MemRabel™ Dementia Care Aid - What is MemRabel?
27 June 2011
MemRabel is a clock with a large high contrast time display, a clock that uses icons of the sun and moon to aid time association in relation to daytime and night time hours.
MemRabel is a multi-message recorder and player with 4 x time settings for message playback with display icons for food, medicine, appointment and alarm clock.MemRabel is an alarm controller with a sensor input and 2 x output relays that can be used to control a host of devices. MemRabel is an instant message recorder/player with simple record and playback button. MemRabel is an emergency contact alarm that can be used with a telephone auto dialler to raise an alarm to check on the well being of a person.
How does MemRabel work?
MemRabel is powered by 4 x AA batteries or mains power adaptor. A simple series of button presses allows setting of time, date, memo alarm playback time for memo’s 1 - 4, recording of memo’s. Memos can be set for playback same time each day, same time each week or no memo playback where only an alarm output would be generated at alarm time. At alarm time messages are played repeatedly over an optional time period of three, six or nine minutes. Pressing the large stop/back light button on top of the clock stops the alarm. If message playback is not required at an alarm time, a beeper alarm can be selected instead.
What other devices can MemRabel be used with?
The trigger input of the MemRabel can be used with any device providing a volt free switch for either normally closed opening for alarm, or normally open closing for alarm. MemRabel can control the time of day that the trigger input is active. If a sensor such as a magnetic door switch is connected to the trigger input, you may only want the alarm to be active from the hours of 6PM - 6AM. MemRabel allows you to do this. MemRabel has 2 x output relays. Output 1 operates momentarily at each selected alarm time and every time the trigger input is activated. A pager transmitter, external buzzer, flashing light or other device can be controlled by output 1.
Relay output 2 works in conjunction with the message repeat time of three, six or nine minutes. If a timed memo is not acknowledged (stopped) by the user before the expiration of the selected playback time, then relay 2 operates momentarily. Output 2 is via an RJ11 socket with N/O and N/C relay connections. Devices such as telephone auto diallers, community alarms, radio pager transmitters or other devices can be connected to this output.
Who can benefit from MemRabel?
People with Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, people with short term memory problems, people with learning disabilities, people with cognitive problems all can be aided by MemRabel. Remembering to take medication, eat, perform daily or weekly tasks can all be voice prompted at a time you select.
Most people occasionally forget to keep an appointment or complete a daily task. Frustrating and annoying. For a person with memory issues, the frustration generally escalates into a feeling of inadequacy, even anger causing stress to themselves and family.
The MemRabel can help by playing recorded messages at selected alarm times to remind the person of things to do. When a message is played in a familiar voice the person is more at ease. Reminders for medication, appointments with Doctors or day centres and even reminders to eat can easily be set by a family member or care worker.
MemRabel Features
CLOCK - Large digit time display and associated display icon, Sun for daytime hours and Moon for night time hours. Display of Day of week with date. High contrast background with amber back light.
INSTANT MESSAGE RECORDER/PLAYER - Simple press to record button. Record a message of up to 12 Seconds. Play it back by pressing play. Useful to record one-off instruction or messages taken from a phone call.
TIMED MESSAGE PLAYBACK - Up to 4 x 12 Second messages can be recorded. Each message has its own alarm time setting that can be selected for daily or weekly playback. Message repeat time can be selected from 3, 6, or 9 minutes. Additionally, a display icon can be selected and assigned to the timed memo. While the memo is played back, the icon appears in the display to help with recognition.
ALARM CLOCK - When a reliable alarm clock is required, the MemRabel provides the perfect solution with either recorded voice playback or digital alarm clock sound. Furthermore, the alarm duration can be selected from 3, 6, or 9 minutes with the option to generate an off-site alarm if the user does not acknowledge the wake up alarm.
SENSOR OPERATED VOICE MESSAGE PLAYBACK - The MemRabel has a socket that allows connection of various sensors including; floor pressure mats, door alarm switches, bed occupancy sensors and more. Examples of uses can be viewed by clicking the link to: Examples of uses.
CONTROL THE TIMES OF DAY THE SENSOR SOCKET IS ACTIVE - The MemRabel has a programmable timer that allows active times to be set for the sensor input. ON time and OFF time settings can be used to control when sensors can trigger an alarm from the MemRabel. If a bed sensor is used for example, the sensor only needs to be active when the person is in bed. Likewise if a door opening sensor is used, a warning message “Don’t go outside” may only be required from 6PM - 8AM
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