What is Amba?
Amba transforms care by spotting subtle changes in a residents routine. Discreet sensors highlight daily habit changes, like unusual sleeping patterns or increased bathroom visits at night. This allows our teams to intervene early with personalised support, keeping residents safe and independent without feeling constantly watched.
Designed with dignity and privacy at its core, Amba works quietly in the background without cameras or intrusive deceives. Amba’s technology respects independence while equipping teams with meaningful data to improve safety, confidence and day-to-day decision-making.
By introducing Amba across our homes, we are strengthening our commitment to delivering proactive, individualised care. The insights it provides help our teams respond sooner, support residents more effectively, and create safer, more responsive environments where people can truly thrive.
Our partnership with Amba
Sarah Leskinen-Keel, our Chief Operating Officer, shares why Amba is such a meaningful addition to our homes. Discover how this discreet technology helps us support residents safely while respecting their independence and individuality.
Meeting the need for proactive care
As demand for safe, personalised care continues to grow, care providers need access to the right information at the right time. Amba supports this by providing real-time insights into sleep, movement, activity levels and changes in routine, helping care teams identify potential concerns early and respond before issues escalate.
Rather than relying on periodic observations, Amba enables a more proactive approach to care. By building a picture of resident’s daily habits and wellbeing, teams can spot subtle changes that may indicate an emerging health concern, a change in behaviour or an increased risk of falls.
This proactive approach is already making a difference across Agincare homes. At Beaufort Park Retirement Village, sleep and bathroom visit data highlighted patterns that prompted further investigation by a GP into resident’s kidney and bladder function. The information not only supported clinical decision-making but also provided reassurance to the resident and their family that concerns around overnight continence were being accurately captured and acted upon.
The technology is also helping to prevent incidents before they occur. At St Peter’s Park Retirement Village, falls reduced by 89% following the implementation of Amba. In one instance, an out-of-bed alert prompted an immediate welfare check, where staff discovered a resident partially out of bed and holding onto the bed rail. The team believes the alert may have prevented a potentially serious fall.
Alongside improving safety and wellbeing, Amba is helping teams spend more time delivering meaningful care. Across services, the technology has contributed to a 52% reduction in night-time checks, helping residents enjoy more restful; sleep while giving care teams more that 25 additional hours each week to focus on person-centred support.
How Amba works
Amba helps shift care from reactive to proactive by creating a personalised picture of each resident’s wellbeing, without the need for intrusive cameras, microphones or wearable devices.
Using a network of discreet sensors placed throughout a resident’s room, the system gathers information about daily routines, movement patterns, sleep quality and environmental conditions. These sensors work together to build a comprehensive understanding of a resident’s typical behaviours, enabling care teams to identify changes that may indicate a developing health concern or increased support need.
This means care teams can respond quickly to emerging concerns, whether that’s increased nighttime bathroom visits that may indicate an infection, disrupted sleep that could affect wellbeing, unusual activity patterns that suggest a change in behaviour, or an out-of-bed alert that may help prevent a fall.
By providing real-time insights while respecting privacy and dignity, Amba enables our teams to deliver more personalised, proactive care and support residents to live safely, comfortably and with greater peace of mind.
Benefits of Amba
Amba is designed to support both care teams and residents by providing timely insights, promoting wellbeing, and creating a safer, more responsive care environment. It’s technology helps our teams to work smarter while respecting residents privacy and independence.
Integration into care settings
Amba is designed to be easily integrated into existing care environments, supporting care teams with actionable insights without disrupting daily routines. The system works seamlessly alongside current care practices, enabling teams to monitor residents’ wellbeing in real time while maintaining privacy and dignity.
Care teams receive alerts and dashboards directly on their devices, helping them respond quickly to changes in resident activity, sleep or health. This allows the team to prioritise interventions, optimise workloads and focus on personalised care, improving both safety and quality of life for residents.
Amba supports:
- Monitoring residents discreetly with passive sensors
- Reducing unnecessary physical checks
- Identifying risks early to prevent falls and other incidents
- Tracking medication, sleep, and activity trends to inform care planning
Outcomes
fewer checks meaning less disruption at night and more restful sleep for residents.
hours gained each week meaning more time for meaningful, person-centred care.
Transforming care at St Peter’s Park
At St Peters Park, Amba was implemented to enhance resident safety while creating a more efficient, less intrusive care environment. The results demonstrate a significant shift towards proactive, personalised care.
Reducing physical checks
For residents requiring half-hourly monitoring, physical checks were reduced by 52.4%. By replacing intrusive nightly rounds with discreet sensors, staff reclaimed 3 hours and 38 minutes per night totaling over 25 hours gained each week allowing them to focus on meaningful, person-centred interactions.
Proactive fall prevention
By utilising Amba’s high-priority out-of-bed alerts, St Peter’s Park achieved a dramatic reduction in incidents. In a two-week period, the home recorded just one minor fall, compared to 44 falls in the previous month. Real-time alerts allow staff to respond instantly, preventing incidents before they occur and significantly reducing harm.
Informed care planning
Amba’s data provides deep insights into daily routines, helping teams track the impact of medication changes on sleep quality. This evidence-based approach guides safer, more effective care planning. Residents utilising the sleep monitoring device experienced zero falls, demonstrating the systems vital role in maintaining independence and safety.
What residents and families say about Amba
Discover our homes using Amba
These were the first homes to adopt Amba’s discreet monitoring technology, giving residents personalised support while maintaining privacy and independence. We’re now rolling this technology out across all our homes, bringing proactive, person-centered care to everyone. Click on a home below to see how we’re making care safer, more responsive, and tailored to each resident.
Beaufort Park Retirement Village
Beaufort Park Retirement Village and care home in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset offers quality residential care in a beautiful setting. Get in touch today.
St Peter’s Park Retirement Village
St Peter's Park in Bexhill-on-Sea is a retirement village including independent apartments, a traditional care home and nursing home all within one complex.
Waterside Nursing Home
Waterside Care Home in Peckham, London is a nursing home providing affordable high-quality residential, end-of-life and palliative care.
Greenhive Care Home
Greenhive Care Home in Peckham, London, provides affordable high-quality residential, end-of-life and palliative care.
Bluegrove House Care Home
Bluegrove House Care Home in Bermondsey, London, provides affordable high-quality residential, end-of-life and palliative care.
The Chestnuts Care Home
The Chestnuts luxury care home in Aylesbury provides affordable high-quality residential, end-of-life and palliative care for older people with dementia.
The Croft Care Home
The Croft residential care home in Aylesbury provides affordable high-quality residential, end-of-life and palliative care for older people with dementia.
Hazlemere Lodge Care Home
Care and nursing home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, for up to 64 residents.
Swan House Care Home
Swan House residential care home in Winslow provides affordable high-quality residential, end-of-life and palliative care for older people with dementia.
Tower Bridge Care Home
Tower Bridge Care Home in Southwark, London, provides affordable high-quality residential, nursing, end-of-life and palliative care.
FAQs about Amba
Amba collects passive wellness data such as sleep patterns, movement, activity levels, medication adherence, and general health indicators. It does not use camera or audio, so privacy is fully maintained.
Amba is designed with privacy as its core. Sensors do not record images or sound. Data is secure, anonymised where appropriate and is accessible only to authorised care staff.
Amba works alongside your current care practices. Alerts and dashboards delivered to staff respond quickly and prevent incidents such as falls or unsafe situations.
Yes. Real-time alerts for movement, out-of-date activity or prolonged inactivity help staff respond quickly and prevent incidents such as falls or unsafe situations.
Yes. The system tracks medication routines, sleep and activity patterns helping staff monitor the impact of medications and adjust care plans safety and effectively.
No. Amba is designed to be user-friendly, with simple dashboards, alerts and reporting. Staff receive training and ongoing support to make integration seamless.
Residents experience improved safety, more independence, and dignity. Early alerts allow timely support, reducing risk of harm while maintaining privacy.
Amba is a proactive wellness monitoring system used in our care homes to support residents safety, independence, and dignity. Instead of using intrusive cameras or microphones, Amba uses discreet, passive sensors to detect subtle changes in resident’s daily routines, such as unusual sleep patterns. This allows our care teams to intervene early with personalised support.