What is it?

Just Checking is a simple web-based activity monitoring system. Small, wireless sensors in the home generate a chart of activity which is accessed via a secure website. Health and social care professionals, and family members, can see when a person:

• Went to bed, got up and whether they had a disturbed night
• Visited the kitchen to prepare meals and drinks
• Received visitors or care services
• Left the house and for how long
• And generally, their daily patterns and how they are responding to care services 

It provides a valuable assessment tool, helping to plan ongoing care and identifying where telecare, for example, could offer support and help to manage risk, based on objectively identified individual needs.

How does it work?

Small wireless sensors in the main rooms of the house detect movement in order to generate a chart of activity as the person goes about their daily life.

The standard package includes 4 movement sensors, 2 door sensors and the controller. The sensors are attached to paintwork such as doorframes using Velcro pads, which are easily removed once the system is no longer required. The controller plugs into a standard electrical socket, and receives data from the sensors which it then transmits via the mobile phone network to the secure server.

Authorised users can then log onto the website from anywhere at any time to review simple to follow charts which detail activity by time and by room.