Home automation has allowed the elderly and homebound individuals to stay in their homes where they feel comfortable, instead of moving to a costly health care facility.

The concept of remote controls is not a new idea. In fact it has been around since 1898 where it was primarily used to make life much more comfortable. By the early 2000s, the number of consumer electronic devices in most homes greatly increased, along with the number of remotes to control those devices. Not to mention, many systems on the market nowadays can now let you control and even automate your entire home. These home automation systems, whether you're at home or away, have been and will still continue to make life much more pleasant and interesting.

In order to maintain their independence and safety, home automation, particularly Z-Wave technology, is being implemented into more and more homes of the elderly and disabled. Since it is such a portable, affordable mode of automating homes, Z-Wave has an intriguing part to play in one of the major growth areas in present-day's societal landscape - healthcare. As technology takes over a central role in how we care for the elderly and the disabled, Z-Wave bridges an important missing link between physicians, caregivers and patients, namely communication.

Just recently, Z-Wave has been a pervasive, resident technology on many devices usually utilized in homes and medical facilities. For instance, think about a glucose monitoring device for diabetics that can send out an alarm to a caregiver or family member when the reading is not in normal limits. Or a heart rate monitor that automatically triggers distress calls to the hospital or physician if the patient has an arrhythmia. A Z-Wave Solutions Guide can do that and more.

This swift progression towards home health care has vastly improved the quality of health and simultaneously, cut down costs significantly through automation. Simple devices such as home lighting can now be dimmed or turned on/off by an elderly patient without getting out off bed, through the Z-Wave Plug-in Switch Controller and Z-Wave Plug-in Dimmer Controller. The risks of falls or injuries are greatly diminished through a Z-Wave Solutions Guide. In addition, busy doctors can now be alerted only if their attention is required. This trend works well for our ever changing demographics, where our aging population will now depend on home health care.

Z-Wave is an empowering technology that makes all this healthcare communication possible. It's fairly affordable and flexible enough to be installed into virtually any personal technology, such as blood pressure monitors and weighing scales. Consequently, Z-Wave is powerful and reliable enough for critical healthcare applications. Physicians and healthcare facilities are becoming more and more reliant on technologies that can assist them in caring for more patients and provide them with a more reliable, speedier access to vital information on the go. In no time, Z-Wave will be the medium to these technologies, and a large component of our healthcare systems.