The daily routine of residents in nursing homes and facilities for the disabled consists of various rituals, check-ups, therapies, and personalized activities tailored to each individual’s clinical needs and level of fragility. Each day is different, and often, the activities performed go unnoticed by family members, who may imagine their loved ones in a state of abandonment, with hours passing slowly between meals.
However, this perception is often entirely incorrect. In modern facilities, residents’ days are spent in common areas, taking walks in gardens or courtyards, and participating in activities organized by the educational or recreational services to maintain their residual abilities. Socialization, recreational and motor activities, and physiotherapy are just as crucial to our loved ones’ well-being as the administration of therapy, medical check-ups, and specific healthcare services provided by the department doctor and nurses.
Unfortunately, family members often lack awareness of how much is being done (or potentially not done) to make the resident’s day as pleasant and well-assisted as possible. This leads to a subtle (but sometimes sharp) sense of abandonment, imagining their loved ones waiting in a dark room as time passes slowly, while they are caught up in the whirlwind of work, children, and numerous responsibilities that consume the time they wish to dedicate to themselves and others. Visits, although frequent, are precious and intimate moments that provide comfort. However, once they leave the facility, that sense of emptiness can return. This situation becomes even more challenging when the hospitalization is due to illnesses that impair memory and the ability to share daily experiences, making it difficult for the loved one to recount their day, their struggles, and the pleasant moments that bring genuine smiles.
To maintain this precious, intimate dialogue, TapMyLife has developed a solution aptly named CONNECTED CARE. This system provides an “informatization of humanization”: an automatic messaging system that, through highly parameterized geolocation, keeps residents and their families connected in a simple and automatic manner.
With CONNECTED CARE, family members receive constant updates on their loved one’s location (room, common area, garden, medical or physiotherapy rooms) in real-time, allowing them to “participate” in the resident’s daily life, whether they are there for rehabilitation or a longer stay.
This lightweight, lean solution carries significant emotional and relational weight for those with hospitalized relatives and serves as a concrete aid for exemplary facilities to certify the high standard of care provided to their residents.
