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Providing unprecedented
opportunities to improve care.
QuietCare®: The right care at the right time
Installing QuietCare in resident apartments helps assisted living communities
provide information to their staff that can help facilitate the right care
at the right time, and help improve resident health and well-being.
Flagging an unseen health issue
A resident in an assisted living facility of a not-for-profit, multi-site
organization had nine nighttime bathroom visits one evening.
The staff checked on him the next morning after receiving the
QuietCare alert to this unusual overnight activity. It was clear
that although he had previously not appeared ill, he was very
sick and needed immediate medical attention. Taken to the
hospital, he was found to have severe gall bladder problems,
necessitating immediate surgery.
Early identification of UTIs
One recent evening a resident of a New York-based not-for-
profit multi-site assisted living community had four nighttime
bathroom visits, an unusually high number for her. She appeared
fine to staff and family, but based on the QuietCare report, a
UTI test was ordered and found to be positive. Antibiotics were
started immediately.
Detecting falls and emergencies
A resident fell in the bathroom before lunch. She was weak
and struggling due to gastrointestinal distress, but was unable
to call for assistance. QuietCare alerted the staff of her assisted
living facility, one of several communities owned by a New
York-based, not-for-profit organization, to the extended time in
the bathroom, and they immediately checked on her. She was
cleaned up and assisted back to her bedroom.

2. “QuietCare has been very effective in enhancing
the quality of life and quality of care for our residents.”
Nancy Renehan
Executive Director, Wexford at Wall
Spring Lake, New Jersey
A QuietCare community since 2005
Because the QuietCare Using wander alerts to improve care planning
Shortly after the assisted living staff of a New York-based, not-for-profit
system learns the daily, company received a QuietCare early-morning wander alert on a resident,
in-home living routines she was found in the hallway confused, disoriented and bleeding. She was
immediately transported to the hospital for a checkup. The next day, staff
of residents, alerts are studied the QuietCare data to review her evening and overnight movements.
sent for out-of-the-ordinary Seeing that she was extremely active during that timeframe, they developed
a new care plan for her so that she was kept busier during the day and
situations that could enjoyed more soothing activities in the evening. Closer staff monitoring
indicate an emergency. was scheduled during overnight hours, and her medications were adjusted.
From then on, she stayed in bed and asleep through the night.
Staff then can respond
promptly. Monitoring medication delivery
A resident was not acting like himself, complaining of not feeling well and
evidencing some altered moods. QuietCare monitoring of his medication
interactions indicated that he was visiting his medication area multiple
times during the day. The staff of his independent living community, part of
QuietCare permits staff a not-for-profit, multi-site organization, was able to adjust his care plan to
include administration of his medications among his ‘catered living’
to “see without looking” options, which made a positive difference in his health and well-being.
and to identify changes in Respecting resident privacy
routines that may indicate Honor Hacker, a resident at an Ecumen senior living community in
Maplewood, MN, testified in January 2008 before the U.S. Senate Special
an emerging condition, even
Committee on Aging: “I have five QuietCare sensors in my apartment. You
if the resident is unaware don’t even know they are there. I like the added level of safety without jeopar-
dizing my privacy. QuietCare helped doctors determine I had sleep apnea.”
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changes in specifications and features shown herein,
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result in hospitalization. GE and GE Monogram are trademarks of General
Electric Company.
QuietCare is a registered trademark of Living
Independently Group, Inc., and is used under
license by General Electric Company.
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