Patent ID: 8736447

Claim:
A system for monitoring residents of a health care facility comprising: a plurality of tamper-resistant resident monitoring devices, each of said devices being associated with a resident of said facility; a plurality of electronic tags for use with staff members of the facility; a multiplicity of device detectors operative to communicate with at least said monitoring devices; at least one controller configured to control a door so as to restrict access to certain areas of the facility; and a computer subsystem configured to: communicate with said plurality of tamper-resistant resident monitoring devices via said multiplicity of device detectors; track locations of at least the plurality of tamper-resistant resident monitoring devices based on the communications therewith; determine that at least one of the plurality of tamper-resistant resident monitoring devices associated with a resident of the facility is in proximity to the door of the facility; perform an authorization access determination based on whether or not at least one of the staff members of the facility is accompanying the resident of the facility; and send an instruction to the at least one controller to cause the door to operate based on the performed authorization access determination.