Ben Carter
National Sales Manager
Agenda
• Intro to Possum
• Types of Assistive Technology
• Why use Technology for LD
• What Technology is best
• Typical Telecare system
• Demonstration of Technology
• Questions
Who are Possum?
• Formed 1961 – Stoke Mandeville/ Action Medical
Research
• Patient Operated Selector Mechanism – P.O.S.M.
• Possum – Latin for “I am able” or “I can”
• Privately owned, medium sized British company
• Head office in Aylesbury, Bucks + West Midlands Office
•Telecare (2009)
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Partnerships with NEAT,
DanishCare, Aegis Healthcare
Types of AT?
• Home Adaptions
• Low cost Portable AT
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• ECS/ Smart Systems
• Telecare/ Telehealth (Connected/ Local Alert/ Mobile)
Why use Technology for LD?
• Why not
• Lessons learnt
• Studies have shown
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Greater Independence
Improved Quality of Life/ Privacy
Control/ Manage risk
Reduces dependency/ stress on Carer
• Increasing Dependency Ratio – between those
who need support and those able to provide it
• Financial and Resource savings which can be reallocated
• Savings to ensure financial efficiency and best value
What Equipment is best?
• Impossible to say
• Sequence of considerations (Assessment/ Profiling)
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Environment
Health Factors
Mobility
Communication Issues
Mental Capacity Issues
Dexterity
Sensory Impairments
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other support infrastructure
• Monitor and Review
Telecare System
Neo Care Phone
Telecare Sensors and Peripherals
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Product Portfolio continued
 Environment detectors
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Early detection of natural, propane, butane gas
Early detection of carbon monoxide
Detection of heat from flames
Detection of smoke
 Flood detector
Early detection of water leaks, bath or sink overflows
 Door/ Window opening
Detects when a door or window is opened
 Wireless pull cord
Pull cord can be secured to the wall with two small screws (supplied)
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Product Portfolio
 Pendant – portable trigger
Activate an emergency call or alert to the carer Info Pager
Green light on the device indicates the alert has been received
 Fall detector – wrist worn
Detects acceleration followed by stillness
2 Methods for cancellation – ask for further data sheet
 Inactivity sensor – wrist worn
Sends an alarm if the user has not moved for a certain amount of time
Also ensures that the user is wearing their device
 Epilepsy sensor - EMFIT Nocturnal Bed Solution
Monitors a person with epilepsy whilst they are in bed
Tonic Clonic
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Product Portfolio continued
 Infra-Red movement sensor
Detects inactivity for example in a room
Detects movement for example placed by a door or bed
 Carpet/floor pressure pad
Detects the presence or absence of pressure
 Signal boosters
Increases the range of the alarms/sensors
Alleviates ‘blind spots’
200m & 400m options with facility to link to over 1 mile coverage
Possum’s commitment to on-going development means that new lines are being regularly added to our
existing range of sensors and monitoring alarms.
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Epilepsy Sensor Epi-Care® Free Wrist
Worn
 Alternative to Nocturnal/ Bed Based solutions
 5000 hrs. video EEG monitoring in 3 epilepsy centres:
Danish Epilepsy Centre (Dianalund, Denmark), Bethel
Epilepsy Centre, (Bielefeld, Germany), Rigshospitalet
University Hospital (Copenhagen, Denmark)
 23/7 * epilepsy detection
 Detection of tonic clonic (‘grand mal’) seizures
 89.7% sensitivity
 Range: 10 – 20 metres, 60 metres with radio repeater
*Requires battery to be recharged for 1hr in every 24hr
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WanderSafeTM
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Portable wrist pendant
Antenna
Monitoring and alarm solution for movement of individuals
within a property
Sends an alert to the Pager with details of the person and
the location e.g. Mr Smith, Front Door.
Fact sheet available – please ask for further details
Position
Transmitter
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Paper ThinTM
Bed/Chair Occupancy Sensor
Images for illustrational purposes only
Sensor should be placed underneath the
bed sheet
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Detects an individual’s dielectric signals NOT their weight
Reduces false alarms (by 40% in clinical trials)*
Easy to fit – via the 3M adhesive strips
Cut to size
100% Waterproof
Easy to clean
Tear resistant
Tissue viability approved
Works with any type of bed including profiling beds etc
Works with any type of mattress including airflow etc
Fact sheet available – please ask for further details
*Nursing Times 24.05.11 / Vol 107 Online Edition / www.nursingtimes.net
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Possum Telecare
Thank you for your time
Any questions?
www.possumtelecare.co.uk
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