Wandering is a serious concern for those who are battling dementia or Altzheimer’s. As the population continues to age, there will be more cases of wandering, some with tragic results.

Symtech Solutions has been offering wandering management tools since 1982. These tools help to keep residents safe while still giving them freedom and mobility. Simple to implement, these powerful tools save lives every year. Below, we’ll take a look at some of the benefits of implementing wandering management tools in your healthcare facility. Contact us today to learn more!

What is Wandering?

Wandering by seniors is where they leave the home and end up getting lost because of their memory condition, most likely dementia or Altzheimer’s. They usually don’t have a destination in mind and can end up many miles away before they are found. In fact, wandering is one of the first signs of the onset of memory and cognitive issues, oftentimes while driving. Seniors wander for many reasons, from searching for something or someone to looking to satisfy basic needs. They could also legitimately want to go for a walk, but they most likely won’t be able to find their way back if they do.

BENEFITS OF WANDERING PREVENTION TOOLS

Keep Residents Safe

Residents cannot be watched 24/7 by staff, and it only takes one moment for someone to wander off and get lost before it is noticed that they are missing. By adopting wandering prevention tools, you’ll keep your residents safe from harm.

Frees Up Staff’s Time

Without wander management tools, your staff will spend an exorbitant amount of time watching residents to ensure they don’t leave the facility. Instead of investing in quality patient care, your staff will constantly be monitoring doorways, hallways, and even windows of patients. This will ultimately impact the quality of patient care.

Offers Peace of Mind

Staff will constantly worry about residents wandering off, which can lead to anxiety, stress, and other health issues down the road. With wander management tools, you staff will have peace of mind during their time at the facility, which creates a better resident experience as well.

Offers Peace of Mind to Family Members

Wandering can be extremely scary for relatives and family, especially if you’ve had a close call with a loved one. Anything can happen when your loved one is wandering, and if it’s extremely hot or cold outside, death can even occur. By having a wandering management system installed at your long-term care facility, such as those offered by Symtech Solutions, the family members can have peace of mind as well.

Better Response Times

When your staff’s time is freed up, they will have better response times to residents who need it the most. They can help prevent injury or falls and respond to more immediate medical concerns without worry.

Prevents Liability Issues

Healthcare facilities assume responsibility for residents under their care. If one of your residents wanders off and the worst happens, you are responsible and can be held liable for their death. This can mean your healthcare facility could be shut down if the settlement is high. By investing in a wandering management system, you can ward off these liability issues.

BENEFITS OF HAVING WEARABLE PENDANTS FOR PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS

Call For Help From Anywhere

Residents and patients can still have their independence while having the comfort of knowing they can call for help from anywhere in the facility. Incase of an emergency and if someone falls, wearable pendants can be worn activated easily.

Indoor and Outdoor Coverage

Pendant users can call for help where ever coverage is designated including outdoor areas like a court yard.

Can Be Worn With Multiple Ways

Pendants can be worn as a bracelet or can be worn as a necklace.

Durability & Waterproofing

Pendants are durable and water resistant. Users can wear them in a shower without the worry of it malfunctioning.

CHOOSE SYMTECH SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR WANDERING MANAGEMENT TOOLS TODAY

Easy-to-wear and stylish bracelets, Symtech Solutions partners with Accutech to offer wander management solutions for your hospital, assisted living, or long-term care facility. With strategic monitors placed around the perimeter of your building, an alarm will sound if a resident breeches the barrier. This will allow your staff to safely move the residents back to the safe zone. In addition, your residents are able to wander around freely with this technology without worry on your end. Our wander management solutions can be customized to fit your particular needs. You can have lights that turn on and other staff notified as well.

One of the key benefits of this wander management tool is that it can be integrated with your other healthcare facility’s technology, such as your nurse call system. You can be alerted on your phone, radios, pagers, or through the nursing dashboard. You won’t have to worry about outside interference either from other radio waves. You can be notified of open doors and of low battery power on the wristbands. Our wander management tools come with 24/7 tech support as well, so if you have questions or a problem, we can help and get your service and/or devices up again quickly. This system is affordable and offers superb quality. Durable, this wander management system will last.

Symtech Solutions has been an industry-leader in safety communication devices for healthcare facilities since 1982. We’ve consistently delivered cutting-edge technology-based solutions to hospitals, medical centers, doctor’s offices, long-term care centers, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities that have improved both patient and staff safety, as well as communication. Our services help healthcare facilities streamline their processes, improving both patient care and employee satisfaction rates. We design, install, and train your staff on our products, and we offer 24/74 customer support.

Besides wander management solutions, we offer digital whiteboards that help with shift changes and make staff communication easier, infant security systems to prevent newborn kidnappings, RTLS systems that can help locate staff, patients, and equipment, and panic buttons and public address systems. Our nurse call system is top-notch and works seamlessly with our wander management system. We also offer Mimo Touch-free Temperature Screening Kiosks that can screen visitors and employees for any symptoms of infection or diseases, such as COVID-19. We also offer emergency nurse call systems for when you’re in a healthcare crisis.

Our mission is to help make the job of healthcare providers easier by leveraging technology and streamlining processes, such as helping to eliminate paperwork, that then translates into better patient care. We offer free webinars that detail our products and services. You can ask questions and watch our products in action. We invite you to visit our website, and sign up today!