An emergency button only helps if it is pressed. A fall detector raises the alarm even when nobody can do that any more.
Conventional home emergency alarms assume that someone can still act after a fall. That is often not the case – due to unconsciousness, pain, confusion, or because the device is on the bedside table and the fall happened in the bathroom. Many people also take the button off because it bothers them or because they do not want to need it.
A fall sensor turns this around: it detects the fall itself and reports it without anyone having to do anything. An SOS button is also available – but it is no longer the condition for help to arrive.
With us, this alert does not go to an anonymous control centre but into the same app in which the care diary is kept. Relatives see it immediately, even from a distance.
Readings on their own help nobody. What helps is an interpretation. That is why the evaluation follows fixed rules and ends in a traffic light: red means act immediately, amber means check, grey means maintenance. You do not need to read a graph to know whether you have to get in the car.
| Detection | Trigger | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Fall alert from the sensor | red – act immediately |
| Smoke | Smoke detector | red – act immediately |
| Out of bed for a long time | more than 20 minutes | amber – check |
| Door or window open | more than 15 minutes | amber – check |
| Room temperature | below 18 or above 26 degrees | amber – check |
| Humidity | above 70 per cent | amber – check |
| Battery low | below 20 per cent | grey – maintenance |
| Sensor silent | no signal for 24 hours | grey – maintenance |
The last row is the most important one and is missing in many systems: a sensor that no longer reports anything is not a good sensor – it is a broken one. Without this check, silence is mistaken for safety.
In the assessment, falls and restlessness at night come under mobility (module 1) and behaviour (module 3). Both are regularly underestimated because they do not show on the day of the assessment and nobody keeps a record at night.
Every sensor alert is an entry with date and time. When applying for a higher care level, that is more reliable than any memory.
Yes, that is the whole point. Fall detection is triggered automatically via the motion sensor – without anyone having to find, reach or press a button. There is also an SOS button, but it is not a prerequisite.
The alert is passed via the central unit into the system and appears as a red finding in the app – for all authorised users at the same time, including relatives in another location. The incident remains documented and is added to the history.
The sensors communicate wirelessly with the central unit, which needs an internet connection. No separate computer is required, and nobody has to operate anything.
No cameras and no microphones are used. What is recorded is movement, falls, door and window contacts, temperature, humidity and smoke. Who may see the data is governed by access rights.
The mobile Flex Pro 2 wristband also detects falls on the go and has GPS location and geofencing: you define a safe zone, such as the flat, garden or neighbourhood. If the person leaves this area, the wristband notifies the stored contacts with the location.
The fall sensor on its own €249.00; the complete sensor kit with central unit, motion, room climate, door and window sensors, smoke detector and fall sensor €550.00. Each a one-off payment, plus €9.90 shipping.
Care-Assistant keeps the care diary digitally: entries in seconds, evaluation according to the six modules of the assessment, report as a PDF for the long-term care insurance fund and the Medical Service (MD).
€9.50 per month, cancel anytime. incl. 19% VAT