Burnham Waters retirement community in Essex chooses Nobi’s ground-breaking Smart Lamps as their emergency response system
Burnham Waters retirement community in Essex, has chosen Nobi as the supplier for their proposed fall detection and health monitoring system. Nobi is a European provider of innovative technologies in elderly care, that launched in the UK and Ireland in September, 2022.
Nobi AI-Powered Smart Lamp
All residents will have the option for each room of their property to be fitted with Nobi’s innovative, AI-powered smart lamp, which detects and helps to prevents falls in older adults. Around a third of those in the UK aged 65 and over, and around half of all people aged 80 and over, fall at least once a year. Offering help as quickly as possible is crucial and can save lives. Whilst Nobi is optional for each resident, installation can be carried out easily and unobtrusively long after a property has been occupied.
Should a resident of Burnham Waters fall in their home, the intelligent lamp will detect this immediately and speak to the resident, asking if they are okay. In the event of no response or a call for help, the intelligent lamp is pre-programmed to alert their caregivers - in this case, Burnham Waters’ care providers. The smart lamp will also be able to open the resident’s door in the case of an emergency.
Identifying Accidents
Furthermore, at the resident’s discretion, Nobi’s smart lamps also have the ability to send an image showing where in the room the fall has occurred at the retirement community in Essex. These images provide care staff with important information to not only decide what assistance is needed immediately after a fall, but also to help prevent falls in the future. This image can be converted to an abstract figure to ensure privacy.
The powerful processor inside the lamp allows Nobi to constantly analyse images and detect the position of a body. Based on this, Nobi immediately knows when it’s dealing with a fall. The image processing happens in the lamp itself, and they don’t have to be analysed elsewhere. That way, your privacy remains guaranteed.
Aside from identifying accidents, however, Nobi also aims to help prevent falls as it continuously optimises its own processes. When a resident sits upright in bed at night, for example, the smart lamp will shine soft light upwards to gently illuminate the room. Then, should the resident stand up to go to the bathroom, it will illuminate the entire room.
The Need for Nobi
Speaking about the need for Nobi, co-founder and CEO of Nobi, Roeland Pelgrims said:
“We’re delighted to play a part in Burnham Waters and support the safety and wellbeing of it’s residents. Our technology gives families peace of mind that their loved ones risk of falling is minimised and that, if they do fall, the right people will be there to support them quickly. As the building work for Burnham Waters continues, we’re excited to see Nobi’s technology rolled out at such a prestigious development to help residents live a happy and safe retirement.”
Project Director of Burnham Waters, Ian Holloway, echoes this sentiment with the following statement:
“Our aim is for all residents to be able to live their lives without the need for stress or worry about what the future might bring. Our care providers at Burnham Waters are there to give everyone the security and peace of mind they’re looking for.”
The Nobi smart lamp has been carefully designed to feel familiar in every interior. It is unobtrusive, with no wearable or charging required; only a Wifi connection. This state-of-the-art technology will be supported by Burnham Waters’ fibre network, which covers the entire development, providing each resident with unlimited data and 1GB of internet connectivity.
Healthcare systems in the UK, like many other places, are currently suffering from an acute shortage of healthcare personnel. Speaking on this, Holloway goes on to say:
“Through the implementation of Nobi, Burnham Waters is able to support our care providers by allowing them to focus on their core tasks, confident in the knowledge that the smart lamp is watching over residents, and that they will be alerted in the event of a fall.”
The lamp also takes repetitive administrative tasks off carers’ hands, freeing up time for essential duties to be carried out efficiently within the retirement community in Essex. Nobi can, for example, be integrated with devices like smart scales and blood pressure monitors to automatically log health measurements and other important data. Eventually it will help predict when things might go wrong so that preventative action can be taken.
Get in Touch
If you’d like to know more about our facilities at Burnham Waters retirement community in Essex, we’d love to hear from you! Our Marketing Suite is now open by appointment only. Simply call our sales team at on 01621 861559 to arrange an appointment.
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NB: Nobi’s UK distribution is being handled by Porters Care. For more information, please contact David Knowles on 07393 537620 or visit https://porterscare.co.uk/.
