Queensland, Australia
Aged Care Facility
Project Overview
An aged care facility in Queensland, Australia, required a reliable way to monitor residents who may wander out of their rooms at night.
To help staff respond when a resident leaves their room, a detection solution was needed that could easily integrate into the facility’s existing nurse call system.
Primary Challenge
The facility needed a discreet, reliable way to detect movement through resident doorways and alert staff when someone exited their room.
The solution also needed to integrate with the existing nurse call system, providing a practical way to notify staff without introducing a separate monitoring system.
Products Deployed
PS-530E was selected for its curtain-style detection, installed above the inside of resident room doors to detect movement through the doorway. Its compact design and adjustable detection settings made it suitable for this specific application.
Reason
The sensor was integrated directly into the facility’s nurse call system, allowing its output to trigger a nurse call point when a resident leaves their room. Key features supporting the installation included:
- Curtain-style detection to monitor movement through doorways.
- Flexible output contacts, with normally open (NO) and normally closed (NC) options to support system integration.
- 12–24V AC or 10.5–28V DC power compatibility, accommodating different installation requirements.
- Adjustable detection settings, allowing sensitivity and detection coverage to be configured for the application.
- Compact design and push-fit terminals, supporting a neat installation and straightforward wiring.
Outcome & Impact
The PS-530E provides the facility with a long-term resident monitoring solution integrated into its existing nurse call system. When a resident passes through a monitored doorway, the sensor can trigger the corresponding nurse call point, alerting staff so they can respond as needed.
By combining doorway detection with the facility’s established alert system, the installation supports staff awareness of resident movement while making use of the infrastructure already in place.
A Flexible Solution for Care Environments
This installation demonstrates how PS-530E can be adapted beyond its traditional request-to-exit application. By integrating the sensor with a nurse call system, the facility has put its doorway detection capabilities to use in supporting resident monitoring and staff response.
The project highlights the versatility of our sensing technologies in environments where reliable detection and integration with existing systems are essential.