We are creating an Affordable alternative to the hospital bed called the Smart Inclining Bed that will help YOU get a better night’s sleep, and save millions from suffering from common, preventable illnesses like falls, pressure sores and pneumonias.
- Insomnia affects 1/4 people worldwide regularly – that’s 1.9billion people!
- Reflux, chronic back pain, and heart and lung conditions like heart failure and cystic fibrosis, that make sleep difficult to get, lying flat, affects over 1.1billion too!
- Falls. They’re the most common cause of hospitalisation that will affect as many as 50 – 75% of seniors in nursing homes in any given year, and cost the US $31billion per year.
- Pneumonias. They take 950,000 children under 5 every year, and cost over $40billion per year in the US.
- Pressure sores. They not only last months to years, but cost $129,000 per patient to treat once formed.
- And Loneliness. And Boredom. As many as 10% of society fells lonely all the time, with these vulnerable populations feeling this at disproportionate rates. It can also leads to physical illness.
We are offering a cost-effective and improved alternative to the hospital bed which lifts you up for a tenth of the price!
Smart sensors map your movement, breathing and muscle tone, and our Smart Inclining Bed’s provisionally patented air inflation system, will mould to your back, providing you with the most comfortable sleep possible. Our Premium Health Model, powered by Centered Around You technologies, (our premium, healthcare brand) which is currently in development, will also send alerts if someone’s fallen, has stopped breathing or if they’re developing a pressure sore.
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The Problem; An In-Depth View
Common complications affecting vulnerable populations take HUNDREDS of thousands of lives, and cost BILLIONS of dollars.
Falls are a complication that seriously injure nearly 10% of patients >65 in hospital (2% of this demographic will be admitted per anum!). They alone cost NSW, a single state in Australia of 7million people $558 million1, and the US upwards of $30billion2 every year!
DVTs (clots) affect up to 17% of immobile patients3 and kill 15% who have them dislodge4 – costing the US $27.3 billion a year5.
Pressure sores affect many in acute situations and in post-surgical recovery (or those with skin conditions). These last months to years and cost $129 000 per patient to treat, totaling a low end estimate of $11billion/year to the US6.
And pneumonias are the 3nd largest cause of hospitalisation after pregnancy and falls7,. They take over 950,000 children8, as well as many elderly, immunosuppressed and bed-bound patients disproportionately, every year.
And the elderly, those with chronic illnesses, cancers, other serious illnesses and disabilities are disproportionately affected – although ANYONE can suffer these fates in hospital!
In addition, it also helps many with other medical conditions. Including 70,000 Cystic fibrosis patients, 26 million heart failure patients (who regularly sleep on stacked pillows to minimise fluid buildup in their lungs), 42 million sleep apnoea patients, and a combined 718 million COPD and asthma patients with lung conditions. A flat position, particularly at night, not only receives the minimal assistance from gravity compared to a slant, but also means greatest force due to muscle mass is placed on breathing. Sitting up mitigates this. This sensation, and the wedge pillow’s impact, is actually what inspired our founder to go out and start Get To Sleep Easy.
Also, 7% of the world’s population – nearly 1/4 people in the developed world14 and up to 80% of expectant mothers15, suffer from acid reflux regularly! A slanted position decreases the angle of the esophagus (food pipe) entering the stomach, and makes it more difficult for stomach acid to travel up the esophagus too.
And finally, between 3 and 10% of the entire population suffer from chronic lower back pain. Over 25% of the elderly population, in fact16!
But that’s not all.
Our wellness Super-app - Centered Around You - aims to make life safer, easier AND more bearable for people when they're most vulnerable.
The speaker unit in particular will have audiobook features. Included are breathing exercises, and yoga tutorials, but physiotherapists and OTs can program their own instructions in too. It tracks symptoms, diet, exercise regimes and anonymizes data to power research. Reminders of appointments and medications can be programmed in. Depression and other health screening tools are also a key feature.
And importantly, this will also allow users to communicate with loved ones or caretakers when they need them most, as well as connect them to other people who may well be feeling lonely too.
This could make life easier and safer for millions in nursing homes, or those requiring extra care at home, and help YOU Get To Sleep Easy knowing your loved ones are safe.
Part of our values includes equality. We’re also developing a version of this bed which can be used by hospitals in developing worlds too. Indeed, international NGOs worlds are already interested in this cheap, portable hospital bed! We’ll be testing out our already completed prototype in the field quite soon!
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