Method for defining access perimeters and handling perimeter breach events by residents of an assisted living facility

1. A method for detecting breach events by residents of an assisted living facility, the method comprising:

defining a generic access perimeter within a facility;

assigning the generic access perimeter to residents in a set of residents occupying the facility;

tracking locations of a first care provider mobile device, associated with a first care provider, within the facility over a period of time

defining a first care provider response area containing and extending outwardly from the locations of the first care provider mobile device over the period of time; and

defining a first individual access perimeter excluding a first portion of the generic access perimeter and incorporating the first care provider response area;

assigning the generic access perimeter to a first resident first resident in the set of during a daytime period;

assigning the first individual access perimeter to the first resident, in the set of residents during a night time period distinct from the daytime period;

tracking locations of resident wearable devices associated with residents, in the set of residents, within the facility;

in response to a first location of a first resident wearable device associated with the first resident falling outside of the first individual access perimeter at a first time, distributing a first breach event prompt to assist the first resident, proximal the first location, to care provider mobile devices associated with care providers affiliated with the facility; and

in response to a second location of a second resident wearable device associated with a second resident, in the set of residents, falling outside of the generic access perimeter, assigned to the second resident, at a second time, distributing a second breach event prompt to assist the second resident proximal the second location to the care provider mobile devices associated with care providers affiliated with the facility.

2. The method of claim 1 :

wherein assigning the generic access perimeter to residents occupying the facility comprises assigning the generic access perimeter to the first resident by default;

further comprising:

at an initial time, detecting an initial breach event in response to an initial location of the first resident wearable device falling outside of the generic access perimeter; and

in response to detecting the initial breach event, distributing an initial breach event prompt to assist the first resident proximal the initial location to the care provider mobile devices associated with care providers affiliated with the facility; and

wherein defining the first individual access perimeter comprises defining the first individual access perimeter excluding the first portion of the generic access perimeter containing the initial location responsive to the initial breach event.

3. The method of claim 1 :

wherein defining the first individual access perimeter comprises defining the first individual access perimeter spanning a first private room assigned to the first resident, comprising interior public spaces within the facility, and excluding private rooms assigned to other residents in the set of residents.

4. The method of claim 1 :

wherein tracking locations of resident wearable devices within the facility comprises tracking locations of a third resident wearable device, associated with a third resident, within the facility over a period of time; and

wherein defining the first individual access perimeter comprises, responsive to the third resident being flagged for separation from the first resident, updating the first individual access perimeter to exclude restriction zones containing locations of the third resident wearable device over the period of time.

5. The method of claim 4 :

wherein updating the first individual access perimeter to exclude locations of the third resident wearable device over the period of time comprises, based on the third resident flagged for separation from the first resident:

defining a restriction zone centered on a third location of the third resident wearable device and of a radius proportional to a distance from the third location to a nearest care provider mobile device; and

removing the restriction zone from the first individual access perimeter.

6. The method of claim 4 :

wherein distributing the first breach event prompt to assist the first resident to the care provider mobile devices comprises, at a first time, distributing the first breach event prompt, to retrieve the first resident from proximal the first location, to the first care provider mobile device near the first location in response to the first location falling beyond a perimeter of the first individual access perimeter; and

further comprising, at a third time, distributing a third breach event prompt, to maintain separation between the first resident and the third resident proximal a third location occupied by the first resident wearable device, to a third care provider mobile device near the third location in response to the third location falling within a restriction zone defined in the first individual access perimeter at the third time.

7. The method of claim 1 :

wherein assigning the first individual access perimeter to the first resident comprises assigning the first individual access perimeter to the first resident during a first period of time; and

further comprising:

defining a second individual access perimeter extending beyond the generic access perimeter; and

assigning the second individual access perimeter to the first resident during a second period of time while a visitor of the first resident is present in the facility.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a third resident group comprising residents, in the set of residents, characterized by a third demographic;

defining a third group access perimeter excluding a third portion of the generic access perimeter based on the third demographic, the third group access perimeter different from the first individual access perimeter;

assigning the third group access perimeter to residents in the third resident group; and

in response to a third location of a third resident wearable device associated with a third resident, in the third resident group, falling outside of the third group access perimeter at a third time, distributing a third breach event prompt to assist the third resident, proximal the third location, to the care provider mobile devices within the facility.

9. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein identifying the third resident group comprises:

identifying a subset of residents, in the set of residents, diagnosed with dementia; and

aggregating the subset of residents into the third resident group;

wherein defining the third group access perimeter comprises defining the third group access perimeter offset inside an exterior door of the facility by a first distance based on dementia diagnoses for the third resident group; and

wherein defining the first individual access perimeter comprises defining the first individual access perimeter offset inside the exterior door of the facility by a second distance less than the first distance based on lack of a dementia diagnosis for the first resident.

10. The method of claim 1 :

further comprising tracking a duration of time, from the first time, that the location of the first resident wearable device is located beyond a boundary of the first individual access perimeter; and

wherein distributing the first breach event prompt comprises distributing the first breach event prompt to the care provider mobile devices within the facility in response to the duration of time exceeding a threshold duration.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the generic access perimeter and the first individual access perimeter to selectively include and exclude public spaces within the facility based on a calendar of scheduled events in the facility.

12. The method of claim 1 :

wherein distributing the first breach event prompt comprises distributing the first breach event prompt to a set of care provider mobile devices associated with care providers active in the facility at the first time; and

further comprising:

in response to receipt of intent to respond to the breach event prompt from the first care provider mobile device, in the set of care provider mobile devices, deescalating the breach event prompt at a second care provider mobile device within the set of care provider mobile devices; and

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

13. The method of claim 1 :

wherein tracking locations of resident wearable devices within the facility comprises tracking locations of the first resident wearable device based on wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and a set of wireless communication hubs distributed throughout the facility;

further comprising, in response to an initial location of the first resident wearable device falling within the first individual access perimeter and in response to the first resident wearable device approaching a boundary of the first individual access perimeter at an initial time preceding the first time, distributing a perimeter observation prompt for the first resident to the care provider mobile devices within the facility, 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 first breach event prompt comprises distributing the first breach event prompt to the care provider mobile devices within the facility in response to the first resident wearable device moving beyond the boundary of the first individual access perimeter at approximately the first time.

14. A method for detecting breach events by residents of an assisted living facility, the method comprising:

defining a first access perimeter within a facility;

assigning the first access perimeter to a first resident, in a set of residents in the facility;

tracking locations of resident wearable devices associated with residents, in the set of residents, within the facility;

disabling a first subregion within a first access perimeter coincident a second location of a second resident, in the set of residents, flagged for separation from the first resident; and

in response to a first location of a first resident wearable device associated with the first resident falling outside of the first access perimeter, distributing a first breach event prompt to assist the first resident, proximal the first location, to care provider mobile devices associated with care providers affiliated with the facility.

15. The method of claim 14 :

wherein tracking locations of resident wearable devices within the facility comprises, over a period of time:

tracking locations of the first resident wearable device based on wireless communications between the first resident wearable device and a set of wireless communication hubs distributed throughout the facility;

tracking locations 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; and

tracking locations of a set of care provider mobile devices based on wireless communications between the set of care provider mobile devices and the set of wireless communication hubs;

wherein disabling the first subregion within the first access perimeter coincident the second location of the second resident comprises:

defining a restriction zone meters in width and centered on locations of the second resident wearable device over the period of time; and

updating the first access perimeter to exclude the restriction zone over the period of time; and

updating the first individual access perimeter to exclude restriction zones containing locations of the third resident wearable device over the period of time based on the third resident flagged for separation from the first resident; and

wherein distributing the first breach event prompt to assist the first resident comprises distributing the first breach event prompt to a first care provider mobile device, in the set of care provider mobile devices, nearest the first location at the first time.

16. A method for detecting breach events by residents of an assisted living facility, the method comprising:

defining a generic access perimeter within a facility;

assigning the generic access perimeter to residents, in a set of residents occupying the facility, by default;

identifying a first resident group comprising residents, in the set of residents, characterized by a first characteristic;

defining a first group access perimeter excluding a first portion of the generic access perimeter based on the first characteristic;

assigning the first group access perimeter to residents in the first resident group;

defining a second individual access perimeter excluding a second portion of the generic access perimeter based on a second characteristic of a second resident, in the set of residents;

assigning the second individual access perimeter to the second resident;

tracking locations of resident wearable devices associated with residents, in the set of residents, within the facility;

in response to a first location of a first resident wearable device associated with a first resident, in the first resident group, falling outside of the first group access perimeter at a first time, distributing a first breach event prompt to assist the first resident, proximal the first location, to care provider mobile devices associated with care providers affiliated with the facility; and

in response to a second location of a second resident wearable device associated with the second resident falling outside of the second individual access perimeter at a second time, distributing a second breach event prompt to assist the second resident proximal the second location to care provider mobile devices within the facility,

wherein defining the generic access perimeter comprises defining the generic access perimeter spanning interior public spaces in the facility and an exterior space around the facility;

wherein identifying the first resident group comprises identifying the first resident group comprising residents associated with historical breach events proximal the exterior space; and

wherein defining the first group access perimeter comprises defining the first group access perimeter spanning interior public spaces in the facility and excluding the exterior space;

wherein defining the second individual access perimeter comprises defining the second individual access perimeter spanning a second private room assigned to the second resident, comprising interior public spaces within the facility, and excluding private rooms assigned to other residents in the set of residents;

wherein assigning the generic access perimeter to residents occupying the facility by default comprises assigning the generic access perimeter to the second resident during a daytime period; and

wherein assigning the second individual access perimeter to the second resident comprises assigning the second individual access perimeter to the second resident during a nighttime period distinct from the daytime period.

17. The method of claim 16 :

wherein tracking locations of resident wearable devices within the facility comprises tracking locations of a third resident wearable device, associated with a third resident, within the facility over a period of time; and

wherein defining the second individual access perimeter comprises, responsive to the third resident being flagged for separation from the second resident, updating the second individual access perimeter to exclude restriction zones containing locations of the third resident wearable device over the period of time.