Access TEC supports carer and husband with Alzheimer’s disease - Case Study
Learn how Access TEC helps support couples living with dementia have more independence for the individual and reassurance for the caregiver.
The Solution:
Sarah and Robbie live in a beautiful countryside village with their dog Tarka. Robbie developed Alzheimer’s disease and Sarah became his carer whilst trying to maintain relatively normal and independent lives for as long as possible..
Sarah begins saying:
"As his disease progressed and Robbie still wanted to go for walks with his dog, Tarka. I made sure that he always had the Access TEC device in his pocket and it meant that he could continue to be independent and go for walks, without having me as a minder – and he really enjoyed doing that."
Our Access TEC’s mobile digital solution enables individuals to achieve their independent living goals.
By connecting to our Access Device Management safety parameters can be set up to locate individuals if needed and direct them home or direct help to their location.
Our Access TEC’s mobile digital solution enables individuals to achieve their independent living goals.
By connecting to our Access Device Management safety parameters can be set up to locate individuals if needed and direct them home or direct help to their location.
Sarah explains that unless she asked Robbie where he was going for a walk she wouldn’t know where to look in a 4 mile radius around their village.
Sarah also notes that as the disease progressed, Robbie didn’t always like saying where he was going, or indeed go in the direction that he said he was going to go in – meaning that Sarah become more anxious in case Robbie became more confused.
This led to a particularly scary incident in winter 2017 when Robbie did go for a walk but hadn’t returned as planned:
“I contacted Access TEC and they amazingly knew exactly where he was and he was in totally the opposite direction to where he said he was going. To my horror they told me that he was much further away and on a very busy main road, about 4 miles away from home."
Gaining independence
As well as the safety and reassurance that Access TEC brought to Robbie and Sarah it also meant that Sarah could continue to live a relatively normal life, doing the jobs and activities that she needed to do, without wondering whether she should constantly go and check up on Robbie “for my peace of mind, it was vital.”
Sarah would highly recommend Access TEC
“to anybody who is in a similar situation to myself, who is a carer for someone with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, or related disease – it’s been a saviour for me!”
To find out more about Access TEC and the opportunities it offers to improve quality of life by increasing independence and providing reassurance to wider care circles, contact us today.
