Safety in Care Homes

Creating Safer Care Environments for Residents and Staff

Safety is at the heart of quality care. Care homes face increasing challenges in supporting residents with complex needs while ensuring staff can respond quickly to incidents, emergencies and requests for assistance.

Keeping Residents Safe Around the Clock

Falls, walking with purpose, medical emergencies and delayed response times remain some of the biggest challenges facing UK care homes. Residents are often living with reduced mobility, frailty, dementia or long-term health conditions, increasing their vulnerability.

When incidents occur, staff need to know immediately so they can provide timely support and intervention.

Care home staff supporting residents during mealtime in a communal dining area

Common Safety Challenges in Care Homes

Falls and Mobility Risks

Residents can experience falls in bedrooms, bathrooms and communal areas, often when attempting activities independently.

Delayed Assistance

When residents cannot easily alert staff, response times may increase and incidents can escalate.

Purposeful Walking and Exit Risks

Residents living with dementia may leave safe areas unnoticed, placing them at risk.

Night-Time Monitoring

Reduced staffing levels overnight can make it harder to identify concerns quickly.

Communication Challenges

Staff need clear, reliable information about who requires assistance and where help is needed.

How Possum Helps

Supporting Safer Care Through Technology

Possum solutions help care providers improve safety without compromising dignity, independence or quality of life.

Care worker supporting an older wheelchair user outdoors to promote safe, independent living

Faster Access to Assistance

Residents can quickly request help using accessible call points, pendants and nursecall solutions.

Healthcare professional using a nurse call device to respond quickly to resident needs

Early Identification of Issues

Monitoring solutions help highlight risks before they become major incidents.

Care professionals reviewing resident information to identify potential risks early

Improved Staff Awareness

Clear alerts and notifications help staff identify, prioritise and respond to resident needs.

Care worker engaging with residents in a care home to support personalised care

Enhanced Independence

Residents maintain greater confidence knowing help is available when needed.

Couple relaxing together at home with confidence and independence

ProTECtor – Staff protection system

ProTECtor is a wireless staff protection system that enables staff to raise emergency alarms and share their location, helping ensure a rapid response when assistance is needed.

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The ProTECtor Staff Protection System featuring wireless staff alarm devices, location receivers, control unit and personal emergency alarm pendant for care homes and healthcare environments.

Wandersafe

WanderSafe is a discreet wandering management system that helps protect vulnerable residents by monitoring movement and alerting staff when individuals enter restricted areas or attempt to leave a designated safe zone.