This document discusses the growing problem of dementia in the UK and the opportunity for businesses in the home healthcare industry. It proposes using RFID technology to track elderly dementia patients within care homes to improve their care and safety. Key points include: - The number of people with dementia in the UK is projected to increase dramatically, costing the country billions each year. - This growing issue presents opportunities for new businesses in areas like home healthcare franchising. - The project aims to locate dementia patients within care homes using RFID tags within 5 seconds of a request and reduce safety incidents and restricted area access. - Benefits would include improved patient monitoring and care, more efficient resource use for care homes, and

1. RFID Solutions Team H Simon Cousins Bhanu Chawla Mohammed Motaleb

3. Incurring a yearly cost of £17bn

4. Increase to 940,110 by 2021 in UK.

5. Total figure will be 1.7 million By 2051 in the UK.

6. Statistics shows that 1 in 3 people either as a sufferer, or as a carer or relative

7. With every second ticking by, dementia costs the UK £539.

9. The number of Americans age 65 and older with this dreaded condition will increase from 5.1 million today to 13.5 million by mid-century, reports the Alzheimer’s Association.

10. Paid in-home non-medical care appears to be the preferred means of augment other forms of care

11. Indications of home care industry on the brink of rapid expansion to meet growing demands.Sources : BBC Online Tuesday, 27 February 2007, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/3/prweb8195122.htm

12. Project Aims/Objectives Improving supervision and medical care with in a care home by tracking the elderly patients suffering from dementia using RFID technology. To improve the social quality patients currently experience whilst maintaining the high levels of care To track Care Workers locations to improve response times to patient emergencies, improving resource deployment Locate each patient with a per room accuracy within 5 seconds of requesting Scan each patients RFID tag within a 2 meter scan radius of RFID scanner 99% of the time with antenna availability Reducing the time taken to attend by 30% within 4/5 incidents. Reduce the number of patient safety incidents by 80% within the first year of deployment. Reduce the access of patients to restricted areas of the Care Home Facility 24/7/365 through Geo-fencing concepts. A COTS product delivery catering for 90% of the markets requirements for the services provided.

14. RFID Scanners

15. RFID peripheral equipment

16. Network hardware and peripheral equipment

18. Project aims achieved

19. Successful completion of pilot project and

20. Agreement from care home for full implementation of RFID solution.

23. Become a market leader in services specific to Caring for patients suffering from dementia.

24. Improves brand image, through pioneering market concepts, both within public and private sectors of the medical industry through product market dominance.

25. Product that can be implemented into different environments (Larger in scale) e.g. hospitals.

26. This allows for different revenue streams to open and introduce long term managed service contracts with different revenue and cost models.

28. Prevent their social isolation and improve their medical care.Care Homes Higher revenue generated through the increased capacity of patients… Increased efficiency in resource deployment within the Care Home whilst maintaining caring standard Improve caring levels to be further compliant with industry and national standards – improving caring rating. More efficient administration for patient and employee

29. THS RFID Solution Prototype

30. THS RFID Solution Wireframe Floor Map View

31. THS RFID Solution Wireframe Patients Details Setup System