Methods for detecting and handling fall and perimeter breach events for residents of an assisted living facility

1. A method for detecting and handling perimeter breach events by residents of a facility, the method comprising:

assigning a first access perimeter within a facility to a first resident;

determining a location of a resident wearable device associated with the first resident based on wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and a set of wireless communication hubs within the facility;

in response to the location of the first resident wearable device falling outside of the access perimeter, distributing a perimeter event prompt indicating the location of the first resident to a set of computing devices, each computing device in the set of computing devices associated with a care provider affiliated with the facility;

in response to receipt of a perimeter event confirmation from a first computing device within the set of computing devices, deescalating the perimeter event prompt at a second computing device within the set of computing devices; and

in response to confirmation of the first computing device proximal the first resident wearable device, authorizing edit permissions for an electronic incident report by a first care provider associated with the first computing device exclusive of a second care provider associated with the second computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 :

further comprising:

at an initial time, determining an initial location of the first resident wearable device based on wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and the set of wireless communication hubs; and

in response to the initial location of the first resident wearable device approaching the first access perimeter, distributing a perimeter observation prompt of the first resident to the set of computing devices, the perimeter observation prompt indicating the initial location of the first resident and comprising a prompt to observe the first resident; and

wherein distributing the perimeter event prompt comprises distributing the perimeter event prompt to the set of computing devices in response to the first resident moving beyond the first access perimeter following the initial time.

3. The method of claim 1 :

further comprising assigning a generic access perimeter to residents of the facility; and

wherein assigning the first access perimeter to the first resident comprises:

calculating a perimeter event risk of the first resident based on a frequency of perimeter events noted in a set of previous electronic incident reports identifying the first resident; and

in response to the perimeter event risk of the first resident exceeding a risk threshold, assigning the first access perimeter contained fully within the generic access perimeter to the first resident.

4. The method of claim 3 :

further comprising:

identifying instances of conflict between the first resident and a second resident of the facility in the set of previous electronic incident reports; and

determining a second location of a second resident wearable device associated with the second resident based on wireless communications between the second resident wearable device and the set of wireless communication hubs within the facility; and

wherein assigning the first access perimeter within the facility to the first resident comprises defining the first access perimeter to exclude access to a region of the facility encompassing the second location of the second resident wearable device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

removing from the first access perimeter a region of the facility coincident an access point proximal a location of the first resident wearable device falling outside of the access perimeter; and

reassigning the first access perimeter to the first resident.

6. The method of claim 1 :

wherein determining the location of the first resident wearable device comprises calculating a duration of time that the location of the first resident wearable device fell outside of the access perimeter; and

wherein distributing the perimeter event prompt comprises distributing the perimeter event prompt to the set of computing devices in response to the duration of time exceeding a threshold duration of time, the perimeter event prompt indicating the location of the first resident and the duration of time that the location of the first resident wearable device fell outside of the access perimeter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein deescalating the perimeter event prompt at a second computing device within the set of computing devices comprises, in response to receipt of the perimeter event confirmation from the first care provider through the first computing device:

silencing the perimeter response prompt at the second computing device; and

transmitting an indicator of response to the perimeter event by the first care provider to the second computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to absence of a perimeter event confirmation from a computing device within the set of computing devices within a threshold duration of time following distribution of the perimeter event prompt to the set of computing devices, distributing a second perimeter event prompt to a second set of computing devices comprising a computing device associated with a supervisor of the facility.

9. The method of claim 1 :

further comprising verifying arrival of the first care provider at the location of the first resident based on establishment of a wireless connection between the first computing device of the first care provider and the first resident wearable device worn by the first resident; and

wherein authorizing edit permissions for the electronic incident report by the first care provider comprises authorizing edit permissions for the electronic incident report by the first care provider in response to arrival of the first care provider at the location of the first resident.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

recording a duration of time between distribution of the perimeter event prompt to the set of computing devices and arrival of the first care provider at the location of the first resident; and

writing the duration of time to the incident report.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to completion of the electronic incident report at the first computing device:

uploading the electronic incident report to an electronic incident report database; and

dispatching a specialist, other than the first care provider, to investigate reasons for the perimeter event and to address reasons for the perimeter event.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

populating a virtual map of the facility with positions of the set of computing devices and a set of resident wearable devices at a time of the perimeter event, the set of computing devices issued to a set of care providers comprising the first care provider, and the set of resident wearable devices issued to a set of residents of the facility comprising the first resident; and

inserting the virtual map into the electronic incident report.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

calculating a frequency of perimeter events occurring within proximity of a second resident at the facility based on the virtual map contained within the electronic incident report and virtual maps contained within a set of electronic incident reports corresponding to previous perimeter events at the facility; and

prompting the set of care providers to increase observation of the second resident in response to the frequency of perimeter events occurring within proximity of the second resident exceeding a threshold frequency.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein distributing the perimeter response prompt to the set of computing devices within the facility comprises:

determining positions of computing devices in a group of computing devices assigned to care providers occupying the facility based on wireless communications between the group of computing devices and wireless communication hubs arranged at known locations within the facility;

selecting the set of computing devices from the group of computing devices, each computing device within the set of computing devices occupying a position within a threshold distance of the location of the first resident at a time of the perimeter event; and

transmitting the perimeter response prompt to each computing device in the set of computing devices.

15. The method of claim 1 :

wherein determining the location of the first resident within the facility at the time of the perimeter event comprises:

retrieving a first wireless signal strength of wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and the wireless communication hub arranged at the known location within the facility;

retrieving a second wireless signal strength of wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and a second wireless communication hub arranged at a second known location within the facility;

transforming the first wireless signal strength and the second wireless signal strength into a position of the first resident wearable device relative to the wireless communication hub and the second wireless communication hub; and

transforming the position of the first resident wearable device relative to the wireless communication hub and the second wireless communication hub into a region of the facility likely occupied by the first resident based on the known position of the wireless communication hub and the second known position of the second wireless communication hub; and

wherein distributing the perimeter response prompt to the set of computing devices comprises transmitting the perimeter response dispatching care providers to the region of the facility likely occupied by the first resident.

16. The method of claim 1 :

wherein receiving the notification for the perimeter event comprises receiving a unique identifier associated with the first resident wearable device; and

further comprising:

retrieving resident identification data associated with the unique identifier of the first resident wearable device;

inserting the first resident identification data into the electronic incident report;

at the first computing device, prompting the first care provider to confirm that the first resident identification data corresponds to the first resident; and

in response to entry of alternate resident identification data into the electronic incident report, re-associating the unique identifier of the first resident wearable device with the alternate resident identification data.

17. A method for detecting and handling perimeter breach events by residents of a facility, the method comprising:

assigning a first access perimeter within a facility to a first resident;

determining a location of a resident wearable device associated with the first resident based on wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and a set of wireless communication hubs within the facility;

in response to the location of the first resident wearable device falling outside of the access perimeter, distributing a perimeter event prompt indicating the location of the first resident to a set of computing devices, each computing device in the set of computing devices associated with a care provider affiliated with the facility; and

in response to receipt of a perimeter event confirmation from a first computing device within the set of computing devices proximal the first resident wearable device, authorizing edit permissions for an electronic incident report by a first care provider associated with the first computing device.

18. The method of claim 17 :

further comprising deescalating the perimeter event prompt at a second computing device within the set of computing devices in response to receipt of a perimeter event confirmation from a first computing device within the set of computing devices; and

wherein authorizing edit permissions for the electronic incident report comprises authorizing edit permissions for the electronic incident report by the first care provider associated with the first computing device exclusive of a second care provider associated with the second computing device.

19. The method of claim 17 :

further comprising:

at an initial time, determining an initial location of the first resident wearable device based on wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and the set of wireless communication hubs; and

in response to the initial location of the first resident wearable device approaching the first access perimeter, distributing a perimeter observation prompt of the first resident to the set of computing devices, the perimeter observation prompt indicating the initial location of the first resident and comprising a prompt to observe the first resident; and

wherein distributing the perimeter event prompt comprises distributing the perimeter event prompt to the set of computing devices in response to the first resident moving beyond the first access perimeter following the initial time.

20. The method of claim 17 :

further comprising assigning a generic access perimeter to residents of the facility; and

wherein assigning the first access perimeter to the first resident comprises:

calculating a perimeter event risk of the first resident based on a frequency of perimeter events noted in a set of previous electronic incident reports identifying the first resident; and

in response to the perimeter event risk of the first resident exceeding a risk threshold, assigning the first access perimeter contained fully within the generic access perimeter to the first resident.