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The Sensor Light can fulfill the largest growing need of the
largest growing sector of the U.S. population.
Americans over 65 years of age currently represent 34.422 million (12.65
percent) of the total population of 272 million.
By 2015, this age group is expected to rise to 45.566 million,
representing 30 percent of the total population growth in the country, and
is anticipated to rise above 60 million in the following ten years.
This age group has a recognized need for assistance in activities of
daily living (ADL’s). In fact, over 50 percent of senior citizens are
disabled, and 80 percent report difficulty with basic mobility.
The Sensor Light can ensure the retention of independence to this
large and growing consumer group, and in direct assistance to their
independent mobility.
The benefits of the Sensor Light are already in anticipation by
those about to enter this age group. Thirty percent of Americans ages 45
to 55 acknowledge that they expect to have such difficulties in their
lives when they reach the senior citizen age. This same percentile
expresses a desire for accommodations to assist in their anticipated
difficulties.
The Sensor Light can reduce the risks of care facilities as well
as their patients.
- Healthcare facilities such as hospitals and especially nursing homes
must consistently keep a close watch on their patients as they try to
maintain mobility independence as much as possible. Should any injury
occur, these facilities are as much at risk to injury as the patients.
- For example, of all nursing home facility residents, 62.3 percent
require use of a walker, and 25.2 percent require wheelchairs.
Incidentally, the number of lawsuits filed against these care facilities
has increased 9.2 percent each year for the past five years, and many
pertain directly to injuries incurred while in residence of these
facilities.
- The Sensor Light can not only improve the mobility of these
facilities’ residents, but it can actually reduce the liability of these
facilities by maintaining the safety of their motion.
The Sensor Light could achieve approval and endorsement of the
highest form.
- Because the independence offered by the Sensor Light can
potentially reduce its users’ dependence on outside assistance, the
costs of care for these users could be substantially reduced.
- This impetus of reduced costs could bring about the support and coverage
by insurers and government programs, thus making the Sensor Light
an item of coverage to the 26.587 million recipients of Medicare.
Sources:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics,
American Association of Retired Persons, National Council on Aging, and U.S.
Healthcare Financing Administration.
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