MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Based on
its recent analysis of the personal emergency response systems
(PERS) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes BeClose with the
2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology
Innovation of the Year for its innovative BeClose System and its
applications in the “aging independently” environment.
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While PERS have provided a health monitoring service for the
elderly for many years, the systems are highly simplistic and
provide little in the form of actual prevention and life
management. They only notify in the case of an event, and in many
cases it is too late. The BeClose System has successfully addressed
these challenges by allowing caregivers to monitor behavior
patterns, thus enabling an active form of management and prevention
that is desperately needed.
“The traditional PERS market heavily relies on the fear aspect
of in-home elderly monitoring, but does little to address the true
management and preventative opportunities made possible by in-home
elderly monitoring systems,” says Frost & Sullivan research
Analyst Industry Manager Zachary Bujnoch. “This preventative aspect
is where BeClose’s solution goes beyond the traditional basic PERS
offering, with BeClose striving to enhance and improve upon
conventional PERS offerings.”
BeClose’s solution is made of three main components – the
peripheral sensors, the base station, and the online monitoring
website. The sensors go beyond the simple panic pendant to provide
a system that really enables the caregiver or loved one to assess
someone in an active and preventative manner. Motion and pressure
sensors allow the monitoring of any changes in habitual behaviors.
There are also many specific sensor types supporting this active
monitoring system such as bed, chair, door, window, toi
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