Today we saw two great nursing homes, one in the suburbs and one more in the urban part of Amsterdam. In both people were able to bring their own furniture and pets, and in the one in the suburbs they also had deer and goats. In the city nursing home, the apartments had sophisticated electronics controlled by a bracelet the residents wore. This bracelet was programmed with the mental capacity of the resident in mind. If he or she needed a lot of assistance, the bracelet would do things like open the blinds and lead the resident to a toilet at night by activating a series of overhead lights. If the resident stayed too long in the toilet, the nurse would be alerted. The bracelet also would let more cognitively intact residents go downstairs to shop or have their hair done in the salon, etc. It was a terrific set-up, allowing meximum independence according to the abilities of each resident.
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