Published: 19 May 2025
By Nobi Smart Lights
3x AI Lighting Strategies Transforming Fall Prevention in Care Homes
Nobi Smart Lights, a leading innovator in AI-driven healthcare technology, will showcase its revolutionary smart light system at the upcoming Care Innovation Summit. With a recent £29 million Series B funding round, Nobi is rapidly expanding into key markets including the UK, US, and Japan, significantly advancing elderly care through sophisticated fall prevention and detection technology.
Unlike traditional emergency call systems, Nobi’s smart lights blend seamlessly into care environments. Aesthetically designed ceiling lights use advanced AI algorithms developed from over 250,000 real-life scenarios to discreetly monitor residents’ movements.
Nobi’s comprehensive approach to fall prevention involves three distinct strategies:
1. Proactive Smart Lighting: Automatically minimises disorientation, especially during nighttime, by providing targeted illumination exactly when needed, such as when a resident sits up in bed or moves around in low-light conditions.
2. Real-Time Risk Alerts: Continuously learns individual movement patterns and proactively notifies care staff of potential fall risks, enabling timely intervention. For instance, staff receive immediate alerts if a high-risk resident leaves their bed unattended.
3. Continuous Learning from Incidents: Captures and analyses 15 seconds of footage before and after a fall, providing valuable insights into environmental factors, medication effects, or changes in mobility patterns, helping refine future prevention measures.
Faster responses and better outcomes for residents
If a fall occurs, Nobi swiftly transitions into detection mode, immediately recognising the incident and alerting care staff. This significantly reduces response times to under four minutes, greatly influencing recovery outcomes and minimizing potential harm to vulnerable residents. As Roeland Pelgrims, CEO of Nobi, puts it: “99% of the time, we’re Clark Kent. But when you need us, we put on the funny pants and a cape—and we’re Superman. We’ve created a solution that provides unprecedented safety and support while respecting the dignity and privacy of residents.”
Ethical AI: Privacy and confidentiality by design
Privacy remains paramount throughout Nobi’s operations. Residents are rendered anonymously as stick figures in real-time visualisations, and crucially, all data processing occurs locally rather than via cloud services, ensuring ethical standards and confidentiality. Footage captured by the system is instantly deleted unless a fall is detected, after which, with consent, it may be securely stored for up to 14 days.
Real-world results from UK care homes
The tangible impact of Nobi’s approach is demonstrated by its successful partnership with Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (L&SC ICB). Across 80 care homes and supported living accommodations equipped with 800 smart lights, falls have decreased by 31%, from 46.85 to 32.14 per 1,000 resident days. Response times improved by 69%, down to just 3 minutes and 56 seconds. Remarkably, ‘long-lie’ incidents, where residents previously remained unattended for over 30 minutes, have been completely eliminated—a critical improvement given the increased mortality risk associated with prolonged floor stays.
A care home in Cumbria saw an even more dramatic reduction, with falls decreasing by 84% when integrating Nobi lights with additional preventive measures, highlighting the technology’s effectiveness as part of comprehensive care strategies.
Come and meet Nobi Smart Lights at Care Innovation Summit
Care Innovation Summit attendees will have the opportunity to witness Nobi’s smart light system in action and discuss tailored implementation strategies. Given the annual £2.3 billion cost that falls represent to the NHS, Nobi offers a scalable, proven solution aligning seamlessly with the government’s vision for a digitally enabled care sector.
Come and meet Nobi this coming June at Care Innovation Summit.
