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What is Emergency Video Verification?
Emergency Video Verification is an option that allows a monitoring center personnel or preauthorized care circle members to view footage captured by private cameras in the home if and only if a personal emergency response system (PERS) signals a medical alert. The monitoring center agent or Care Circle member who received the alert will review the footage to determine whether or not an emergency event has taken place.
Emergency Video Verification enables quicker, more accurate emergency service responses and reduces false alarms. Emergency Video Verification is only utilized in the event of an emergency. Access will expire after a short period, and the camera will return to privacy mode.
How does Kami Vision integrate Emergency Video Verification into its fall detection solutions?
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AI-Based Fall Detection: Kami Fall Detect and KamiCares' system uses edge-based vision AI to analyze video feeds from cameras placed in the home or assisted living facility. The AI is trained to recognize the patterns of movement associated with falls.
- Human Verification: When the AI detects a potential fall, it immediately sends a blurred video clip to a trusted, trained expert. This expert reviews the blurred Kami Fall Detect or KamiCare video clip of the potential fall to confirm whether it was an actual fall or a false alarm (e.g., someone bending down or sitting). This step helps to minimize false alerts.
- Real-Time Alerts: Once the fall is verified by the trusted expert, appropriate care staff or trusted family members are notified so they can take immediate action. For KamiCare, assisted living caregivers would respond to the incident in the resident's room. With Kami Fall Detect, a trusted family member is notified via SMS. If a trusted contact does not respond and the individual who fell can't be reached, Kami Fall Detect notifies a central monitoring station who can dispatch emergency services to the home.
Key Features that Enhance KamiCare Accuracy:
- Infrared Technology: The cameras use infrared technology to detect falls even in low-light conditions, ensuring 24/7 monitoring.
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Privacy Protection: Video clips sent for expert verification are blurred to protect the individual's privacy, and only potential fall events are reviewed by human experts.
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Multiple Sensors: The system can include multiple sensors, providing coverage in different areas of the home or facility.
By combining AI with human oversight, Kami Fall Detect and KamiCare aim to provide a reliable and accurate fall detection system that enables timely assistance and promotes the safety and well-being of individuals in their homes or assisted living communities.
Knowing what’s going on with your seniors can be significant. This is especially true if you’re providing in-home care for them. Secure, human verification of potential falls allows you to understand events you wouldn’t otherwise be able to and significantly impact seniors everywhere.
Emergency Video Verification is critical now that more seniors are choosing to "age in place."
Aging in place refers to the concept of older adults living in their own homes and communities safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income, or ability level. This approach emphasizes the importance of maintaining familiar surroundings and social connections, which can significantly enhance the quality of life for seniors.
By adapting their living environments and utilizing available resources, such as home modifications and community support services, individuals can continue to enjoy their independence and autonomy. Aging in place not only supports the emotional and psychological well-being of seniors but also often proves to be a more cost-effective alternative to institutional care.
In the last ten years, we have seen a boom in older adults actively choosing to remain independent as long as possible and do so in the comforts of their own homes. According to one AARP survey, roughly 90% of American seniors wish to live at home for as long as possible. More and more businesses understand this fact and are making adjustments to improve daily living through advanced technology. Emergency video verification like what KamiCare or Kami Fall Detect offer today can be a tool used by those choosing aging-in-place and the families that worry about them.
