Development and implementation of an innovative telemedicine platform which integrates an original elderly care system in a care facility

Project facts

Project promoter:
Maren Development sp. z o.o.(PL)
Project Number:
PL-INNOVATION-0024
Status:
Completed
Final project cost:
€1,630,341

Description

The project responds to the ageing society trends where increasing numbers of seniors require assistance and support. Statistical data shows that the number of persons incapable of independent living and in need of community care in Poland is approximately 2 million and rising. Therefore, professional senior care is gaining importance, especially in the case of seniors who require specialized care due to health problems such as advanced cancer, mental illness or advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

Our company will provide comprehensive care services for the elderly, including those with disabilities, in the Familia Vita 24-hour care home, based on our original “5Care” senior care system. It will comprise medical, therapeutic and rehabilitation consultations and a selection of specialized care tools. We plan to create a comfortable environment for the elderly to live in, providing continuous therapy and care carried out by multidisciplinary teams of caregivers, therapists and physicians. We will provide support in every area of life to help seniors remain independent for as long as possible.

To this end, a telemedicine platform will be developed to integrate the senior care system and to provide comprehensive care management in nursing homes along with an appropriate and “tailor-made” care toolkit. We are also planning adaptation and fit-out of the building intended for the Familia Vita 24-hour care home in Krośnice. Specially designed Senior Smart Rooms will in the facility, apart from offering standard solutions for the elderly, will support independence of the seniors through a functional system of amenities.

The project implementation will result in the employment of 34 people.

Summary of project results

The project dealt with the problem of rapid aging of society and an attempt to develop innovative solutions and standards in geriatric care, using the support IT.

As a result of the project, a modern, model 24-hour care home was created for older people, including those with disabilities, in which anti-aging prophylaxis is dominant position in the care regimen.

Thanks to cooperation with the research and development unit, it was possible to implement a comprehensive care system in the facility a unique selection of tools for the therapeutic team that guarantees therapeutic progress through wide availability and the possibility of changing therapy methods.

Project product indicators:

Number of innovative products (products or services) introduced to the market (commercialized) as a result of the project - 3 pieces;  Status: completed

Number of innovative products (products or services) developed in the enterprise as a result of the project - 3 pieces;  Status: completed

The two indicators apply to the model nursing home for people introduced to the market. older people, including those with disabilities, with specially designed a "Senior Smart Room" stay room (franchise model), the original "5Care" senior care system (an innovative service) and an interactive telemedicine platform dedicated to public and private entities caring for people. older people on a daily, temporary or 24-hour basis (sale in the form of licenses).

Number of innovative processes introduced to the market (commercialized) as a result of the project - 1 piece; Status: completed

The indicator concerns the innovative telemedicine platform introduced to the market that integrates the care system for seniors, including people with disabilities, and is used for comprehensive care management.

Number of innovative technologies introduced to the market (commercialized) as a result of the project - 1 piece; Status: completed

The indicator concerns the innovative telemedicine platform introduced to the market that integrates the care system for seniors, including people with disabilities, and is used for comprehensive care management.

Number of innovative solutions introduced to the market (commercialized) as a result of the project - 1 piece; Status: completed

The indicator concerns an innovative solution introduced to the market in the form of the original "5Care" senior care system.

Number of innovative technologies developed in the enterprise as a result of the project - 1 piece; Status: completed

The indicator concerns the telemedicine platform developed as part of the project, integrating the care system for seniors, including people with disabilities, and used for comprehensive care management in a nursing home.

Number of innovative processes developed in the enterprise as a result of the project – 1 piece; Status: completed

The indicator concerns the innovative telemedicine platform introduced to the market that integrates the care system for seniors, including people with disabilities, and is used for comprehensive care management.

Number of innovative solutions developed in the enterprise as a result of the project - 1 piece; Status: completed

The indicator concerns an innovative solution developed as part of the project in the form of the original "5Care" senior care system.

The facility has implemented:

1) Original "5Care" senior care system

2) IT platform integrating the original senior care system

3) A model senior room, i.e. Senior Smart Room.

It was also developed in cooperation with a selected research and development unit in a broad sense guidelines, standards, procedures, algorithms and action paths within the scope of the designated philosophy care for seniors.

The 24-hour care home based on the proprietary "5Care" senior care system  provide care based on 5 standardized elements, starting from the medical, therapeutic and rehabilitation consultation phase, ending with the selection of personalized care tools. Combination of developed technology with an original care system for seniors, "5Care" is a unique model for running senior care facilities on a national scale. It is the first solution on the market that  comprehensively integrate all areas of nursing home operations and allow interactive access for all users. The original "5Care" system of care for seniors, which involves reversing the proportions used in traditional care for the elderly in Poland, where standard pharmacological treatment and selective rehabilitation dominate, and replacing it with "anti-aging" prevention, which has a dominant position in the care scheme. The unique selection of tools for the interdisciplinary therapeutic team guarantee therapeutic progress through the wide availability of services and the possibility of changing therapy methods.

The life band cooperating within the IT platform is the easiest device to use and most eliminates the possibility of a senior making a mistake in an emergency situation.  At the same time, thanks to the combination of the alarm function with activity monitoring, the care staff has constant supervision over the senior. The telemedicine wristband is a waterproof medical device. It has two-way voice communication and syncope detection. The SOS button is adapted to visually impaired and blind seniors and is marked in Braille. The wristbands monitor vital parameters and have a syncope detection function. The wristband automatically sends an alarm notification to the caregiver on the platform, along with geolocation, and initiate a voice call, thanks to which it will be possible to quickly reach the person. older. The telemedicine system allows you to: manage wristbands, view data, generate reports, receive alarm signals, attach descriptions and notes, and assign measurement standards.

The project beneficiaries are:

a) elderly people - residents of the facility (maximum occupancy of the facility is 93 people);

b) people employed at the facility (20 people on the project completion date);

c) MAREN sp. z o. o., which, as a result of the project implementation, will achieve:

- growth annual turnover by 138.30%;

- annual growth net operating profits by 174.60%

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