CIRCADACARE SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA THROUGH SOPHISTICATED CIRCADIAN LIGHTING

Key features: Circadian supportive algorithms, custom user interfaces, real-time data, integration with other building systems.

A new science-led start-up, improving the wellbeing of older adults, ensuring healthy, natural human circadian rhythms for improved sleep and mood whilst supporting a reduction in falls.

BRIEF

Circadacare required a software platform to bring its innovative idea to life. They have a range of lighting products that they needed to smart enable. They required lighting software that could control their lights and ensure fine-tuned full spectrum circadian lighting is delivered 24/7 in their installations with precise accuracy and provide easy control for non-technical staff. 

SOLUTION

amBX’s flexible software solution, SmartCore, was used to enable Circadacare to achieve its vision. We have developed highly-sophisticated circadian lighting algorithms over many years to support occupants, leading to improved wellbeing by ensuring the right colour and intensity of light is received at the right time of day. 

We enable Circadacare to add additional value to their solutions, helping them overcome data visualisation and technical challenges through bespoke integration. The user interface can be customised for each installation and provides a simplistic control and monitoring platform which is designed to be used by Care Home Managers and staff. A significant benefit is that they require no technical training to be able to operate the system. In addition, the circadian lighting system operates autonomously; therefore, no intervention is required to ensure smooth operation. 

amBX facilitates integration with other key building technology such as Nursecall systems, allowing data to be aggregated within care environments.

RESULT

To date, Circadacare has completed three projects with the support of amBX. The results have been overwhelmingly positive; residents have a much higher quality environment, resulting in improved sleep/wake patterns and engagement rates. Care homes have even reported a reduction in the number of falls they have experienced; this is partly due to the improved light levels but also because residents’ circadian rhythms are in sync.