RoomMate

RoomMate is a revolutionary multi-sensor developed to meet the needs of dementia and elderly care. The sensor is always on alert, reducing and detecting falls using advanced algorithms. It can send anonymised images of the situation in the room, so that care teams can carry out digital and anonymous supervision without disturbing the residents or making unnecessary intrusions into privacy. RoomMate is a so-called passive sensor that automatically warns of falls and other potentially dangerous events without the residents having to wear equipment on their body or trigger an alarm themselves. RoomMate is proven technology with 25,000 sensors in use in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the UK, as well as test pilots in Germany and France. Sensio has very good references from the use of RoomMate in care homes and home care.

RoomMate is primarily used in care homes and assisted living facilities, but also in private homes, homes for the mentally disabled and hospitals.

RoomMate can warn about these incidents:

• Falls – if a person falls in the room the sensor will pick that up without any need for wearables.
• Sits up in bed – gives an alert if a person prone to falls sits up during the night. This means that care teams can get to the resident before they leave the bed.
• Leaving the bed – if the resident leaves the bed.
• Leaving the chair – if the resident leaves the chair.
• Activity – general activity in the room.
• Person enters the room – if someone enters the room, perhaps at a time when that’s not supposed to happen.
• Person leaves the room – be alerted when someone leaves the room and might cause harm to themselves or others.
• High volume – residents crying out for help can be heard by the sensor.
• Movement in bed – if the resident doesn’t move for a certain time it can mean that they might need help, for instance, to reduce pressure ulcers, and the other way, if they do move sufficiently themselves, they might not need help turning.

The RoomMate sensor provides several options for care teams in a care situation. If there is an alarm or warning, you will receive an anonymised image of the room, so that it can be assessed whether the incident is of a serious nature and requires action. Care teams can also use the app's audio functions to either contact the resident or listen into the room to assess the severity of the incident. In addition, two-way speech can also be set to speak to the resident. Listening can also be done anonymously, so that you cannot hear what is being said, but assess the situation based on voice volume and intensity. When the cause of the alarm has been clarified, the notification is acknowledged, and notes can also be made directly in the medical record system from the RoomMate or Sensio Pocket app.

These are some of the privacy features of RoomMate:

• Infrared 3D/laser sensor, no camera.
• Anonymised visual and audio assistance.
• Shadow-like visual representation.
• Cannot directly or indirectly identify person.
• Anonymised audio supervision available.
• Anonymisation takes place in the sensor itself.
• No visualisation or audio data from the room is stored.
• All events and supervisions are logged.
• Encryption of data.
• Home users can deactivate service on-demand for additional privacy.

RoomMate only needs power and internet access to work. It is a complete system that has everything included. Administration and alarm handling is done via computer, tablet or mobile phone.