Heritage Northcote Unveils Revolutionary SleepSense Technology

Heritage Care is proud to be one of Australia’s first aged care providers to roll out the Talius Sleep Sense bed sensor – revolutionary new technology that aids the care, safety and dignity of residents while they sleep.

Heritage Care have introduced SleepSense’s cutting-edge technology to the newly opened Heritage Northcote Home, offering residents a higher level of quality care, backed by data.

What is the Talius SleepSense bed sensor?

The SleepSense is an innovative, non-wearable bed sensor that addresses the most critical areas of senior safety—fall prevention and health emergency alerts.

Using high-precision sensors and an algorithm, the sensor analyses residents' vital signs and sleep cycles. This data is monitored continuously and transferred to the Talius platform.

Talius gives the entire Heritage Care team visibility of all residents on a single screen with real-time data and provides proactive alerts when needed.

SleepSense also offers complete peace of mind for families of vulnerable patients, as the data collected can be shared to ensure their loved one is receiving the best possible care.

Heritage Care nursing staff receive updated data reports every 10 minutes and are sent an immediate notification alert if something isn’t quite right. In the event of a medical emergency, the Talius platform provides immediate intervention and can even trigger a 24/7 emergency response such as an ambulance.

Benefits for residents and their families

SleepSense has many benefits—it can monitor sleep quality, heart rate, breathing rate, and even automatically switch on a nightlight to help residents find their way to the bathroom in the dark.

Ailiene Faccin, Residence Manager at Heritage Northcote, says SleepSense technology is far superior to the outdated sensor mats that were traditionally used since the 1980s.

“As SleepSense is an electronic system, we don’t have to worry about sensor mats, which we know can fail—and also provide no dignity for the resident. With the SleepSense being placed under the leg or wheel of the bed itself, it provides the Resident with quality uninterrupted sleep that can be monitored from the nurses’ station.

“If residents have people coming into their room every two hours, it can be overwhelming and frightening. Whereas with the SleepSense we don't have to disturb them overnight. This means we do not have to intrude on their privacy and preserves a Resident’s dignity unless necessary” explains Ailiene. Real time data can be reviewed and shared to provide a holistic approach to care.

Trusted technology that improves health and safety outcomes

The Talius platform and sensors work to solve four big challenges faced by the aged care sector: compliance, staff engagement, communication with family, and resident autonomy. Each of these challenges have been identified by Heritage Care as critical to providing quality residential care.

Heritage Care take their compliance incredibly seriously, which is why they have invested in Talius and the SleepSense technology to achieve outstanding compliance every day.

It is technology that Residence Manager, Ailiene is behind 100 per cent.

"I'm very excited about it, in fact I think it's fantastic. I’ve been in aged care for about 14 years and I've never seen it before. This is a great example of how Heritage Care embraces new technology to promote high quality care," says Ailiene. 

"The SleepSense provides safety and peace of mind to let our residents live with comfort, dignity and vitality."

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