CDC Statistics / Adult Living Facilities (CCRC)
Each year, 50 – 75% of CCRC residents fall and many go unreported. On average, CCRC residents fall 2.6x per year. While 10 – 20% of those falls are among serious injury. Lastly, 35% of CCRC residents who fall cannot walk after the fall
50-75% FALL PER YEAR
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35% CANNOT WALK AFTER FALL
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10-20% ARE SERIOUS
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Adult Living Centers
UprightVR incorporates gold-standard balance assessment technology into a virtual reality headset to facilitate sophisticated fall risk identification anywhere. Early detection and frequent ongoing monitoring of seniors’ balance challenges can guide professional mitigation to shift the paradigm from post-fall surveillance to first-fall prevention. UprightVR’s ultra-portable, easy to use system makes sophisticated balance assessments as available as blood pressure checks where seniors live, congregate, or receive primary health care.
- UprightVR quickly and objectively identifies specific visual, vestibular, and somatosensory challenges
- Mitigation programs can be specifically targeted toward identified needs
- Convenient balance assessments are available in a comfortable, familiar location, including resident’s room
- Ongoing frequent at-home follow-up assessments enhances rehabilitation
- HIPAA compliance protects resident privacy
- Frequent balance tests and fall-risk assessments can be completed anywhere, anytime
- UprightVR headsets support event-style balance assessments.
- Set up takes 5-minutes; tests approximately 10 minutes; no external equipment required
- Initial and follow up assessment results are immediately available for physician review
- Visual, vestibular, and somatosensory weaknesses are quickly identified for treatment
- UprightVR tests are uploaded to EMR systems
- Frequent fall risk assessments can help reduce falls within the facility and during off-site activities
- Initial balance assessments support matching incoming residents with specific support needs
- Ongoing balance assessments help facility professionals assure the right level of support for their residents
- Sophisticated balance assessments and fall prevention programs can be incorporated into facility marketing programs
- Balance assessments can be done by paraprofessionals supporting Physical Therapist and Physician guidance
