Rohit Shankar and colleagues explain the methods and outcomes of an experiment system for gathering information on service users’ sleeping habits
Just Checking is an evidenced-based tool used in dementia care in many UK health authorities. It uses infrared sensors to produce 24-hour charts showing person-centred activity and staff intervention, and is invaluable for effective and efficient assessment and care planning. The authors used Just Checking as part of a study to screen for movements suggestive of nocturnal seizures in a vulnerable high-risk population who cannot provide reliable histories about their seizure activities. Members of the study group, who all live in the community, have learning disabilities and epilepsy.
Learning Disability Practice. 16, 9, 36-38. doi: 10.7748/ldp2013.11.16.9.36.e1471
Correspondencerohit.shankar@cft.cornwall.nhs.uk
Conflict of interestJust Checking is a commercial company that approached our NHS trust for collaborative research and testing of its assisted technology, free of charge. No conflict of interest has been identified
Received: 30 May 2013
Accepted: 31 May 2013
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