as cooking, cleaning, bathing, dressing themselves, taking medication etc.
This allows elderly and disadvantaged people to maintain an active lifestyle while their family members get the peace of mind of knowing that they are being cared for. Comprehensive health information from the British Research Remote Health Monitoring System can support the well trained staff (Should the family member require assistance).
British Research Remote Health Monitoring System is aimed to provide indicative monitoring support for assisted living and would be useful in a Nursing home’s environment. Nursing homes are typically for elderly and disadvantaged people with serious and chronic conditions who require intensive medical care from specially trained staff, who would be the facilitators, allowing health information to be collected and transmitted to a server. From which, the appropriate staff, physician, even family members can access the information and see how the patient is doing and then decide if any of the appropriate actions/tests are to be carried out.
Older people managing chronic diseases have the most to gain from using Remote Health Monitoring applications in terms of healthy ageing at home – thus delaying or replacing eventual care in a long term care institution. Demand for products and services will dramatically increase with the ageing of the baby boom population.
This then yields financial cost savings, by keeping people well longer, at home and out of more expensive institutional settings.
Advantages of Remote Health Monitoring
The most important factor with British Research Remote Health Monitoring and its systems are that it allows the user to continue with their normal life but also offers them and their family peace of mind.
British Research Remote Health Monitoring System
British Research has undertaken extensive Research and Development activities into the creation of an integrated “personal” wellbeing system. We are continuously developing wireless enabled devices for measuring a wide variety of physiological parameters and, through our communications and online database system, we are able to abstract indicative health related parameters in a totally remote way.
This ability to acquire and analyse such data provides a valuable tool set for those involved in wellbeing management, such as Doctors and Care in the Community providers. It can specifically help the elderly to remain in their home for longer and make the provision of care more efficient.
The British Research Remote Health Monitoring System has created in built status alarms so that the individual or their carer could receive warning messages via SMS, email or our online portal.
The British Research Remote Health Monitoring System has been designed to be customisable to allow users to have functionality and user interfaces that suit their specific requirements. For instance the creation of larger icons and the start button upon the phone, to improve ease of use.
Product Range
The equipment itself is extremely user friendly and eliminates human errors and mistakes or loss of hand written records and offers a wide range of indicative readings.
British Research’s range of products includes:
Our products have the benefit of being small, lightweight, and therefore enable full mobility when undergoing testing. British Research has developed specialist software which transmits the readings obtained from the device to the owner’s mobile phone on which it can be viewed instantly.
Software enables data recorded on the patient’s mobile phone to be transmitted to a remote server for storage, and medical professionals can further interrogate the information using a sophisticated software package. In addition, the devices can be programmed to automatically send a text or email alert to caregivers or medical professionals if the user obtains an irregular reading, thereby forewarning them that the patient may be in need of assistance.
These “Assisted Living System” devices and associated software packages enable those with existing medical complaints to better manage their condition in their own home.
Wireless Blood Glucose Monitor is of particular use for those suffering from Type I or Type 2 Diabetes, or for pregnant women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, offering them a quick and convenient method of monitoring blood glucose levels at home.
A small finger-prick device draws a very small amount of blood which is then applied to a slide and inserted into the monitor in order to measure the concentration of glucose levels in the blood. Data is then forwarded from the device to the patient’s mobile phone via wireless communication (Blue-tooth).
The patient is then able to view the test results instantly on their mobile phone (software required), thereby enabling them to manage their condition more effectively. In addition, there is the facility for the data to be transmitted from the mobile phone to a remote server for storage or in depth analysis by medical professionals, who with the help of sophisticated software are able to carry out in depth analysis of blood glucose test results.
The Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor allows non-medically trained users to carry out measurement of their Blood pressure. The device is specifically designed for indicative monitoring. Where basic results and data can be viewed locally on a mobile phone and then transmitted to a server for viewing or more comprehensive analysis using sophisticated software. The Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor measures Systolic and Diastolic blood pressure and Pulse Rate.
The ECG monitor is a non-invasive electrocardiographic device for capturing heart rate data using skin electrodes, over lengthy periods of time. For illnesses that are difficult to diagnose, there is also an event recording functionality. The device is built for everyday use light weight, small in size and enabling mobility. The device is specifically aimed at the non technical user hence designed to bevery user friendly.
Data is transmitted wireless via blue-tooth from the Monitor to almost any modern mobile phone with the Java based software application. This enables on the spot (local) analysis for immediate actions if required. The data then can be forwarded via the mobile phone network to a national or centralised server allowing the appropriate person (staff, specialist, family member, etc…) to see the electrocardiographic data, events and carry out analysis with the help of sophisticated software.
The Wireless Fingertip pulse Oximeter carries out indirect monitoring of the oxygen saturation of a patient’s blood and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmograph.
Patient data is transmitted via Bluetooth (wireless) to almost any phone with the Java based software application. This enables on the spot (local) analysis of patients results. The data then can be forwarded via the mobile phone network to a national or centralised server allowing staff to see patient’s oxygenation at all times.
British Research is able to offer temperature monitoring with readings being transmitted via a Smartphone to the British Research Remote Health Monitoring System. These results can then be viewed by medically trained staff who in turn can decide if further action is required.