Assessment of an Automated Telesurveillance System on the Incidence of Serious Falls in Nursing Homes

Assessment of an Automated Telesurveillance System on the Incidence of Serious Falls in Nursing Homes

3 Nursing homes in the Limousin region will be equipped with the automated telesurveillance system. Patient will be selected by general practitioner and randomized into two groups after informed consent. One group will have cameras installed and the other will not and will act as a comparison group. Patient will be assessed three times during the study, at inclusion, 6 months and 12 months. Each assessment is composed of a standard geriatric assessment, a fall questionnaire, an autonomy scale (SMAF scale) and a quality of life questionnaire (EQ5D). Every falls will be considered as adverse events and will therefore be listed along the study and characterized in types and number.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient aged more than 75 years old
• Patient living in Limoges or Gueret nursing home
• Patient informed consent and/or proxy consent
• Patient able to understand the study, respect its imperatives and able to do evaluations
• Patient able to stand up from the bed
• Patient covered by the French health insurance

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with a short term prognosis pathology
• In multiple bed rooms, if at least one patient does not agree with the trial