Vitalerter is designed to help care homes transition from reactive to preventative care. With continuous, contact-free monitoring, caregivers receive real-time insights and actionable alerts, allowing them to identify health concerns before they escalate.
Vitalerter Vitals is a discreet bio-sensor placed under the resident’s mattress or chair, capturing health data without any discomfort or disruption. By blending medical expertise with smart technology, Vitalerter transforms how care is delivered—enhancing safety, improving outcomes, and freeing up time for more personal, compassionate care.
The system continuously measures heart rate and respiratory patterns while the resident is in bed or seated. By identifying abnormalities such as elevated resting heart rates, shallow breathing, or irregular rhythms, caregivers can be alerted to possible cardiac or respiratory issues—often before visible symptoms appear. This early insight supports faster intervention and reduces the risk of medical emergencies.
Movement tracking captures both gross and subtle shifts in a resident’s position, including tossing and turning, rigidity, or prolonged immobility. These insights help detect signs of discomfort, agitation, or risk of pressure ulcers. Irregular nighttime activity may also be an early sign of confusion, infection, or cognitive decline.
Using advanced sensors, Vitalerter can accurately determine whether a bed or chair is occupied. This data is essential for tracking sleep duration, bed exit patterns, and potential wandering events. It also ensures timely interventions if a resident is unexpectedly absent from their bed during rest periods—improving both safety and sleep quality monitoring.
Vitalerter’s predictive engine leverages advanced machine learning trained on clinical data to anticipate health risks before they escalate. These proactive insights give caregivers the opportunity to intervene early, reduce hospital admissions, and personalise care more effectively.
By analysing movement patterns, bed-exit frequency, restlessness, and delayed reaction times, Vitalerter can identify residents at elevated risk of falling. Unlike reactive systems that only detect a fall after it occurs, this predictive tool flags potential fall risks in advance, allowing caregivers to take precautionary measures such as additional supervision, room adjustments, or mobility aids.
Vitalerter detects subtle deviations in vital signs like heart rate, respiration or sleep quality that may indicate the early stages of infection, cardiac strain or respiratory issues. These alerts help caregivers act before symptoms worsen, improving patient outcomes and reducing the need for emergency interventions.
Extended periods of immobility can lead to pressure ulcers, especially in residents with limited mobility. Vitalerter monitors for consistent stillness or insufficient repositioning during sleep or rest. When a resident hasn't changed position within a safe timeframe, the system issues an alert prompting caregivers to intervene before skin damage develops.
Disrupted or shallow sleep, frequent awakenings or prolonged inactivity may signal the onset of cognitive decline, anxiety, depression or physical illness. Vitalerter tracks sleep cycles and identifies patterns that fall outside of normal ranges empowering care teams to explore root causes and adjust care strategies accordingly.
Each resident is unique, and so are their care requirements. With Vitalerter, you can tailor alert thresholds and escalation protocols per individual—whether that means setting a low-priority notification for restlessness or a high-priority alert for prolonged absence from bed. This helps staff respond appropriately and efficiently, without alarm fatigue.
Vitalerter provides continuous, contact-free monitoring of whether a resident is in bed, has exited, or may need immediate assistance. This real-time visibility is essential for fall prevention, managing nighttime routines, and identifying possible wandering events—allowing caregivers to intervene at exactly the right time.
Every alert and caregiver response is automatically logged, creating a comprehensive audit trail. This not only supports compliance with healthcare regulations and CQC requirements but also improves transparency and accountability across teams. Managers can review response times, intervention types, and care trends—empowering data-driven decision-making and continuous care improvement.
Vitalerter’s advanced analytics suite transforms real-time monitoring into actionable insights. Through clear, visualised reports, care teams can better understand resident patterns, health changes, and team performance—enabling smarter, preventative care planning.
Available Reports:
Track long-term changes in heart rate, respiration, and physical movement to detect early signs of deterioration.
Understand sleep onset times, wake frequency, total rest, and interruptions to support cognitive and physical health monitoring.
Review how quickly and effectively staff respond to alerts, helping highlight strengths and address gaps.
Assess levels of immobility to identify risks for pressure ulcers or behavioural changes.
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