{"id":373,"date":"2021-10-21T10:41:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/?p=373"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:35:16","slug":"tochtech-solutions-powering-research-for-improved-senior-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/2021\/tochtech-solutions-powering-research-for-improved-senior-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Tochtech solutions powering research for improved senior care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Tochtech solutions powering research for improved senior care\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Tochtech\u2019s seniors-focused solutions are the basis for two significant research projects taking place this&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"s2\">October.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Both these Mitacs sponsored projects are looking to understand how the senior care industry which has faced many challenges in the last two years, can benefit from technology and innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tochtech.com\/2021\/10\/tochtech-solutions-powering-research-for-improved-senior-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Night Time Bed Occupancy Project <\/b><\/a>is focused on better supporting staff caring for Persons Living with Dementia (PLWD) within assisted living and other communal living models.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>One key symptom of dementia is disorientation for time and\/or place that can lead to a disruption in the circadian rhythm. A result of this, is that PLWD can wake overnight and be confused about when and\/or where they are, leading to them exiting their bed and wandering that can include leaving their own room in a care home, <span class=\"s2\">or potentially falling and not being detected until someone happens to check on them. Researchers are using Tochtech\u2019s Sleepsense bed monitor to assess if the sensor system will improve staff ability to support residents that have exited beds through more effective response and staff efficiency. Collaborating parties on this 6-month project include SAM<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> (researches from Carleton, Breyere and UOttawa),<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; Bruy\u00e8re<\/span>&nbsp;Continuing Care, Courtyards Senior Residences and Tochtech Technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tochtech\u2019s seniors-focused solutions are the basis for two significant research projects taking place this&nbsp;October.&nbsp;Both these Mitacs sponsored projects are looking to understand how the senior care industry which has faced many challenges in the last two years, can benefit from technology and innovation. Night Time Bed Occupancy Project is focused on better supporting staff caring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tochtech"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}