Just 2 years ago the team at Stack thought we could do something special using the spatial awareness experience we had accumulated; taking that knowledge and building on our machine learning capabilities we added some critical data science expertise and, hey presto, the recipe was complete… StackCare was born.
As the product has developed, Stack has worked with a number of Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) to pilot, refine and roll-out the 24/7 individualized safety monitoring product. Customer notifications such as morning wake alert and bathroom overstays helped to detect potential falls and elopement events. We’ve also been providing insights into data care and analytics like activity levels and bathroom use making CCRC care staff more efficient and allowing them to respond quickly to events where they normally had no visibility.
CCRC space availability is limited and demographics are shifting as our society gets older; this means more of us than ever before will be aging at home. But let’s face it, that’s what most of us want to do anyway! Independence is a keyword for almost everyone, although we know that our adult children worry about us we also really don’t like the idea of cameras or microphones or having to wear tracking devices.
Some of us here at Stack have experienced exactly this situation with our own parents and grandparents and this culminated one day with someone saying “I need StackCare for my Mom!”. As we talked to more people we came to understand the scale of worry and anxiety that folks have not knowing if their Mom, or Dad, or Grandma, are ok and the fact that they’d really like a simple solution which would fulfill both sides' wishes.
StackCare @home is the result. As I write we’re in Beta testing stages, hence the website overhaul, and we’ll soon be opening the shop with expected first deliveries over the next 2-3 months. (Watch out for specials for early-bird customers!).
Here’s to having a positive impact on seniors’ lives, allowing them to stay in their home as long as possible, and providing peace of mind for their families!
Nigel Mould CEO - StackCare