Navigating Care with Becklar Personal Health & Safety Solutions: Joyce's Story
Joyce’s experience with the Caregiver App and Belle X from Becklar Personal Health & Safety underscores the profound impact technology can have on caregiving.
Caring for a loved one with dementia is a challenging and emotional journey. The responsibilities of ensuring their safety, managing their routines, and addressing their needs can be overwhelming. For Joyce, the Caregiver App integrated with Belle X from Becklar became a crucial ally in managing her husband William’s condition. This solution offered Joyce and her family peace of mind while navigating through this difficult time.
William's Journey with Frontal Temporal Dementia
In June 2021, Joyce’s husband, William, was diagnosed with Frontal Temporal Dementia. Just two months after the diagnosis, William began wandering from home, a common but distressing symptom of dementia. Joyce recalls the anxiety and fear she felt the first time William went missing before he had Belle X. “We had a network of friends and neighbors that helped me search for him the first time he wandered from home,” she recounts. “That day, he was gone for about five hours before the police from a nearby town contacted me. He was approximately 10 miles from home.” It was at that point that Joyce realized she needed help. It was becoming increasingly difficult to care for William.
Introduction to the Caregiver App and Belle X from Becklar
The turning point in Joyce’s caregiving journey came when a friend showed her the Caregiver App that is part of the Becklar Personal Health & Safety solution. The Caregiver App is designed to offer caregivers real-time monitoring and tracking of their loved ones, ensuring their safety and providing peace of mind. The app integrates with Belle X, a mobile medical alert device that offers protection such as fall detection, geofencing, and activity tracking, to caregivers. It gives professional and family caregivers peace of mind because they can check on the wellbeing of the person they are caring for at any time. The problem was that William was reluctant to wear any device. Joyce’s daughter cleverly introduced the tracker as a device to ensure William’s pacemaker was functioning properly. “I used the app each time he left the house to track his whereabouts,” Joyce explains. “I couldn’t be with him 24 hours a day, so I would check the app anytime I was not with him.” One of the standout features of the Caregiver App is its real-time monitoring and notifications. Joyce was able to receive immediate alerts if William wandered off, allowing her to act quickly.
Location Monitoring
Location tracking proved to be invaluable during a family trip in August 2022. Joyce flew to the East Coast for her mother’s 100th birthday, and William was placed in a memory care facility while she was gone. Despite the facility’s precautions, William managed to get out and wander away from the care facility. “I received a phone call from the city’s police department, and because of the tracker, we were able to locate him quickly and safely,” Joyce recounts. This interconnected approach ensures that William, and people like him, are never truly alone, even when loved ones cannot be physically present.
“I received a phone call from the city’s police department, and because of the tracker, we were able to locate him quickly and safely,”
Enhancing Caregiver Confidence and Reducing Stress
In addition to automatically detecting falls, movement or location, the Belle X device includes an alert button that the user can push in an emergency. It includes a two-way voice, mobile personal emergency response system that provides fast access to professional operators who can dispatch emergency services when needed. This added Belle X feature – knowing that William can call for emergency assistance when needed – brings an additional sense of control and freedom into Joyce’s life. Belle X, combined with the Caregiver App, has significantly reduced the stress and anxiety Joyce experiences as a caregiver.
Benefits for Senior Citizens
For aging adults like William, the Caregiver App and Belle X provide a sense of independence while ensuring their safety. The discreet tracker device does not impede their daily activities and allows them to move freely within a specified perimeter. It keeps track of and detects button presses, falls, low battery, on-off status, and the first motion of the day. This provides data and insights for caregivers to better manage the health and wellbeing of their loved ones.
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Conclusion
Joyce’s experience with the Caregiver App and Belle X from Becklar Personal Health & Safety underscores the profound impact technology can have on caregiving. By offering real-time monitoring, immediate notifications, and the ability to build a strong support network, these technologies provide invaluable assistance to caregivers and enhance the safety and well-being of their aging patients or loved ones. For Joyce and William, the Becklar Personal Health & Safety solution transformed a challenging and often frightening journey into a manageable and more secure experience, offering hope and peace of mind to countless other families facing similar challenges.
