Philips announced Wednesday, in partnership with in-home senior care franchise Right at Home, the beta launch of remote care services using the CareSensus connected sensors platform, which is designed to bring "the benefits of the Internet of Things into the homes of seniors." Philips noted that "the flexible and affordable blend of in-home and remote care options" will help "seniors with cognitive and/or physical frailties who want to age in place safely."

Jeroen Tas, CEO of Philips' Connected Care and Health Informatics unit, said "Philips' proprietary connected sensors platform allows the senior's Right at Home care team to proactively help keep them as healthy and secure as possible to better enable the delivery of tailored, expert care whenever and wherever it's needed."

Specifically, the home care monitoring solution features connected sensors and data analytics, with "connected, discrete, non-camera-based passive sensors placed strategically in the home to provide 24/7 monitoring of seniors," Philips said. While CareSensus tracks patterns that can infer daily behaviours, such as sleeping, eating and bathroom trips, smart analytics identify client activity that is outside the their norm, which is automatically highlighted in the online dashboard for home care agency and caregiver review, Philips added.

Philips said the technology platform will be launched at 25 US locations in June.