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buddi is being chosen by many different organisations including local authorities, PCT’s, police forces and organisations for the elderly and vulnerable as THE personal tracking solution to help protect their clients, staff and workforce.
The reasons they chose buddi include
- buddi is an intelligent and intuitive tracking device
- Uses GPS based assistive technology
- Combines GPS and GSM to calculate locations
- No hidden costs - all included in the chosen package
- Extensive list of features - emergency alert, man-down, tracking, speed and motion, audio channel, passive alert
- Low data costs
- Locations available even when voice channel open
- buddi boundaries can be any shape
- No software requirement
- Multiple wearers per buddi
- Bespoke Account Management - installation and training
- CAT II and ACPO (association of chief police officers) registered customer response team
- UK developed and manufactured
buddi supporting people with dementia
40% of people with dementia will also suffer from dementia wandering, causing considerable stress to both carer and patient and on many occasions police involvement is required. The risk to an Alzheimer’s patient increases the longer they are missing. It is a fact that wandering is the main cause for admission to care homes.
It is everyone’s objective to retain as much freedom and independence for the individual as possible whilst ensuring their safety and the peace of mind for the carer.
Support is available 24/7 either as a result of the emergency alert being pressed by the Alzheimer's patient or the carer looking up the wearer’s location in the event they have gone missing. With this tracking device boundaries can be set for the wearer alerting the carer if the wearer has gone outside of a predesignated area. buddi will also detect a sudden fall with the man-down feature. buddi should be introduced to a person with dementia early after the diagnosis so if wandering behaviour starts to develop, the person concerned will already be comfortable using buddi.
Lone worker protection and safety
Those responsible for Health and safety will be only too familiar with the increasing amount of onerous legislation facing their organisation - the recent Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act makes corporate responsibility and duty of care a key priority.
We understand that lone workers increasingly need more protection and support with backup to give them peace of mind to focus on their work rather than potential problems. They need to be able to seek help quickly in the event of a threatening or dangerous incident.
buddi is being chosen by many organisations to do just this. The buddi 24/7 CAT II ACPO registered ARC provides specialist human support in the event that an alarm is raised.
The buddi customer response centre is quality assured to British Standards and as they are registered with every police force in the UK they can, if required contact the police directly to ensure the necessary help is available immediately.
buddi is a GPS tracking device and emergency alarm - it is not a phone - it is designed solely to support wearers in an emergency situation or if they are lost. The alert can be raised covertly by simply squeezing the buttons on the side of the buddi.
buddi is a necessity for all lone workers and organisations responsible for lone workers and can become a strong pillar in ensuring your worker's safety and indemnifying yourself from culpability.
Please refer to the "why use buddi?" section for information on a range of ethical considerations around the use of Assistive Technologies and the "important legislation" section to learn more about lone worker protection and Health and Safety legislation.
If you would like to talk to us about how you can join the rapidly growing number of organisations using buddi please contact the buddi sales team on 0871 423 8756 sales@buddi.co.uk | 
