Know Before They Reach the Door: Wander & Elopement Detection

In memory care, few things frighten a family — or an operator — more than a resident who leaves the building unnoticed. Elopement is one of the highest safety and liability risks in senior care, and it most often happens in the quiet hours when staff are stretched thinnest.

Catch it before the exit, not after

BioAlign's wander and elopement detection is proactive: it recognizes when an at-risk resident is wandering or heading to leave their room or unit — especially at night — and alerts staff before they reach an exit. That head start is the whole point.

How it works — privately, and in the dark

• Uses the sensors already in the room — cameras and radar. No wearables, no pendant to lose or remove.
• Radar-first, so it works in the dark and preserves privacy. The camera only confirms an actual exit — it is not there for general surveillance.
• Around-the-clock for flight-risk residents, and overnight monitoring for everyone during quiet hours.
• Immediate staff alert with escalation — it reaches on-duty staff and broadcasts wider if no one responds.
• An automatic incident report for state-survey compliance, exportable for the survey binder.
• Optional door sensor for facilities that want a hard exit signal.

Why it matters

Catching a wander before the door protects the resident, takes a constant low-grade fear off your caregivers, and produces the documentation facilities are required to keep. And like everything BioAlign does, it runs on-premise — nothing leaves the building.

BioAlign Care is a validated screening aid in active validation — not an FDA-cleared diagnostic. KinovaAI LLC, Fresno, CA.