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Elsi® Smart Floor and Kustaankartano study conclusions Draft

• Elsi® Smart Floor saves nurses’ time and influences positively
to the working environment creating a feeling of safety among
nurses and enhancing the quality of care.

• It helps to prevent accidents and keeps nurses informed and
up-to-date on the residents’ condition and abilities: for example,
sleeping medication can be adjusted individually based on the
data provided by the Smart Care User Interface.

• Elsi® Smart Floor has an enormous effect in elderly care when
installed and implemented properly in addition to active use
by nursing staff, not to forget the importance of the managers’
strong support.

• Elsi® Smart Floor helped the nurses in targeting their fall
prevention efforts individually to those with a high risk of falling
- monthly diurnal changes in falls before and during Elsi® Smart
Floor usage are presented in the “injuries reduced” table.

In conclusion, Elsi® Smart Floor turned out to be a quality improvement tool for nursing managers as well as to nurses.

I’ve already worked in multiple centres
with Elsi ® Smart Floors, and the system has be-
come a significant partner for the staff. The most
important factor is the calmness it brings.
The invisible smart floors enable staff and resi-
dents to feel at ease. Safety has a hugely positive
impact on the entire nursing home.

- Jaana Pilvinen, Head Nurse,
Service Center Eeden in Kustaankartano, Helsinki, Finland

Customer Case Example, Mansikkapaikka Assisted Living Apartments,
Rauma, Finland

The Mansikkapaikka has assisted living apartments for 45 Thanks to Elsi ® Smart Floor’s alarms and
elderly residents with Alzheimer’s disease, and was established movement detection, night staff is able to observe
in Rauma in 2011. The apartments include welfare technology when a resident leaves the room; when someone
to support care work, which allows Mansikkapaikka to provide has fallen, or when a person spends unusually long
individual care and safety for all residents. In addition to the time in the toilet. It has allowed more resources to
assisted living for the elderly, the centre also provides other be assigned to individual care work.
daily activities for senior citizens.
- Marja-Leena Saramo, Service Manager, Mansikkapaikka
In the past, Mansikkapaikka had a nurse in each ward, but now, Assisted Living Apartments, Rauma, Finland
the new Elsi® Smart Floor innovation has allowed resources to
be assigned to individual care work. Marja-Leena Saramo also
noted that they would struggle to cope with their care work this
well, if the Elsi® Smart Floor was not there to support staff and
all the residents. Nowadays, Mansikkapaikka handles the night
shifts with one nurse less - thanks to Elsi® Smart Floor.