Emfit Dementia Care Testimonials
"We chose Epicare alarm as it offered more than one method of detection (detects all of a person's movements [including heartbeat and respiration] whilst distinguishing normal movements from epileptic seizures). Also aspects of the detection can be disabled or its sensitivity varied. It was particularly useful that the company were prepared to let us trial the alarm before deciding to buy. In this respect the company was very helpful in listening to our experiences of using the alarm and making suggestions as to how to adjust the various setting to set the alarm to best effect and also reduce false alarms to a minimum level."
- Mr. Graham Deighton
"We have Emfit's SafeFloor system installed in our five newest dementia care homes. Our first system was installed in 1995. SafeFloor has worked very well. It especially increases the safety of our residents and also helps night-duty nurses' work easier. With SafeFloor our nurses receive information about people with a high-risk of falling when attempting to leave the bed so they can prevent accidental falls. Nurses have commented that SafeFloor is very easy to use. SafeFloor also has the practical feature of allowing our nurses to switch it off if a patient does not require the system."
- Mrs. Päivi Karjalainen, CEO, Sopimusvuori Foundation, Tampere, Finland
"On one cold January night, SafeDoor detected that someone was walking on the front door step. The night-duty nurse went to the scene to investigate and found an elderly resident in her bedclothes. This resident had no prior tendency to wander."
- Mrs. Leena Seppälä, Nurse-In-Charge, Ruusula Service Home, Kuusankoski, Finland
"SafeFloor helps enhance the quality of life for elderly persons and brings big savings in nursing costs. Delivering the alarm to nurse's mobile phones is much more practical than wearing a beeper or checking nurse call screens on the hallway."
- Mr. Pekka Savolainen, Acting Manager, Service Center Levänen, Kuopio, Finland
"All our residents have their own Emfit safety device. These offer indispensable assistance to our nighttime nurse as she can now more easily monitor two separated wards at the same time. With the Emfit systems, the resident gets immediate help when leaving the bed."
- Mrs. Jaana Nousiainen, Responsible Nurse, Annankoti, Jyväskylä, Finland
"With SafeFloor we get information when a wanderer is leaving the bed. Now we can give help and assistance quickly."
- Mrs. Raita Perkkiö, Owner / Manager, Nursing home Ruustinna, Viitasaari, Finland
"Before installing Emfit's Care systems, we had to make regular nighttime check-ups to our ALF (Assisted Living Facility) because we had many residents with a risk of wandering. After SafeBed we didn't have to do any unnecessary check-ups and there has not been one incident of a resident getting lost of going missing."
- Mrs. Riitta Laaksonen, Manager of ALF, Yrjö and Hanna Foundation, ALF of Toijala, Finland
"SafeFloor offers a tremendous reduction of the nurses workload, especially the workload of nurses on the night shift as they now know immediately who needs help and when."
- Mrs. Marja-Liisa Tolvanen, responsible nurse, Keljo nursing home, Jyväskylä, Finland
"The floor sensor that was installed in the Dorothy Macham Home, a behavioral care unit, at Sunnybrook and Women's Health Science Centre has several advantages. The system covers the entire floor area of the bedroom allowing staff to know when the resident has gotten out of bed and or when another resident has entered the room from the hallway. The alarm is triggered and rings through to the call bell console as well as to the companion phone system, which identifies the location of the alarm. The floor sensor is individually programmable. This means the floor in any room can be turned off and on allowing for specific times when the resident is being monitored. If a resident is in his room during the day time and you do not want him to be disturbed, the floor sensor is used to monitor the activity of any resident who may enter the room. The floor sensor is sensitive and occasionally will pick up false alarms such as a door slamming or someone with a "heavy" step walking down the hallway.The floor sensor has been instrumental in preventing injury when a resident gets out of bed as the staff is alerted to the need to respond immediately. Overall, the floor sensor has enhanced the safety of the residents and allowed the staff to be aware of activity in any room without being physically present."
- Sylvia Buchanan, RN, BscN, Patient Care Manager, LGSE & LDMH, Canada
