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Chubb Community Care Shadsworth Road, Blackburn
BB1 2PR Tel: 01254 688 774 Fax: 01254 696 460
Warrington Borough Council
Enid is a 66 year old female who is suffering
from severe dementia and has had a recent
stroke. She is living in her owner occupied
bungalow, being supported by her daughter and
son who take turns to stay with her day and
night.
The main worries are that Enid gets out of her
armchair whenever she is left alone, which is
resulting in frequent falls so the family is being
unable to have any sort of respite from her.
Also during the night Enid gets out of bed and
has had several falls. This therefore means that
her family are getting very little sleep because of
the fear of Enid getting up and them not hearing
her.
Warrington Carecall Community Services
conducted a telecare assessment and
recommended the Chubb Carer Alert,
Pressure on sensor and pressure mat, fitted by
the bed, and Pressure off sensor and pressure
mat, fitted on armchair which was fitted.
The pressure on sensor raises an alarm to the
Carer Alert as soon as Enid puts her legs out of
bed onto the pressure mat next to the bed, so
enabling her family to get to her before she
stands up and puts herself at risk of falling and
the pressure off sensor raises an alarm to the
Carer Alert as soon as Enid lifts her weight off
the seat so reducing Enid's chance of falling.
This equipment was installed in February
2008, and during this time there have
been no further falls as a result of Enid
getting out of bed or off her chair.
Enid’s daughter states that she feels
their lives have much improved since the
equipment was installed. They can now
go out into the garden or into the kitchen
without worrying that Enid will get out of
her chair without them knowing. And at
night they are getting more quality sleep
knowing that the Carer Alert will wake
them if Enid attempts to get out of bed.