According to the U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the nationwide population of those over the age of 65 will increase 46%, from 56 million in 2020 to 82 million by 2050. While longevity means many can enjoy more time with loved ones, it also brings challenges for health, safety, finances, and social connections. As more Americans live into their 80s and 90s, remaining as independent and healthy as possible becomes paramount.
Linda is 93 years-old and lives alone in a senior community in Holland, Michigan. When her community made Sensi available to residents, she was ready to try it. Life is always about changing and adapting. How you navigate those changes allows you to continue to live the life you want.
Susan’s senior community is in the Pacific Northwest. Last October, she had emergency surgery and spent five weeks in the hospital, two weeks in rehab, and then she went home. Since she lives in her own apartment, the temporary caregivers eventually left. Even after she recovered, Susan made the decision to keep Sensi in her home. She’s now returned to the same schedule she had before surgery, without the fear a health setback could derail her independence.
Care intelligence allows seniors to live the life they want
Seniors like Linda and Susan understand the impact of using technology to support their life, so they can stay as healthy as possible and continue to make their own decisions. Right now, those decisions include staying on their own, making proactive decisions related to their health, and choosing how they spend their time. Both are using Sensi Care Intelligence because the technology can proactively keep them safe and support them in living the lives they want now.
Care intelligence goes beyond safety after a fall. Senior residents know the dangers of a fall or the strain of going to the ER for an infection and having to stay a few days in the hospital. And, everyone knows someone who, once taken away to the emergency room in an ambulance, was never quite the same.
Proactive health care is as, if not more, important as response time to an emergency care alert. The best way to stay healthy is to avoid the hospital altogether. Trained on over 1,000 years of real-world audio data, including over unbiased 100 care insights from the homes of real seniors. Care Intelligence establishes a baseline that learns what is normal for every senior. This real-world audio does not capture speech to text, but instead analyzes acoustic patterns and clinical markers to feed the care intelligence dataset. It is a dataset that can identify care-relevant events with 90% accuracy. And, importantly, Sensi can be there when senior community staff or caregivers aren’t.
What that means is a flag to check for a UTI, can avert an ER visit and be replaced with a delivery from a pharmacy. It means bronchitis can be caught before it turns into pneumonia and insomnia doesn’t need self-reporting before it is addressed. Care intelligence is the foundation of proactive care. It can anticipate health changes before they become an emergency. And, it works, Visiting Angels in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Lewisburg, PA has seen a reduction of 80% of hospitalizations after instituting Sensi as a standard of care.
Linda describes Sensi as something that allows her to proceed with life, exactly as before: “It’s on duty 24 hours a day. I don’t have to do anything with it. I don’t have to check it. It’s somebody else’s responsibility for that.”
What this means for senior operators
Like most of us, seniors want to stay as healthy and independent as possible. They don’t want to be a statistic or a cautionary tale. What they want is to stay safe, out of the hospital, and as healthy as possible in their homes. Seniors want to continue living the life they’ve chosen for themselves for as long as possible.
Powered by Care Intelligence, Sensi helps prevent unnecessary hospitalizations, keeps seniors safe, and supports their independence. With Sensi, senior care operators can provide a safe, data-backed solution that helps the elders in their community stay independent, stay safe, and stay home.
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