Wireless Meets the Trend of Assisted and Independent Living
The maturing population of the United States portends nothing but growth for the nursing home industry. Thanks to improved healthcare, the sectors most in demand are proving to be assisted-living and independent living homes, as opposed to skilled nursing homes. In step with this trend, advances in nurse call systems—referred to as emergency response systems in the non-skilled care sector—have improved to the point where an owner or administrator can easily and inexpensively incorporate call systems into every residential unit, adding value and fail-safe security to their property.
According to Johnson, even the recent building boom of Alzheimer’s homes is beginning to wane in light of the greater demand for the less staff-intensive community care homes and their ilk. Even if the staff assists residents with some activities of daily living such as preparing some meals and medication monitoring, this still requires much less time, and qualifications, than that required within skilled nursing homes.