MILWAUKEE: A former disused warehouse is being seen as the future of support for the elderly.
The warehouse is to undergo a refurbishment to make it into an assisted-living hub.
It will act as a one-stop shop for care needs. Disability applications, which allow people with mobility problems to access extra parking spaces, will be located here and it will house all the home-adaptation equipment, such as stair-lifts and grab rails.
When it is fully functioning, it will also be home to the tele-care response team, which monitors the alerts from the homes connected up to the system.
Tele-care covers a variety of different devices from bed sensors and flood alerts to devices that raise the alarm when a person has fallen. There are even GPS tracker systems that will activate when a person moves outside their designated “safe zone”.
“This is the third generation tele-care,” said…