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(Medical-NewsWire.com, January 14, 2015 ) Titusville, FL -- Healthcare workers understand the importance of fall prevention systems in elderly home care. Registered nurse and COO of Prairie River Home Care Lori Seemann revealed that the number one cause of accidental deaths among elderly patients is fall. People older than 65 do not have enough functional and structural strength to maintain their balance. Seeman added, "minor misstep can lead to a serious fall and injuries."
To prevent this from happening, Seemann suggested several things. One is to look after the patient closely. According to her, caregivers should keep an eye on the patients as often as possible. In addition, she said that caregivers should secure the house or the care facility.
Caregivers should make sure that nothing is left lying on the floor as this could prompt the patients to bend down and pick it up. Fallen things could also require patients to skip that could lead to a fall. The floor should be cleared of anything that could trip the elderly patients.
Clearing the patients path is relatively easier to do that keeping an eye on the patients every time. To avoid the number one cause of accidental deaths among these elderly individuals while not putting too much stress on the caregivers, bed and chair alarms could be used.
Syrtenty® chair alarm, in particular, could be used to alert the caregiver when the patient is trying to get up and leave. This fall prevention system is composed of a sensor pad and a basic fall monitor. The sensor pad is antimicrobial to make sure the patients' bedsores, if any, would not get infected. On the other hand, the basic fall alarm has both noise and sound alarm to let the users choose what they think would best serve them; it also has volume control to make sure that the alarm will be heard no matter where the caregiver is or what he is doing.
Verified Amazon buyer Paula Girard confirmed that Syrtenty® Chair Alarm "provides an early warning to caregivers when a resident is about to get up from a bed, chair or wander out an exit. Caregiver can hear an alert and quickly go to the aid of the resident before a fall occurs." She gave the product a 5/5 stars rating.
Nevertheless, according to the results of researches on the effectiveness of bed and chair alarms, it is important that multiple caregivers come up with a plan that includes how to respond to alarms and who to respond. That way, fall prevention would be successful.
Midwest Health Solutions is an authorized seller of Syrtenty® Chair Alarm with Sensor Pad that can be purchased through Amazon.
About Midwest Health Solutions
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Michael Bitler
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mbitler@midwesthealthsolutions.com
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