Feros Care is a multi-award winning non-profit company providing responsive, individualized  lifestyle and  care services to seniors, carers and people living with a disability living at home.

With a proud history of providing services for over 20 years, and known for their innovation in service delivery and service options.  Feros Care is a flexible organization distinguished by their client centred mission, promoting the status of older people, and actively supporting their rights to lifestyle choices, advocacy and independence.

 Feros Care can now offer your patients Personal Alarms with NO installation or upfront costs through the Social Support Monitoring Program whose target group is people who are older, have a disability and their carers who reside in the Hastings area. The program may also provide direct care hours to help people undertake shopping, attend medical appointments, social outings and to provide respite for carers.  The Social Support Monitoring Program is funded by the Australian Government and Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Department of Human Services NSW.

 The NEW Feros Care LIFE LINK personal alarm technology range includes other smart assistive devices and environmental devices which do not require the patient to remember to wear an alarm or even push a button in the event of an emergency.

Examples of the subsidized assistive technologies available under the program include:

Falls Detectors – for people who are prone to falling, becoming unconscious and subsequently unable to physically activate or press an alarm button.  This device is worn on the body just like a personal alarm however, it has an in built microprocessor and an alarm call is activated through impact and the change in angle of mercury level.

Bed Sensors – for people who go to the bathroom of a night time and do not wear their personal alarm or falls detector and are at risk of falls or who may become disoriented during the night.  If a patient has not returned to bed in the appropriate time set for them (ascertained at time of assessment) then an alarm call will be activated.  This sensor can also be programmed to have a lamp automatically come on once a patient’s body weight has come off the sensor providing light for safety and guidance back to the bedroom. The lamp will also then dim over 5 seconds once the person has returned to bed so there is no sudden ‘lights out’.

Passive Infer Red Sensor (PIR) – for people who live alone and is designed to detect inactivity in the home and activate an alarm call .  If the sensor does not detect movement in certain areas in the home during two pre-determined  time periods (set according to the patients daily activities) then an alarm call will be raised. This device is now seen as essential for all clients of Feros Care as it ensures no-one will be left for extended periods of time unaided following an unforeseen accident or event.

For more information on any of the assistive devices or a demonstration of all the assistive technologies at your next practice meeting call  Bridgette Clarke on 1300 763 583.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm and is filed under Company Info.