From Mangar Health: A third of people aged over 65 (a statistic which rises to 50% in people aged over 80) will fall at least once a year. 20% of senior living community residents admitted to hospital after such a fall will have been on the floor for over an hour, and perhaps most shocking is that of those, 50% will Read more…
This New York Times article explains why falling and lying on the floor for several hours could become life threating for seniors. Creatine phosphokinase, or CPK, is an enzyme found in muscle cells in the body. If a muscle is injured or inflamed, the level will rise. That injury, called rhabdomyolysis, was first described in survivors of the London blitz Read more…
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, April 20, 2021 AltumView is pleased to announce that its award-winning Sentinare 2 smart activity sensor is available for pre-order now at its website www.altumview.com. Sentinare 2 is a revolutionary smart activity sensor for senior care, home health monitoring, and telehealth. It was recently selected as a CES 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree. Build on the success of AltumView’s previous Read more…
AltumView is collaborating with the AGE-WELL SAM3 Hub at Ottawa to apply AltumView’s award-winning Sentinare smart activity sensor to support aging in place. This collaboration is also supported by MITACS. AGE-WELL is Canada’s technology and aging network, funded by Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program. AltumView is an active member of AGE-WELL. SAM3 (Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Read more…
