Efficacy of Bed Mattress Sensor for Detecting Pre-fall Activities and Preventing Bedside Falls in Elderly in Residential Setting

The new sensor pad can detect any bed-exit activities, including stirring, sitting up, leaving, and out-of-bed. Audible message and alert to care staff can be customised in each participant. Whenever the system detects a change of bed-exit activity, an audible message will be played in the control box next to the resident's bed reminding the resident not to leave and that a care staff shall arrive shortly. Care staff at the nurse station will simultaneously receive the alert, as a sound and a visual figure on the dashboard, with the location and body position of the resident, and be prompted for a rapid and appropriate response. Care staff are allowed to customise each resident's alert settings, including time to alert and notification method.