Does the occupant have to wear a pendant?
NO, the Room Guard is unique in that it uses my propriety software to analyse the behavior of standard sensors and consistently and reliably 'know' what room the occupant is in.
Hi, is it something that is worn, implanted or fixed in the house?
Nothing needs to be worn, implanted or fixed in the house.
Physically, it is a small grey box that sits under an existing alarm, or in the electric cupboard if there isn’t one. It uses standard, readily available, sensors and the wires from the various sensors come into the Room Guard instead of the alarm.
Nothing needs to be worn, implanted or fixed in the house.
Physically, it is a small grey box that sits under an existing alarm, or in the electric cupboard if there isn’t one. It uses standard, readily available, sensors and the wires from the various sensors come into the Room Guard instead of the alarm.
What are the benefits of the user not having to wear a pendant?
It occurred to me that currently there are basically 2 systems available.
Firstly, most systems depend on the user wearing a pendant to get feedback as to how warm they are and/or where they are etc. The problem with this method is that many elderly and vulnerable people don't like, resent or simply forget about their pendant. When this is the case I think the problems are faily self evident. .
The other method is where an internet connected box sends information about what sensors have been activated to a website where the carer can log in and look back at the historical record of what sensors have been triggered, they then have to make sense of how and when the person was moving around.
I think there are 4 problems with this method:
Problem 1, it depends on the carer logging in regularly to get a picture of the cared persons recent movements. Problem 2, it does not provide an immediate alert in a crisis without depending on having other systems in place. Problem 3, usually requires an 'expert' to install at an additional cost.
Problem 4, it usually requires an ongoing monthly or annual fee for the web access.
Firstly, most systems depend on the user wearing a pendant to get feedback as to how warm they are and/or where they are etc. The problem with this method is that many elderly and vulnerable people don't like, resent or simply forget about their pendant. When this is the case I think the problems are faily self evident. .
The other method is where an internet connected box sends information about what sensors have been activated to a website where the carer can log in and look back at the historical record of what sensors have been triggered, they then have to make sense of how and when the person was moving around.
I think there are 4 problems with this method:
Problem 1, it depends on the carer logging in regularly to get a picture of the cared persons recent movements. Problem 2, it does not provide an immediate alert in a crisis without depending on having other systems in place. Problem 3, usually requires an 'expert' to install at an additional cost.
Problem 4, it usually requires an ongoing monthly or annual fee for the web access.
What is different about The Room Guard?
From the outset I designed The PIA to get the best of both worlds without the handicap of either, and at a low cost to the end user.
You say that The Room Guard is for a single person living alone, what about 2 or more people?
Good question, whilst The PIA for a single person living alone works great it is of a different order of magnitude to track and monitor, with the same reliability, two or more people, without pendants. I am, however, working on a solution to this so keep an eye on my blog for updates.
I have a question, where do I send it?
I am trying to make it as easy as possible for anybody interested to submit questions, comments, etc. To enable this I can be contacted via my email contact form on this website, posting a comment on my website blog or through my Facebook page. All comments and sugestions are welcome so feel free to put your thoughts to me.
More coming soon!