As you can imagine, those in assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and senior living communities can feel quite isolated at times. Some are battling mobility issues, others may be suffering from a memory condition. And with COVID-19, many residents were feeling downright depressed with very little contact with their family even.
Symtech Solutions offers a variety of patient engagement solutions, along with our life safety communication systems, including digital whiteboards, resident tablets, and interactive TV. Below, we'll go over the importance of improving your residents' entertainment. Contact us for a customized solution for your long-term care facility today!
Improves Cognitive Health
Your brain is a muscle that needs to be exercised regularly. While you are young, this is no problem at all. You are constantly active and learning new things. However, as you age and especially as your mobility becomes affected, your cognitive health can begin to decline. By providing resident engagement solutions, such as resident tablets, seniors can engage in games, keep up with the news, read books, and more all from the palm of their hands.
Improves Emotional Health
Residents most definitely suffered emotionally without being able to see their friends and family during COVID-19. We all need to feel connected to others, and with no one to share our lives with, life can begin to decline. Resident tablets and other forms of communication, such as video conferencing apps, can help residents stay connected to their friends and family, improving their emotional health.
Allows Residents to Stay Connected
The world can change a lot in a year, and for those in senior living facilities, these changes often go by unnoticed. By helping to improve resident entertainment options, such as with interactive TV, you can help residents to stay connected to the world around them. They can watch documentaries about important dilemmas of the day, as well as the daily news. This helps with both their mental and emotional health.
Can Give Them a Purpose
Many seniors report a lack of purpose once they retire and get older. It can seem like no one needs them anymore; their kids are grown, they have "work" they report to every day, and even some of their friends and loved ones have passed away. However, by having access to the important events of the day, being able to utilize video conferencing, and staying connected to those in their resident community with activities and events, residents can feel as if they have a purpose once more.
Birmingham Green Resident Tablets
Symtech Solutions recently installed a new life safety system at Birmingham Green that included not only an updated nurse call system, but also resident tablets to help residents feel more connected to others. We offered customized resident tablets with features such as large icons, touch screens, and a closed loop dashboard for security. Each tablet had a keyboard, which residents find useful as they are surfing the internet or typing. Residents now have access to their community, games, entertainment, and family — forming a win/win for all.
CHOOSE SYMTECH SOLUTIONS TODAY
Symtech Solutions takes pride in partnering with long-term care facilities, nursing homes, senior living communities, and the like to offer the best in resident engagement solutions, such as tablets, to help the obtain a great overall health and well-being. By improving a residents' health, they can find value and purpose once again in their later years. Get in touch to schedule a consultation for our resident engagement systems today!