April 5, 2022
The Lordelo do Ouro and Massarelos Parish Union (UFLOM) promoted a solution that allows monitor the region´s elderly population 24 hours a day, 7 days a day week, through Click2Care technology. This assistance currently accompanies the needs of 80 elderly people.
Click2Care consists of a personal mobile device, handled by the elderly person, and a management platform where all information transmitted can be accessed by competent entities. The call center is operating uninterruptedly and the response is carried out by nurses specialized in monitoring high-risk patients.
The technological solution, which seeks to facilitate access to healthcare, allows for a continuous remote monitoring and guarantees the provision of an immediate response in the event of emergency, through a location and teleassistance system.
In this way, the SOS button available on the mobile device makes it possible to activation, if necessary, and when pressed, direct communication with the the central. A telephone connection is then established, which enables assistance immediate response from the team present at the facilities.
According to the UFLOM Social Action Office, this is an initiative that represents “a huge added value, because it makes them feel more protected and accompanied, also leaving more relaxed family members.”
Its easy use by the elderly population is also reinforced. The Cabinet highlights also that the great “advantage of this device is the fact that it “works inside and outside from home, allowing and promoting the mobility of these people”.
Click2Care technological solution helps elderly people remotely – Saúde Online – April 30, 2021