• At Ecumen and at Centennial House, we are committed to using innovative technology to enhance the lives and independence of the people we serve. A featured technology option at Centennial House is QuietCare. Ecumen was the first in Minnesota to feature this technology.
  
  
• QuietCare, which was developed by Living Independently, functions as a 24 hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week early detection system that lets caregivers and family members know that a loved one is safe. It recognizes emerging problems before they become emergencies.
  
  
• The system utilizes small, unobtrusive, strategically-placed wireless sensors. It is virtually invisible. No video camera or audio intrudes on our residents' lives.
  
  
• Small, wireless motion sensors are strategically placed in key areas, including our customers' bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and/or medication areas.
  
  
• Each sensor transmits information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week about our customers' daily living activities to a book-sized base station. Any changes in one's activities are communicated to caregivers and family members via e-mail, cell phone, text message or pager, or through a password-protected web site.

What makes QuietCare unique is that it "learns" each individual's normal behavioral patterns and notes any significant changes from them. The system then transmits this information to caregivers through a completely individualized password protected website, or if the user prefers via pager or a telephone call.

And because it doesn't require the resident to wear anything or push anything, it can summon help even when they can't.

Here is an example of the information that is communicated by the QuietCare technology.