Presence Caregiver Research

People Power Company

About this app

Caregiving for people with dementia can be challenging and stressful. With that in mind, an important research project is now underway to increase the emotional and physical wellbeing of caregivers for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The National Institute on Aging funds this research and you may be eligible to participate at absolutely no cost.

Silicon Valley technology company People Power and researchers at the University of California Berkeley have developed a system designed to improve the safety of persons with dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and to reduce the social isolation of their caregivers.

Presence Caregiver learns daily activity patterns and can warn caregivers, family members and friends about incidents of concern with text alerts of potential hazards including falls, water leaks and wandering. The system is designed to work without making significant demands on a caregivers’ time and energy.

Receive mobile alerts if something appears to be wrong:
- Know if someone wandered away from home
- Know if they have likely experienced a fall
- Know if their bathroom visit frequency changes

Track the current activities of occupants:
- Know if and when the front door opened
- Know which room in the home an occupant visited
- Know when medication was accessed

Better understand rest and sleep patterns:
- Know what time they went to bed and got up
- Know if someone leaves the bedroom at night
- Track sleep history and quality for improved health insights

Enable support from family and friends:
- Add specific people to receive alerts
- Create and delegate helpful tasks to others
- Coordinate family and friends to stay in contact

Improve safety at home:
- Call for help with the wirelessly connected button
- Help prevent falls at night with nightlights
- Know immediately of a water leak or clogged toilet

Enjoy voice control services with a smart speaker:
- Easily request helpful reminders to take medications
- Make phone calls, check weather, and play music
- Get answers to more than 100 million unique questions

Join and participate in a caregiving community:
- Connect with and receive online advice from caregivers
- Access useful online resources, videos and more
- Coordinate in-person meetings with fellow caregivers

Apply Now:
Go to http://research.presencefamily.com/

To see if you are eligible to participate in the program,
answer these 4 simple questions:

1. Do you own a smartphone?
2. Do you have Wi-Fi in your home?
3. Are you a family caregiver?
4. Has the person you care for received a diagnosis of dementia or mild cognitive impairment?

Answering yes to these questions will qualify you to participate in the research project and receive the Presence Caregiver Research Pack at absolutely no cost. Once qualified, you will be contacted immediately by a representative of the research team. Your system will be shipped to your home, and a customer service installation expert will schedule an appointment to guide you remotely through the setup of your system.

Learn more: We’re here to help. Please contact us
directly through the program website at: http://research.presencefamily.com/

Ratings and reviews

This is an extremely elementary system. They monitor 2 door sensors and 4 motion detectors. The first 3 months was fine, as they collected data. Since then they drive me crazy sending reports of irrational conclusions based on insufficient data. They require immediate response to text messages.

This system when set up by the user provides the care giver with vital information. It is easy to install and even a novice can do the setup. It is important to know how to use the reporting information and turning the correct options on or off. The system not only monitors the care giver and the care receiver, but it will also alert you if someone is in the residence when you are away. You can also set up the notifications to go to other family members to protect your household. For a full time care giver and someone who works full time and having to leave the person you are caring for a brief time it will give you peace of mind. One important aspect of the software is that it will notify the group if there is no activity when there should be. I personally need to be notified when my wife is wandering at night or early in the morning since we do not sleep in the same room. This equipment has relieved a lot of stress after I learned how to configure it to my needs. I would recommend to anyone.

Love getting alerts to possible activity in our home. I wish the alerts also went to the care provider's activity watch bracelet