Overview of iGuard
Mission: Create the best solutions for in-home safety and wellness monitoring when people are impacted by cognitive memory issues from IDD, being Neurodiverse, impacted by Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), prescription drug(s) causing brain fog, PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Dementia.
Enable living independently those impacted by cognitive memory issues.
Our Ask
1. funding via investment or non-dilutive
2. expand our network of other assistive technology providers and IDD service providers to grow our knowledge base about how best to serve the IDD community
3. collaborative partnerships
4. raise awareness about our assistive technology solutions
Product or Service
Prevent kitchen fires from forgotten cooking before they can start, to:
• Protect the resident(s) from injury or death
• Safely extend the quality of life and the time an older adult with cognitive memory issues can remain in their home
• Provide added peace of mind to the family
• Prevent fire/water damage to their home that could displace them
• Prevent the mental trauma that is experienced if a cooking fire were to occur
• Allow the safe use of the stove even if there are memory or physical disability issues
Our smart device monitors cooking activity and when no one is in the kitchen it begins a countdown timer. If no one returns in the specified time then our device turns off the power (electricity or gas) to the heating element(s).
Company Impact
The CEO of an IDD homecare services provider who had been installing our product for over three years. . “The iGuard products are a gateway device to living independently for our IDD clients impacted by cognitive memory issues.”
Having the iGuard® installed with its 24/7 monitoring and automated shut-off in the home provides security that a cooking fire event caused by forgotten cooking will be prevented. The monitoring and reporting provide comfort that the client is active, and an alert will be sent if not active. The biggest cause of home fires has been defended against.
The iGuard monitors activity with state-of-the-art milli-meter radar sensor, not cameras, to ensure the privacy and dignity of the parent while providing 24/7 coverage.
The Nighttime activity monitoring feature can inform family members if their loved ones have a sleep disorder and are wandering at night. The reporting from the various activity monitoring features and any cooking appliance auto shut-off events makes the family discussion on whether it remains safe for the parent to stay on their own an informed conversation with accurate data on possible memory or medical issues.
Primary Audience
Individuals and families impacted by IDD
Older adults impacted by cognitive memory issues who want to age in place
Veterans with cognitive memory issues caused by TBI, PTSD, and Dementia.
Partnership Opportunity
Our solution is designed to easily integrate into third party solutions such as providers of remote support services, homecare, etc.
By recording how many forgotten cooking events occur we provide high-quality data on changes on the state of cognitive memory impairment. We can share that data with other provider(s) that could then provide value add benefit to the client.
We use the Care Daily AI platform that sits on top of AWS IoT for Connected Home. The CD AI bots have over 5 years of training from being deployed into home with adults impacted by cognitive memory issues. The CD platform might be of benefit to other assistive technology providers or service providers as the platform has over 200 smart devices and sensors integrations.