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Sensors Used for Tracking in Retirement Community

  • Fortune, Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:21 AM
Most residents at Episcopal Senior Communities’ six continuing care facilities roam the grounds wearing a pendant that connects them with a tap of a button to the staff via a Wi-Fi network. The pendants can also track the residents as they move about the property, enter and exit their rooms and request care. Other connected sensors can track staff, ensure that medicines are stored at the proper temperatures and prevent residents from wandering off the property by locking doors.

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