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Parkinson’s

Caregiving Technology & Wearable Devices for People Living with Parkinson’s

Over one million people have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s in the US alone

Parkinson’s is most noted for its movement (motor) related symptoms, but non-motor symptoms can be even more important.

People with PD are often more impacted by their non-motor symptoms than motor symptoms. Examples of non-motor symptoms include: apathy, depression, constipation, sleep behavior disorders, loss of sense of smell and cognitive impairment.

Source: Parkinson.org

Progression through the stages of Parkinson’s requires care partners to adjust their caregiving to align with the progression of the disease. In the initial phases, independent living is the goal and new, innovative technologies, like Theora Care provide care partners with the situational awareness they need to enable their loved ones to maintain independence as long as possible.

How Theora Care can help in the early stage

Theora Care’s wearable, Theora Connect^™, helps in the initial stages where your loved one is still able to live alone and extends independent living. Unlike some emergency alerts systems for seniors and basic GPS tracker watches, Theora Connect goes beyond simple location tracking and provides key condition information about not only where the loved one is, but also how they are doing. We call this situational awareness — location and condition information in context, so that you can understand and act when needed.

In the early stage of Parkinson’s people are and want to remain active and not advertise their condition. Wearing a life alert system for seniors, Parkinson’s bracelet or other emergency pendants is often undesirable and rejected. We have found that anyone enjoys wearing Theora Connect, because of its non-medical design, looking like a stylish wrist watch, not an undesirably obvious Parkinson’s tracking bracelet.

Theora Connect also has an integrated communication system. Using the accompanying Theora Link Pro^™ Smartphone App, a care partner can use the GPS finder as a Parkinson’s tracking device for location, set up safe zones, understand loved one’s condition and communicate directly with them via cellular or 2-way audio (no button pushing is required), and no extra mobile phone is necessary. The Theora Link Pro Smartphone App monitors for falls with Smart Fall Detection, current activity data with a step counter and location tracking, as well as keeping historical wellness data for analysis. This powerful solution can alert care partners to changing in activity or behavior patterns that may require attention. A caregiver can more proactively manage changes, and get help sooner for their loved one.

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How Theora Care can help in the middle stage

In the mid-stage, falls become more common due to slowness of movement and loss of balance. At this stage, the Theora Connect tracking bracelet and communication device is even more important. The new Smart Fall Detection provides caregivers with notification when a loved one has fallen and instant communications to understand their situation. The smartwatch has an SOS emergency button that allows the loved one to call their primary caregiver for any reason.

Respite Care

Theora Care can also make respite care more comfortable for the care partner. With the Theora Care wearables and sensors, a caregiver has greater confidence that their loved one is well taken care of during respite care. The care partner will not only know where they are, but if there are any changes in activity or behavior that could indicate increased agitation or changes in condition. Even with the best care, the peace of mind of being able to remotely monitor and instantly communicate with a loved one is very beneficial to a care partner.

How Theora Care can help in the late stage

In the late-stages of Parkinson’s, Theora Care can be another set of eyes, performing as a virtual home alert system to assist care partners and caregivers in the care of their loved one. Theora Connect can monitor activity, or lack of activity, with the Theora Connect step-counter feature.Behavioral changes can be seen more quickly, as the wellness data captured provides functionality beyond what a proactive personal emergency response system provides to keep care teams alerted to important changes.

Theora Care helps to deliver the best care, peace of mind for a care partner and the ability to remotely monitor and directly communicate with a loved one.

Customers

Every day we strive to make caregiving a little better and easier.
We are grateful when our families tell us we did just that. Thank you!

“I was on my telephone, had my back turned for just a minute. I hung up, turned around and my wife was gone. I went to our neighbors to check, and they had not seen her leave, either. Three of us were looking for her when I remembered to look at my Theora Link smartphone app and immediately saw where she was located. I called my wife using the auto-answering audio on her Theora Connect watch, asked her if she knew where she was and she said, ‘I don’t know’ but at least I could reach her. She was walking in the middle of the road, she could have been hit by a car or fallen and hit her head. I thought, ‘What would have happened if she hadn’t been wearing the watch?’ It was a lifesaver.”
“No matter what stage (of Alzheimer’s) the watch is one of the most important items you will ever purchase if your loved one wanders. I put it off because I didn’t want to admit what was happening. It looks like a very stylish watch anyone would wear. It has proven invaluable in locating Alan when he gets a stubborn streak and takes off. I would recommend you buy a Theora Care watch sooner rather than later, for more peace of mind and increased safety for your loved one.”
"She's talking to me (from Oregon) rather than pushing a button and getting a stranger. I would never be able to keep this much watch on her from Texas under normal circumstances. It’s not like she has a cell phone. She doesn’t have a computer. She doesn’t even want to think about it, but the watch, she’ll wear.”
While shopping, one of my greatest fears came true and I became separated from my husband, Richard. I did not realize that he had left the store and was wandering outside in the parking lot. Fortunately, I was able to use the Quik Connect 2-way voice feature to get the attention of a Good Samaritan who was near Richard. The Good Samaritan heard me trying to talk to him and was able to help bring him safely back into the store and by my side ... where he’s been for over 50 years
“The Theora Care solution alerted us to my father's behavioral changes, enabling us to intervene before it escalated into an upsetting and costly hospital stay.”