Care Home Security in Greater Manchester

The warden, nurse, or carer call systems installed in care homes and similar environments, are a lifeline for your residents. It is, therefore, essential that these systems are working to their full potential at all times. Here at Automatic Alarms, not only do we install such systems, but we also perform scheduled testing and maintenance, including serving, repairs, and replacements.

Any form of care home or assisted living complex must comply with Building and Fire Safety Regulations. Some of these are laid down at a national level under primary legislation, whilst others are instigated by your local authority. At Automatic Alarms, we help you keep on the right side of those regulations by offering a regular maintenance package for all your fire safety provisions. This includes testing and servicing your alarms, as well as essential fire safety equipment.

In certain care home environments, security is a two-way street. As well as keeping unwanted visitors out, you also need to keep some residents in, for their own safety. We can provide you with a range of physical security and monitoring solutions to ensure everyone in your home is kept safe. These include security gates and barriers and access-controlled doors, as well as 24/7 CCTV surveillance to ensure you can find anybody’s whereabouts.

If a resident has a fall, or leaves the complex when they are not supposed to, you may be held liable for any injuries. We can help you get around that risk by fitting CCTV cameras in sensitive areas, where such incidents are likely to take place. Our high-resolution equipment produces a crystal clear video feed that you can use as evidence.

Some residents may have certain conditions that require careful monitoring. This is particularly true of conditions that are known to get worse as they progress, and which can adversely affect a resident’s physical or mental well-being. Few care homes have the staff to monitor resident behaviour round the clock, but we can. With our state-of-the-art CCTV systems, you can keep careful watch on your residents, whenever you need to.

It is not unusual for care home staff to operate a skeleton crew, particularly during the night-time hours. In such situations, it is important that they and your residents are safeguarded against acts of violence, whether they come from outside or inside the care home. Again, our CCTV systems can provide crucial evidence in the event of any investigation, but we also offer more proactive solutions. These include lone worker alarms, where a member of the staff can call for immediate assistance at the touch of a button.

Working with the elderly, infirm, or otherwise vulnerable individuals in your care home, it is important that you only employ staff and contractors that have been fully-checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We confirm that all our crew have undergone such tests and we are happy to provide you with a copy of their certification, upon request.