Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be proactive by empowering YOU - the caregiver. If you cannot take care of yourself, then you cannot take care of your loved one.
Part of self-care often begins with peace of mind. Many years ago as I sat at Mom's kitchen table with an eldercare attorney, she asked to remain in her home as long as possible as we created caregiver compliance documents. Since we helped her to downsize it became what we initially intended. The problem was even though she had less home to manage I still had blind spots from the outside of her world of isolation.
If I had the knowledge of newer cutting edge resources such as Safehouse Technologies we might have been able to keep her in her own home longer. Even after Mom moved in with us, this very same technology would have assisted us. Now that she lives within a memory care community I find the need for this technology yet again. This is why I wanted to have today's guest shed some light for caregivers who need help in keeping their love ones independent longer.
John Griffiths, who resides in the UK, is the Technology Director and leads the development of the Safehouse products. He is responsible for the conception and design of the Safehouse system and sensor. John is co-founder and CTO of Secure Sensor Innovative Design. He has set up and successfully run several technology and consultancy companies over the last 30 years, including Griffiths Associates, where he is the Managing Director.
His company implemented the first cloud care support system for Bournemouth Borough Council. John specializes in healthcare technology, Smart City development and data center creation. He was the Information, Communication and Technology Specialist for the Welsh Government for 12 years where he worked with academic institutions and companies such as Orange, Intel, Cisco, BT, Thales, Telefonica and Microsoft. Previous to his current role, John was a Technical Specialist in the Department for International Trade for Smart Cities and Internet of Things with responsibility for the Far East.