
THE PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW
Highlighting best practice
2| DIRECT HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
are to specification and efficacious.
Integral to this effort is the use of CAD
software, which realistically simulates
what the equipment will look like
when actually installed, as well as
allowing us to carry out our work with
minimaldisruption.
Showing a way forward for
the care sectors
We produce, among other things,
ceiling hoists that effectively transfer
people who have lost mobility function
in some way; bathing systems that
allow patients with reduced posture
control to clean themselves; relaxing
sensory devices that produce music,
light and vibrations; and, last but not
least, our new and innovative solution
to fall detection – essentially, we
install sensors under the floor, which
allow carers who aren’t immediately
present to know when an incident that
requires attention has happened.
The products we sell are at the
technological fore of healthcare and
have real benefits for carers, who can
often be overworked. For example, at
present, there is a law that states that
people with limited mobility must have
a pull cord at hand by a bed or toilet.
Although this undoubtedly helps,
there are obvious limitations to its
effectiveness in all scenarios. Therefore,
to know if someone has fallen, a carer
must simply check in person at regular
intervals – by which time it is possible
that they may have arrived too late.
The fall-detection solution we provide
not only allows this task to be carried
out remotely but also enables carers
to trace risky behaviour on a screen
– which can be especially important
for individuals with dementia, for
example. We’re particularly confident
in the utility of “Smart Floor” and are
championing it as a standard product
of the future.
We champion these solutions not just
to potential clients but to the wider
world, including with government
through the Govconnect conferences.
We have hosted a talk at the Dementia
2020 conference at the Royal Society
of Medicine and will be hosting further
events. We do this because we are
firmly convinced that the technology
we can offer the sector can improve
lives and make both health and social
care cheaper.
Smart Floor signals
problems to tablet
Tablet software which
gives live updates
We champion
these solutions
not just to
potential
clients but to
the wider
world
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