What about elder care? Don’t fall detection and monitoring changes in blood pressure or heart rate that may lead to a fall. Not sure why these aren’t standard kit for all seniors homes.
Though, really, I think the biggest benefit of wearables expanding into this space is that they're not 'old people products' like Life Alert. A generally healthy 60-year-old person who doesn't want to 'seem old' is going to be far more comfortable wearing an Apple Watch or similar device, and far more likely to do so consistently.
Ok but this is clearly well past just a "wellness" device, if they are providing these features with these claims, are they going to certify it as a "Medical Device" ? Will they submit it through FDA/CE approval ?
I find that extremely doubtful.
This certainly isn't a good fit for a nursing home. First off, you have general health issues, like thinning skin that tears and cuts easily paired with folks that are in declining health and may or may not have good control of their limbs. Psychological issues and things like dementia is going to make this more difficult as well. One horrible scenario is finding the device covered in feces, since some folks, as their minds degrade, handle their own feces. And I'd hate to have to fight with someone daily to put the device on (other folks won't care).Of course, if your nursing home is staffed well with folks that do their jobs, it probably won't make a difference.
a company that isn't already doing medical devices will be extremely hesitant in approaching any of that
That's the regular checking of BP /Pulse temps etc done in hospitals if our on 4h getting woken in the middle of the night sucks.
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