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What happens when curiosity replaces assumption in care?

For many providers, the biggest opportunities for improvement are not always linked to a known problem. Sometimes they emerge when teams begin asking different questions and take a closer look at experiences that have historically been difficult to understand.

Our latest Royal Star & Garter case study explores what happened when a commitment to learning, evidence and continuous improvement uncovered new opportunities to support residents and staff alike.

It's a fascinating reminder that some of the most valuable insights are often the ones you were not expecting to find.

Read more:
https://www.allycares.com/the-problems-we-didnt-know-we-had-royal-star-garter-ally-case-study/

When residents sleep better, the impact is rarely limited to the night itself.

Across the North Central London programme, providers reported up to 87% fewer night-time falls, more than half of residents sleeping better, and one home reducing ambulance callouts from 33 to zero.

Those outcomes are a reminder that improving sleep is not simply about comfort. It can influence safety, wellbeing, confidence, and quality of life across the whole home.

We're looking forward to a great day at the Care Innovation Summit.

Thomas Tredinnick and Marie Hawkes-Smith are there today and would love to meet providers and partners from across the sector.

If you're attending, come and say hello and find out how providers are using Ally Cares to support better outcomes, safer nights and more proactive care.

We're looking forward to attending the Care Innovation Summit and catching up with familiar faces as well as meeting new people from across the sector.

Thomas Tredinnick and Marie Hawkes-Smith from Ally Cares will be there throughout the event and would be delighted to chat about the challenges providers are facing, the opportunities emerging across care, and what homes are doing to improve outcomes for residents and staff alike.

If you're planning to attend and would like to arrange a time to meet, please get in touch. It would be great to connect. https://www.allycares.com/book-a-virtual-demo/

Within the Dorset programme, improving overnight visibility contributed to:

• 49% reduction in overall falls
• 58% reduction in unwitnessed bedroom falls
• 64% reduction in ambulance callouts

What homes are increasingly discovering is that the opportunity often sits in the hours before an incident, where smaller overnight changes can now be identified much earlier.

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Dorset ICB Case Study: Improving Night-Time Safety in Care Homes with Ally | Ally Labs Evidence from Dorset ICB shows how Ally acoustic monitoring reduced unwitnessed falls, hospital transfers and night-time risk across care homes.

Many care homes are beginning to realise that residents are often not experiencing the night in the way teams originally believed, simply because historically there has been very little visibility into what was happening between routine checks.

Across homes using Ally, this clearer understanding has contributed towards:
• up to 63% fewer bedroom falls
• around 50% improvement in sleep continuity
• calmer overnight environments

Read more:
https://www.allycares.com/unknown-night-time-insights-care-homes/

What if the most important part of night-time care actually happens before residents go to sleep?

More providers are beginning to rethink evening routines, lighting, observation practices and overnight support once they properly understand how residents experience the transition into night.

This article explores why twilight hours are becoming such an important conversation across care.

Read more here: https://www.allycares.com/why-care-homes-are-rethinking-twilight-hours/
Why care homes are rethinking twilight hours

Many care homes are beginning to realise that some residents thought to be “unsettled overnight” were actually sleeping far more peacefully than expected.

At The Lawns, understanding overnight sleep and movement patterns contributed towards:
• 88% fewer high-risk falls
• 61% fewer physical checks
• 5 staff hours released overnight

The biggest surprise was not the technology. It was how much unnecessary disruption had quietly become normal overnight.

Discover more:
https://www.allycares.com/case-study-how-allys-proactive-ai-resident-monitoring-solution-help-drive-down-falls-hospital-stays-at-the-lawns-nursing-residential-care-home/