Inspiration
Care homes still track repositioning on paper and memory, and pressure injuries affect 2.5 million Americans a year. We visited a care home and saw this issue first hand.
What it does
A camera reads a resident's position, alerts caregivers only when a turn is due, and logs every turn automatically.
How we built it
A position model trained on the public SLP in-bed dataset, plus a care engine and caregiver apps in three languages.
Challenges we ran into
Reading position under blankets, figuring out who pays, and reaching busy care-home operators.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
321 people contacted and 38 conversations in one weekend, including a senior living president who said, "I think you've got something."
What we learned
Turning should follow each person's risk, and capture must be automatic.
What's next for SomaCare
Test on real cameras, then pilot in two or three small care homes.
Built With
- claude
- cursor
- replit
