Several diseases that affect seniors, such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia, are related to sleep disorders. The light that improves the circadian response can contribute to improving their quality of sleep and also their mood.
Create a home environment for those who need your caring assistance
Residents in a nursing home are forced to spend the last stage of their lives in an environment adapted to their needs, but away from their beloved ones and their charming home.
Your healthcare facilities are designed to give your residents the best possible care and experience. KUMUX's lighting systems can help you improve your customer experience, by mimicking the changing rhythms of natural light indoors while accommodating the needs of a variety of spaces in assisted living facilities.
KUMUX FOR PEOPLE
The suitable light for safety and residents' care
Elderly people usually have less access to natural light, because of their motor limitations. Their internal clocks become unbalanced when they are in nursing homes all day long. To promote the health of residents and workers and improve the quality of care provided by professionals, adequate artificial light is required throughout the day.
Night light for a safe navigation
Warm light with low brightness should be used at night so that the patient's sleep is not perturbed at the same time that architectural elements are highlighted to help them with spatial orientation and navigation, avoiding falls.
Alzheimer's disease and sleep disturbances
Visual acuity
Due to the aged eye, the elderly people need more light for visual acuity than younger adults. They require the right light quantity for daily tasks, such as reading or cognitive training. However, glare should be avoided to a major extent since seniors are more sensitive to this light effect.
Workers' night shifts
Since elderly care centers operate 24 hours a day, practitioners usually work rotating or overnight shifts. Work schedules like this are associated with sleep disorders and also increase the risk of developing other chronic health problems like breast cancer.
KUMUX CIRCADIAN LIGHTING
KUMUX human-centric lighting solution changes artificial light brightness and colour temperature (cooler or warmer white light) settings automatically throughout the day to simulate natural light but taking the particular needs of every space in home-care facilities into account: dormitory, corridors, bathrooms, dining rooms, entrance, living rooms…
This dynamic and adaptive lighting helps people in nursing homes regulate their internal clock, which improves their sleep quality and agitation at night and also their mood and well-being in the daytime. At the same time, the operational costs can be reduced thanks to the energy savings when using only the necessary light in assisted living facilities.
Benefits of Light on people in elderly care
- Benefits for patients
- Benefits for workers
Safety when navigating
Residents of nursing homes benefit from adaptive and dynamic lighting, which improves their visual acuity and reduces the number of falls by 46%.
Reduced agitation
Circadian lighting can help fight against sleep disorders and reduce agitation and depression in patients with Alzheimer's disease and improve their sleep quality.
Positive mood
Human-centric lighting improves elderly people's mood, giving them a more positive attitude in their daily activities and keeping them more social, which helps them maintain better cognitive skills.
KUMUX CONTROL
Simplified lighting control
Lighting control with KUMUX is very easy: users only have to turn on/off the lights. The lighting settings are automatically adjusted by KUMUX all day when the light is on.
Certain tasks at certain moments could need special scenes, such as night light or emergency light in bedrooms.
Activity switch
Click the icons to change scene
Emergency light (special scene)
All lights are turned on for adequate visual quality, preserving the safety of the resident.
Emergency light (special scene)
All lights are turned on for adequate visual quality, preserving the safety of the resident.
On / Off
Turn on and off the lights.
Night light (special scene)
Light specifically designed for nighttime activities, such as going to the toilet or nursing activities while the resident is resting.
KUMUX Lighting
The light is automatically adjusted dynamically according to the position of the sun to maximize the users' health and wellness.