Current survey shows that over 90% of nursing staff in Germany want to use digital technologies

Berlin, 18 April 2023. There is growing pressure on care homes to meet the high expectations in terms of quality of care and the safety of their residents. At the same time, staff shortages, high turnaround and continuously rising staffing and energy costs pose major challenges for management and operators. A losing battle? Not when one dares to bet on digital innovations to support care workers. These systems help to increase the quality of care and to objectively log all incidents. And they do so automatically, without the time-consuming manual entry of incidents and readings. This relieves the strain on staff by taking over repetitive administrative tasks, freeing up time to dispense care through physical interaction. What is even more important in the long term, however, is that digital technologies can help to increase satisfaction among nursing staff and thus reduce staff turnover. The residents also benefit from the reduced workload digital tools afford their caregivers: when nursing staff have more time for human contact, their happiness level increases, making their experience of the facility more enjoyable.

Current survey shows that over 90 % of nursing staff would like to use digital technologies in the future

Why are new technologies so rarely used in care homes to date? Does it only come down to budgetary concerns or is it perhaps due to the inadequate digital infrastructure of our care homes? As the Nobi survey shows, almost 80% of all facilities do not have stable and reliable wi-fi in all rooms. However, it is not due to a lack of interest on the part of nursing staff. According to the March 2023 survey, caregivers have a very positive attitude towards the use of digital systems. More than 96 % of the respondents are convinced that these tools will play an important or even very important role in their daily work in the future. 94% are happy to integrate these technologies into their daily work.

"Increased quality and safety - decreased costs and pressure"

"Increased quality and safety - decreased costs and pressure": Vera Led, Head of the DACH market at Nobi, will outline approaches and concrete examples during her presentation at the Forum of the Altenpflege Trade Fair (26 April, Forum Hall 7a, from 11 to 11.30 a.m.). She will explain how the smart lamps help operators to improve working conditions for their staff and at the same time increase the quality of care through totally reliable fall detection.

Pilot test shows that 80% more falls reported thanks to Nobi

In her talk, Vera Led will also present concrete results of a pilot test in the Gerstjens Care Home in Belgium. Here, over a period of six months from August 2022 onwards, 62 falls were detected in the 20 rooms equipped with Nobi lamps. This result surprised and at the same time frightened everyone involved: 80% more falls were detected in the Nobi rooms during the test period than in the comparable number of rooms without the system. It can therefore be assumed that, without Nobi, many falls remain undetected. Residents who are able to get up independently after a fall often do not report it, often out of a sense of shame or because they do not want to be a nuisance. However, those affected are hardly aware that even small, seemingly harmless incidents can sometimes have major consequences. Thanks to Nobi, the staff at Gerstjens Care Home now have an overview of 100% of all fall incidents and can provide help quickly after a fall if needed. ​ Even falls that would otherwise have remained under the radar because residents could still get up independently after a fall are now reported in the care file. This works automatically, without staff having to enter everything manually into the file.

"We at Nobi are delighted with the results of this pilot project. It shows that our smart lamps can support nursing staff on three levels: by providing quick assistance after a fall, by detecting 100% of all falls and by easing the burden of logging these incidents. Even in the case of minor incidents with hidden injuries that would otherwise have only come to light months later," Nobi CEO Roeland Pelgrims comments on the result of the pilot.

Live demo of the smart fall detection lamps Hall 9, C50

A care facility room with a Nobi lamp is set up on the Nobi exhibition stand (Hall 9, C50). Every visitor can test for themselves how Nobi prevents falls by illuminating the room using motion sensors and how the lamp reacts to a fall and communicates with the person who has fallen. It is also possible to follow live how Nobi reports the fall incident to the digital end device (mobile phone or Ipad) of the nursing staff and thus summons help within seconds in an emergency.

Liesbeth Pyck

Head of Marketing and Communication, Nobi

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• +32 499 34 01 95

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Vera Led

Head of DACH, Nobi

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• +43 664 1647435