{"id":175882,"date":"2025-03-04T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?p=175882"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:01:39","slug":"smart-device-to-prevent-falls-in-elderly-people-with-cognitive-impairment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/smart-device-to-prevent-falls-in-elderly-people-with-cognitive-impairment\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart device to prevent falls in elderly people with cognitive impairment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1424.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/\">Eurecat<\/a> technology centre has developed a smart device in conjunction with the Sant V\u00edctor nursing home to prevent falls in the elderly. It has been specially designed to stop people with some kind of cognitive impairment and reduced mobility from having accidents as a result of movements they are unable to perform due to their frail health.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for the device, called Sit2Stand, \u2018\u2018emerged from the goal of enhancing the quality of care provided to the elderly in preventing falls, especially for those who are cognitively impaired and have reduced mobility,\u201d says Josep Maria Maci\u00e0, managing director of the Sant V\u00edctor nursing home.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, the Eurecat technology centre has undertaken the development and algorithmic design of the device which \u201cfurnishes a solution to the problem posed by the need to make headway in removing physical or pharmacological restraints and minimising the risk of possible falls that this may entail,\u201d adds Xavi Catas\u00fas, head of Business Development for the Wellness Industries sector at the Eurecat technology centre.<\/p>\n<p>To accomplish this, the device can be configured with different levels of sensitivity to tailor it to each person, has an LED strip that provides visual information and also communicates with a smartphone for setting it up and also for alerting caregivers when a user tries to get up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project is designed for elderly people with cognitive impairment and reduced mobility who are usually seated and often want to get up by themselves, unaware that if they do so they will almost certainly end up falling over,\u201d explains Josep Maria Maci\u00e0.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid this, the Sit2Stand device \u201cis placed on the back of the collar of the user\u2019s shirt because previous studies have shown that attaching it to other areas of the body or clothing might generate false indicators,\u201d notes Xavi Catas\u00fas. By contrast, in this position \u201cthe rocking movement these people make when they want to stand up has been found to be the most sensitive way to get a good reading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSit2Stand is at the stage two technological development level, i.e. it has successfully completed the first testing phase at the Sant V\u00edctor nursing home and is now being tried out with other users and different geriatric facilities.\u201d Furthermore, he thinks that \u201cbased on the results, Eurecat will support the company in configuring the system to ensure it is scalable in any nursing home for the elderly and get to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are more than 55 million people in the world who suffer from cognitive impairment and it is estimated that there will be 139 million by 2050. As Josep Maria Maci\u00e0 points out, this scenario \u201cshows the need for new technologies which enable us to deliver solutions aimed at alleviating the mobility problems they may have as they grow older.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9uHlVv0ccsE\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Video of the innovation<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":173830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742,2284,1422,743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fires-en","category-health","category-mobile-world-congress-en","category-press-notes-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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