Leading UK home care agency, Guardian Angel Carers has shared information to clarify how advancements and evolutions in home-based care technology have augmented the support the award-winning network provides, operating on a franchise basis across the UK.
The private home care provider with a comprehensive range of specialist professional care services, launched its StayClose system to great success. It provides a bridge for families needing a degree of support or supervision but wishing to protect their loved one's privacy and independence.
The Place of Technology in UK Home Care Support Services
First launched in 2012, Guardian Angel Carers has long advocated for the benefits that technology can bring when deployed in a sensitive, respectful and intelligent way. Examples such as digital care logs and record keeping have proven to add value, including in regulatory compliance, and enhancing care recipient safeguarding by:
- Creating accurate, real-time, accessible records of medications given, observations, meals or hydration provided and the welfare of the care recipient.
- Circulating concerns, alerts or changes to prescribed medications or health conditions immediately to all professionals involved in a person's care.
- Removing long-standing issues with home care records, where abbreviations, poor communication, illegible handwriting, or omissions could potentially have impacted the care or support provided.
- Ensuring families, practitioners, and consultants can access confidential records to gain a more holistic overview of a person's health and how home care support is upholding their right to independence while protecting their well-being.
Known as a pioneering and sector-leading home care service, the network launched StayClose to build on this success, appreciating how technology could further improve communications and dialogues between professional carers, care recipients and their loved ones.
Effective Safety Monitoring Through Guardian Angel Carers’ StayClose System
StayClose is a sensor-based home care system that operates 24/7 without cameras, microphones, or wearable technology.
Guardian Angel Carers had identified that relying on medical wearable devices, including those with automated fall detectors or heart rate monitors, was less practical for vulnerable, frail or older adults living with mobility conditions or cognitive diagnoses that would mean forgetting to wear the device would immediately render it redundant.
Instead, the firm developed the system to connect loved ones at any distance as an affordable and flexible support service that can work in conjunction with visiting or overnight care or as a standalone solution for people not requiring in-person support but with health or fall-related risks.
The system works by tracking metrics, such as movement patterns, and temperature, without infringing on privacy. It uses alerts sent via email or phone networks only to approved, verified recipients.
Each sensor does not record videos, take pictures, or monitor sound. Instead, it uses the latest in AI-enabled technology to track normal routines and movement patterns or detect when something is outside the norm, prompting an alert to enable a carer or relative to check-in.
Examples such as a drop in temperature caused by a loved one not turning the heating on in cold weather or a scenario in which a person living alone has not prepared their evening meal, as usual, could trigger a notification.
In most cases, these alerts are not a cause for concern, but if there is an emergency or a person has become unwell and is not able to summon help, contact the emergency services, or signal that they are suffering from a health crisis, StayClose will step in and act without manual activation.
Using Home-Based Monitoring to Improve Safety Standards
Founder and CEO of Guardian Angel Carers, Christina Handasyde Dick OLY MBE says, ‘We are proud to have launched StayClose and to already see the profound impacts this cutting-edge system offers. Families who have felt constantly anxious and worried about the well-being of a loved one now know they have the absolute assurance they will receive an email or text alert instantly should there be a change in routine that may need them to call around or pick up the phone.
Part of our ethos revolves around respect for independence and privacy, and we wanted a solution that would uphold those standards but act as a safety net, whether for people who do not need home care but are at risk due to their mobility or health or who prefer light-touch visiting care.’
Client and family reviews have been fantastic, with one client reporting back that, 'Mum had several falls yet was relatively young at 78 and fiercely independent. I worried, and as a working Mum of two, I can't always be there. Mum agreed to try Guardian Angel Carers sensors. We speak daily, but I have that added assurance that if something is up, I will get an alert on my phone. It's given me, and Mum, total peace of mind.'
Further information about StayClose and home care services from Guardian Angel Carers is available through the company's website.
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About Guardian Angel Carers:
Guardian Angel Carers is a leading home care provider dedicated to delivering compassionate, personalised care services. With a strong focus on independence, dignity, and quality of life, the company supports individuals in the comfort of their own homes, offering a range of services from companionship to complex care needs.
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Published by: Steve OBrien