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Introducing Ally Cares - meet them at our Autumn Cyber Summit on 3rd October


Ally is the UK’s leading evidence-based Resident Monitoring System helping care homes transform residents' lives by capturing unobserved care needs when residents are alone in their rooms.


Ally uses sound and motion to capture unobserved care needs, enabling care homes to identify such things as when they are in pain, discomfort, calling for assistance, moving confused or distressed. As well as tracking insights like sleep patterns, coughing, agitation and night-time routines.


These alerts and insights help care homes, prevent and detect falls, catch chest infections and UTIs earlier, promote better sleep and privacy and optimise the care plan. Ultimately transforming your resident's health and wellbeing whilst giving staff more time to care.

Research conducted with NHS TD and ICBs shows that care homes using Ally have reduced bedroom falls by 63%, cut hospital visits by 56%, improved residents’ sleep by 50%, and given carers 30% more time to care.


Introducing Marie Hawkes-Smith:


Marie is one of the Business Development Managers at Ally Cares, bringing over 20 years of experience in the social care sector. Her journey began in care recruitment and then she transitioned into business development roles within the care sector working with PCS for five years before joining Ally Cares in August 2023.


Passionate about improving care outcomes, Marie’s role at Ally Cares focuses on building relationships with customers to help them understand how to leverage Ally’s AI technology to enhance resident well-being and support care teams. Her deep understanding of the sector drives her commitment to making a positive impact on care homes.


At the WMCA Cyber Summit, Marie will be delivering a presentation introducing Sensor Based Falls Prevention technology - what it is, why it’s important and how it can benefit staff, residents and your wider business plus what funding is available to support implementing this. 

Join Ally Cares in transforming residents’ lives


Ally Cares believes in the power of technology to improve the lives of care home residents. Their partnership with WMCA is a significant step towards achieving this goal.


For more information about Ally Cares and their cutting edge AI technology, visit https://www.allycares.com or book a virtual demo by calling 0203 026 4506 or email info@allycares.com.



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As part of Digital Transformation Fund (DTF) there is funding available for allocation to CQC registered homes to support Care Homes to introduce falls technologies to help identify and prevent falls and to engage in small pilots of other technology enabled care (TEC).


If you are interested to learn about your eligibility, what funding is available, and how the WMCA can support you through the selection and purchasing process, please click here.

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