How Floor Pressure Mats Ensure Safety Of Dementia Patients

Your elderly dependent needs you the most when they are suffering from dementia. They can leave the bed and roam around the house unknowingly. This can lead to injuries. It is smart, in such a situation to add security measures to ensure your seniors and patients of dementia are completely safe. Thankfully, floor sensor mats are a good addition to home care, nursing homes, and hospitals.

These mats are extremely durable are reliable. You can place a floor pressure mat near the patient’s bed to make sure you get alert whenever the patient leaves the bed and puts their feet on it. The alert message is sent through either a pager or a nurse call system. The carer, once received the alarm, can easily provide help to the patient within a couple of minutes.

Features of Floor Pressure Mats

Floor pressure mats manufactured by UK’s Frequency Precision have earned great popularity nationwide. The reason for this popularity is the IS0 9001 Quality Management standard they keep on maintaining. Besides, the company is first to introduce its patent Airlert technology on which many of its telehealth devices are based.

These 560mm X 720mm X 3mm floor pressure mats are very reliable due to the supreme quality and making of the product. The notable features and specifications of the floor sensor mats are the following:

Durable Barrier Mat

This optional item is meant for providing safety and prolonged life to the mat. It can easily be machine-washed.

Strong Anti-Slip Base

The high-quality fabric is meant to keep the mat intact so that the patient or others don’t fall down.

Solid Longer Leads

You also get a five-metre long lead for the purpose of connecting the mat with your call system.

Hard-Wearing Design

The floor pressure mats are hand-glued which makes them even more durable.

Heavy-Duty Rubber

The rubber attached on the edges and corners prevent trips and falls.

How the caregiver receives the alert?

The floor pressure mat is attached either through a call system with the help of a wire or wirelessly to a pager (bleeper or text). When the patient treads on the mat, the carer receives an alarm or message on their call system or pager.

Nurse Call System

One of the most astonishing things about these mats is they are compatible with most nurse call system available in the market. The compatible devices are

• Medicare

• Courtney-Thorne

• Aidcall

• C-Tec

• Intercall

• Quantec

The nurse call system comes in the Floor Pressure Mat Kit along with a splitter plug which is recommended by the FP’s professionals on ordering.

Bleeper Pager

The next kit of floor pressure mat contains a bleeper pager which is connected wirelessly. The range of the wireless alarm goes to as much as 400m away in normal conditions. The transmitter box is 90.5mm X 45.5mm X 32.5mm in size and runs on 2 x AA Alkaline batteries (provided in the kit) which have a life span of up to 12 months.

You can carry the bleeper pager anywhere around the house with you. The bleeper pager vibrates, flashes or beeps when the patient treads on the mat.

Text Pager

Another kit of floor pressure mat includes a text pager and a control box. It’s very easy to connect the control box to one or more text pagers at once for a wireless connection between the pager and the floor pressure mat. When the battery is low, the control box flashes a light to notify the caregiver.

You can keep the control box near the bed or wall-mounted. The pager can be taken to any of the room or your garden. Whenever the patient steps on the floor pressure mat, the text pager will receive a message.

To Conclude

Many carers are concerned about the constant need of a patient (especially having dementia or Alzheimer’s). A floor pressure mat by Frequency Precision has proved to be very helpful for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia.