Family Care

The market for health and family care, whether child or elder, is in a crisis for cost effective assistance for thousands of time stressed and geographically dispersed families.  Many are graying baby boomers tending to their aging parents.  At present, there are nearly 1.7 million people living in U.S. nursing homes and over 40 million baby boomers.

Elderly people in nursing homes receive attention from nurses an average of nine minutes per day.   These places are expensive ($45,000 to $60,000 per year) and not always easy or convenient for family members to physically visit.  Nearly 35 million Americans are 65 or older, with this number increasing every year.  By 2011, it is estimated that there will be 40 million Americans over 65.  Time stressed, technically advanced baby boomer families have parents now faced with this difficult and frequently agonizing dilemma.  "The suffering of nursing home residents is intolerable," according to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman for the Senate aging committee.

The Senator's and these families concern is based on some harsh, unpleasant facts.  Of the 17,000 nursing homes in this country, one out of five facilities have been cited for abuse of residents in the first three months of this year.  Last year it was one out of ten.   Only about 15% were found to be in compliance with all health care standards.  Concern for the fragility of their parents and desire to keep them from the demoralization so common in nursing homes is a compelling reason for adult children to purchase an elder care enabled CareBot™ MSR.

Working parents of all ages seek assistance in caring for their children as a result of working long hours and having to commute to and from their workplace.  The ability to virtually visit their children from work, during travel, or anywhere they have Internet access will allow these time stressed parents to virtually visit their family and loved ones in a way heretofore impossible.  Working mothers and fathers can watch their children routinely in a window on their computer monitors while at work as a result of the Internet's rapid growth the last ten years.

Home Security

Every day, hundreds of families have their peace of mind shattered by an invasion of their home.  Their losses may range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, but the personal violation and loss of their sense of security is even more costly than their valuable possessions.

The CareBot can be equipped with sensitive microphones and sonar equipment that can be set to attempt to detect the presence of an intruder.  The CareBot can station itself near potential entry points for thieves and listen for the sounds of breaking glass, locks being picked, or doors being forced.  In addition, the advanced sonar sensors on the CareBot can recognize a person walking in your house when they shouldn't be.  The CareBot's link to the base personal computer (PC) allows a wide variety of powerful responses to any attempted break-in.  The robot can sound a loud alarm or even give a spoken warning to a potential thief.  If the base PC is equipped with a modem, the police can be called automatically.  The owner of the home can also be paged with a special message that their home may be being broken into.

If the CareBot is equipped with an optional digital video camera, then it may also record the break-in on its internal hard drive, giving the police evidence of the crime in progress as well as images of the thief.  Additional responses are possible, on an individual basis.  Please contact us to find out how we can adapt the CareBot to your needs.

The CareBot makes a formidable security presence.  Potential thieves recognize this, and if they see a CareBot, they will pick another house to burglarize.  There is little more frightening for a thief than being chased by a human-size robot that has automatically called the police and may be recording everything in digital video (optional feature).   The CareBot can prevent crime before it even happens - before your peace of mind is shattered.