Benefits
- Benefit
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Time on the ground fell by 29.6 minutes (95% CI 20.3 to 38.9)
Awaiting review
- Outcome identifiers
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Category
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Reduced Risk
Awaiting review
- Status
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Reported benefit
Awaiting review
- Beneficiary groups
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People. Organizations.
Awaiting review
- Beneficiaries
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Reach
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Distribution and access
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Duration
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Expected?
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Yes
Awaiting review
- Costs and harms
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
AI system
- System
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SafelyYou Guardian (SYG): continuous bedroom video monitoring with computer vision fall detection and real-time notification
Awaiting review
- Model
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This is an explicit unresolved assignment: the sources on record do not settle this question.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Release
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Provider
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Role
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Configuration
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Inputs and outputs
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Autonomy
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Workflow
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Cameras covered the bedrooms of consenting residents, where over 80% of falls happened. Staff received a notification with video access as soon as the system detected a fall.
Awaiting review
- Human oversight
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Relation to AI
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The study compares periods with and without real-time AI notification in the same facilities, with no concurrent control group.
Awaiting review
- AI contribution
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
Measurement
- Studies
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Before/after. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Studies
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Study design
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Before/after. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Study design
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Measurement
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Time until staff assistance and time on the ground measured automatically from video of each fall. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Measurement
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Setting and sample
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66 residents with dementia, 436 falls, six California memory care facilities, November 2017 to August 2018. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Setting and sample
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Measures
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Time on the ground and time until staff assistance. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Measures
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Comparison
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Baseline period without real-time notification. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Comparison
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Results
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29.6 minutes less on the ground; 28.3 minutes less until assistance; lies over one hour fell from 31% to zero. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Results
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Additional value from AI
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About 30 minutes less time on the ground per fall. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Additional value from AI
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
- Limitations
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No concurrent control; period effects possible; authors employed by or holding stock in SafelyYou. [2]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Limitations
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [2]
Money
- Kind of value
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The kind of monetary value is unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Amount
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The monetary value is not established.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Currency and prices
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The currency and price basis are unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Period and unit
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The period and unit of the monetary estimate are unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Realization
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Whether the monetary value was realized is unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Recipients and payers
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The recipients and payers are unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Gross or net
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Whether the monetary figure includes costs is unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Included costs
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The costs included in the estimate are unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Comparison
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The financial comparison is not established.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Method
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The method used to calculate monetary value is unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Return and payback
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The return on investment or payback period is not established.
Not reviewedUnresolved
People and places
- Participants
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Developer: SafelyYou, Inc. Operator: Six memory care facilities in California (not named in the paper).
Awaiting review
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Six memory care facilities, California,
United States. Developer: United States. Operator: United States.Awaiting review
- Ownership and control
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Dependencies
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Cross-border connections
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Geopolitical implications
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The geopolitical implications are unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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Staff must be available to respond to alerts at night, when two thirds of falls occurred. Residents and families must consent to bedroom video.
Awaiting review
- Replication attempts
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1 follow-up entry. Benefit recurred: 1.
Awaiting review
- Later findings
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Availability
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Institutional decision
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A relevant institutional decision has not been established.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Grounds
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The grounds for an institutional decision are unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Action and result
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The result of an institutional decision is not established.
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Success criterion
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The criterion for a successful institutional decision is unclear.
Not reviewedUnresolved
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0605-source-0001–0002
Awaiting review
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
Awaiting review
- Language
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Source relationships
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Independent, Developer
Awaiting review
- Original evidence
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Access and versions
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Supported findings
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Evidence links
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Evidence strength
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Independently studied. Sources: one independent peer-reviewed study and the makers' peer-reviewed study. The cited evidence includes no finding by a regulator or court. [1] [2]
- Missing evidence
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People. Organizations.
Awaiting review
- Depth
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People: 3. Organizations: 2.
Awaiting review
- Reasons
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People: Residents spent 29.6 fewer minutes on the ground after falls, and lies of more than an hour fell from 31% of fallers to none. Organizations: Time until staff assistance fell by 28.3 minutes between the baseline and real-time notification periods.
Awaiting review
- Observed or intended
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Rubric
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Assessor and date
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Alternative assessments
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Fill
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Independently studied
Awaiting review
Entry details
- Kind
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The case describes an evaluation or a study. A before and after observational study across six facilities. [1]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Kind
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [1]
- Related entries
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Both records concern AI video monitoring that alerts staff in residential aged care facilities, and in this incident false alerts overwhelmed facility staff and contributed to a missed real incident.
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Related entries
Compared with the incidents in the AI Incident Database snapshot of 26 October 2026; a second reading confirmed that the incident concerns the same kind of system and stakeholder.
Sources: incidentdatabase.ai
- Field
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Elder care.
Awaiting review
- Purpose
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SafelyYou Guardian was built to detect falls in real time and notify caregivers. Shorter time on the ground after falls was that purpose.
Awaiting review
- Dates
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Observed: 31 August 2018. Updated: 29 October 2026.
Awaiting review
- Stage
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The system was used in a pilot. The system ran in six facilities in a staged observational study. [1]
Fully reviewed: supporting details for Stage
Review date: 29 October 2026.
Sources: [1]
- Version
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SHA-256: 4a4126b06b0a…
Awaiting review: supporting details for Version
SHA-256 of the public case, its assessments, and its displayed answers and notes, excluding its own identifier and the derived coverage summary.
References
- Other identifiers
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AI Incident Database: 1109.
Awaiting review
- Category mappings
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Citable summary
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Unresolved
Not reviewedUnresolved
- Revisions
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2 revisions. Latest: 29 October 2026.
Awaiting review
Sources
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Peer-reviewed study Independent author
Lear R, Ellis S, Ollivierre-Harris T, Long S, Mayer EK. Video Recording Patients for Direct Care Purposes: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of International Empirical Studies and UK Professional Guidance. J Med Internet Res. 2023;25:e46478. doi:10.2196/46478
AI-enabled continuous video monitoring with real-time falls notifications improves postfall care in memory care facilities.
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Peer-reviewed study Developer
Bayen E, Nickels S, Xiong G, et al. Reduction of Time on the Ground Related to Real-Time Video Detection of Falls in Memory Care Facilities: Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021;23(6):e17551. doi:10.2196/17551
Reductions of 28.3 (CI 19.6-37.1) minutes in TUA and 29.6 (CI 20.3-38.9) minutes in TOG were observed between the baseline and RTN periods.