Toch Sleepsense

Featured Speakers 

1. Dr. Colleen Carney, Ph.D., CPsych: Professor and Director of the Sleep and Depression Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University, Dr. Carney shared invaluable insights on how an understanding physiological and behavioral factors and creating the right conditions can positively impact sleep quality.
2. Sandy da Silva: Founder of SKS Consulting. Sandy da Silva, brought her extensive experience as a clinician and administrator in mental health shared the results of the recent study on improving sleep quality in dementia care.
3. Lisa Samms-Maxwell: Director of Care at Langley Lodge. Lisa Samms-Maxwell, provided firsthand experiences of using sleep innovation such as Tochtech’s Sleepsense in long term care, and how it has supported them in reducing the level of antipsychotic medication for some residents.

Recordings of presentations can be found in the links provided at the end of this article.

The speakers highlighted the detrimental effects of sleep disturbances on older adults, including impaired cognition, heightened responsive behavior, and decreased overall wellbeing. Attendees gained valuable insights into evidence-based interventions for optimizing sleep in long-term care settings, such as ensuring exposure to sunlight, engagement in meaningful activities, and appropriate scheduling of evening activities to promote better sleep habits. The feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive with many commenting on the various ways they would be looking to introduce programs and care routines to help support better sleep quality.

The speakers also shared experiences and stories on using innovation like Sleepsense to understand a resident’s sleep patterns providing a basis for necessary interventions such as reducing day-time naps or making medication changes to support improved sleep quality. Additionally, integration of Sleepsense data into care plans and care routines allows care staff to personalize care for each resident. Sleepsense is currently implemented in an increasing number of seniors’ homes globally, Sleepsense has shown remarkable results, including a 35% improvement in sleep quality and a significant reduction in resident falls by 38%.

The collaborative efforts of Tochtech Technologies and Langley Lodge in hosting this event has shed light on the transformative potential of sleep technology in senior care. “This highly successful event, we hope, is just the beginning and it underscores our collective commitment to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of older adults” said Jessica Yang, CEO of Tochtech.

Links to the recording of presentations:

Sleep and Aging – Dr Colleen Carney

Accessing sleep data for appropriate use of antipsychotics   Lisa Samms Maxwell

Improving the Quality of Sleep using Toch Sleepsense   Sandy da Silva

Tochtech Technologies is delighted to announce Hamilton Village Care Centre, now part of Buron Healthcare, has expanded its commitment to Toch Sleepsense. With this second phase deployment of Sleepsense, which commenced in July 2023, all 135
residents will benefit from Tochtech’s ‘next generation bed alarm’.

“We are excited to be moving forward with the second Sleepsense installation as we have been able to experience first-hand the benefits of Sleepsense for residents and for the care team from the first installation of 60 beds. Equipping all beds with the same technology and standardizing on policies and procedures throughout the residence can only improve quality of care for our residents, and better support our staff” said Melissa Bawtinheimer, General Manager, Hamilton Village Care Centre.

Sleepsense enables care staff to be automatically notified when a senior gets out of bed, has not returned to bed or in the event of a medical emergency while in bed. Additionally, sleep quality data of each resident captured will enable care givers to adjust care plans and add interventions to address sleep issues.

“We are delighted by the decision made by Melissa and her team to increase investment in the Sleepsense technology as it proves the value Sleepsense brings to residents, care staff and families” said Jessica Yang, CEO of Tochtech.    

 Hamilton’s investment in Sleepsense has been supported by EquipCare, a BC government funding program for long term care that is managed by BC Care Providers Association. “We sincerely appreciate BC Care Providers and the Equipcare BC Program as it enables innovative care solutions, like Sleepsense, to be possible and improve quality of life for both residents and staff.”  added Melissa Bawtinheimer, General Manager, Hamilton Village Care Centre.   

To find out more about Sleepsense, please visit, www.tochsleepsense.com 

We are excited to inform you that Tochtech’s next generation bed alarm, Toch Sleepsense is eligible for the newly announced EquipCare BC funding. A recent posting by the BC Care Providersdeclared that applications for this new EquipCare BC funding are now officially open. 

 Toch Sleepsense which is installed in an increasing number of seniors homes globally, including Langley Lodge, Elim Village and Trellis Seniors in BC has been proven to improve quality of care and safety of seniors in LTC, and supports staff efficiency. Read  recent exciting announcements on BC LTC residences investing in Toch Sleepsense and our recent round of awards for this made in BC revolutionary solution.

Follow this link to find out more about Toch Sleepsense or contact us on 1-888-420-8624

Elim Village Retirement Community’s investment in Toch Sleepsense enables good and timely healthcare decision for residents.

Tochtech Technologies is delighted to announce an agreement with Elim Village Retirement Community to equip its long term care neighbourhoods with Toch Sleepsense, Tochtech’s award winning sleep sensor and bed-exit technology. Elim Village’s decision to install Sleepsense starting in its Behavioural Support Transition Neighbourhoods (BSTN) is the first phase of its investment in Sleepsense.

“We are thrilled to be implementing Sleepsense in our Behavioral Support Transition Neighborhoods.  During the test pilot we saw how Sleepsense not only enhances quality of life for residents by eliminating noise compared to conventional bed alarms, but also has other capabilities in monitoring and capturing data that help in making good and timely healthcare decisions for our residents” said Jennifer Ladesma, Director of Care, Elim Village Care Society.

Toch Sleepsense enables care staff to be automatically notified when a senior gets out of bed, has not returned to bed or in the event of a medical emergency while in bed. Sleepsense bed exit alerts will be integrated with the nurse call as well as other systems used by Elim Village. Additionally, sleep quality data of each resident captured will enable care givers to adjust care plans and add interventions to address sleep issues.

“We are delighted by the decision of Elim Village to invest in the technology, and are pleased to have been able to prove the value of Sleepsense to the leadership team and the care staff during the extensive pilot process” said Jessica Yang, CEO of Tochtech.

Having been through an exhaustive testing period of the Sleepsense technology, installation at the Behavioral Support Transition Neighborhoods (BSTN) at Elim Village will begin immediately.

Elim Village Retirement Community’s investment in Tochtech’s Sleepsense technology follows investments by Trellis Seniors and Langley Lodge in BC, Canada, Australian Unity in Australia and an increasing number of long term care centres in Canada, Australia, UK and Japan that have committed to this first of its kind technology. To find out more about Sleepsense, please visit, www.tochsleepsense.com

About Elim Village Retirement Community: Elim Village is a premier retirement community located on 25 acres of community living amenities, offering the full spectrum of senor living, from independent through to full care.  The goal of Elim Village is that as care needs increase, most residents, including husbands and wives, would be able to stay in the community. In the early 1990s, a small group of Christians studying the book of James began discussing how faith could be demonstrated in practical terms. They began to develop a vision of a Christian retirement community where Independent Living, Assisted Living and Full Care would all be available on one site. They formed the Elim Foundation and gathered seed money for early development costs. Soon after, they established Elim Housing Society. With the help of 70 committed investors, the society took the significant step of buying land in Surrey, BC. The first set of duplexes and a condo building went up in 2001. Elim Village Retirement Community has two locations – Elim Village Fleetwood and Elim Village Garrison Crossing. For more information, visit https://elimvillage.com/

About Tochtech Technologies: Founded in 2014, Tochtech Technologies is a digital healthcare company whose mission is to build smart, cost effective senior care solutions that offer caregivers peace-of-mind while enabling seniors to live healthier and safer lives. Tochtech’s philosophy centres around the use of technology to eliminate the risk and sense of disconnect for seniors, especially those living independently. Tochtech has developed first in-class solutions in the areas of stove safety, voice integrated personal aides and a risk predictive smart care platform. Using voice integration, AI and proprietary algorithms, these products enable caregivers to provide proactive, personalized care to extend older adults’ ability to live a healthy and longer life.

We have exciting information about what’s new with Tochtech. Last week was a busy and exciting week for Tochtech. Toch Sleepsense, won yet another industry award and, received recognition as an innovative technology offering value to the senior care industry.

In case you missed it, here is a quick recap:

Toch Sleepsense won LeadingAge California’s, People’s Choice Award at its Innovation Showcase Event that was held at its annual conference in Monterey, California. The Innovation Showcase identifies organizations that demonstrate true innovation in care, housing and services for older adults. It offers a challenge and encourages ideas that include evidenced-informed technologies, new approaches to caregiving, life enrichment approaches, enhanced safety and security, and improving quality of life. Tochtech is thrilled to be receiving yet another award for Sleepsense!! For more details

The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization announced the results of a 5-month independent, pilot study focused on the validity and value of
Sleepsense technology to the senior care industry. Highlights include:

• Toch Sleepsense technology does improve health and safety of residents in long term care
• Toch Sleepsense reduces the need for hourly checks on all residents’ rooms as Sleepsense is successful in monitoring high-risk residents getting out of bed and effectively alerting staff.
• Not only did this technology support resident safety, researchers saw real examples of Sleepsense supporting resident health. The available data on sleep cycles that Sleepsense captured allowed researchers to recommend medication adjustments and monitor changes to the resident’s sleep patterns.

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