How SASHA Helped Enhance Independence and Safety at the End of Life.
“I would recommend Aged Care homes look at SASHA as a means to support our residents’ independence and well-being as well as managing governance and risk.”
Jenny Foley, Chief Quality Officer
90
Day Trial
363
Doses Self - Administered
99
non-compliant doses blocked by sasha
1
medication management review
90
Day Trial
363
Doses Self - Administered
99
non-compliant doses blocked by sasha
1
medication management review
About John
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John was living with advanced cancer and receiving palliative care in a residential aged care facility.
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He was prescribed an S8 PRN medication to manage his pain.
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John had to rely on busy staff to administer his medication.
Challenge
With staff managing many clinical tasks at once, medication requests could take time to process. By the time the checks were completed and the nurse returned, John was often waiting in pain. He needed a safe way to self-administer his medication when he needed it.
Solution
SASHA is a medication management device that can be configured for PRN use. It releases doses only within prescribed limits, and if requests become too frequent, Sasha locks access and notifies the care team.
Medication Storage
Enforces Dose Limits
Fingerprint Scan to Release
Dose Tracking
Graph: Jane’s adherence history during the trial with SASHA
Impact
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Person-Centred Care
For John, SASHA was empowering. It allowed him to safely administer his own medication as needed, reclaiming independence. It also gave him greater choice and control over his pain management, which directly enhanced his dignity.
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Safety and Simplification
With SASHA, John could be confident in the safety. He knew that errors or non-compliant doses would be automatically prevented.
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Governance and Efficiency
With SASHA, every action was tracked, with safeguards built in, giving the organisation confidence in governance and oversight. As well, by enabling John to self-manage, staff had more time to focus on other high-value care tasks for him.
With SASHA, John was able to have a beautiful, pain-free death
Jenny Foley, Chief Quality Officer
