Incontinence Care: A Crisis in Plain Sight
Over 50% of seniors in the US live with some form of incontinence, millions of whom are severely incontinent and unable or reluctant to advocate for themselves. The state of their incontinence care is unacceptable, and their downstream effects are harmful and costly. For frail seniors, skin infections, UTIs, and orthopedic injuries caused by falls are very painful and debilitating. They are among the most common reasons for emergency room visits and hospital admissions. These are sentinel events that can trigger a cycle of decline, and far too often, hasten death.
It Starts with Knowing...
The foundation for improved incontinence care is knowing.
No one would question the necessity of EKG monitors in cardiac units, a critical tool that enables clinicians to do their jobs. In the same way, frontline long-term care caregivers deserve the tools to know because seniors deserve to be changed as quickly as possible. It's that simple.
Anything else borders on inhumane.
Know-Able™ Incontinence and infection monitoring in one solution.
Know-Able™'s disposable incontinence products have remote monitoring wetness sensors built right into them, so there are no attached devices. This means that caregivers continue to change patients as normal, and instead of time-consuming rounding, when patients may not be wet, caregivers only respond when necessary. The result is significantly less exposure to urine, and less caregiver time spent on incontinence care.