Investment in high-speed internet through fibre optics and private 5G networks is now non-negotiable for village, land lease and aged care operators looking to deliver on both efficiency and customer experience.

The expansion of high-speed internet is critical in the new world of ageing in place – Prospecta Utilities’ different connectivity options are a low-cost, easy to install option for operators looking to improve their value proposition.

Picture this:

Aged care beds across the country are full – families wait six months or longer to place Mum or Dad in a home that may not even be their first choice.

Hospitals are at capacity and turning to Hospital in the Home programs to treat an increasing number of patients in their own homes.

Older Australians are being funded to stay at home – but waiting times are long and come with the risk of social isolation, loneliness and poor health outcomes.

This is the reality that Australia will be facing within five years.

For many ageing Australians and their families, retirement villages and land lease communities will be viewed as a haven – a place where they can live with care and community.

But success in this new world will be dependent on connectivity.

Operators will be required to build a digital ecosystem to support their customers to keep them living well and independently.

This is where Prospecta Utilities can help.

With high speeds and low latency, their new enterprise network offering is a complete turnkey solution for retirement living and aged care.

Why choose Prospecta?

Let’s say you want to ensure your residents can be safely monitored at home.

If you choose to go down the pathway of a public carrier, the typical technology solution to connect devices is a SIM card – and if it doesn’t work, that is your problem.

Prospecta focuses on understanding the needs of your business and customers – and then designing a connectivity solution that will fit.

“If you imagine the technology is just a ball of clay, we can meld it into anything you want it to be,” said Grant Smith, Prospecta’s Head of Technologies.

“You don’t have to take a one size fits all approach and then try to adapt how you want to operate – the connectivity can be built specifically for what your business needs are.”

Take aged care as an example

With workforce at a premium and residents requiring reliable access for telehealth services, online communication, and entertainment, connectivity becomes an essential part of the infrastructure.

Prospecta can deliver a tailored solution for your business via its private 5G networks.

These dedicated wireless networks provide high speed, low latency connectivity across a specific site, enabling communication between IoT devices.

Remote health monitoring, emergency response systems, fall detection and prevention, medication management, location tracking, and more can all be enabled by 5G technology.

“Operators are increasingly grappling with connectivity solutions that struggle to meet the high-speed and low-latency demands of emerging home care technologies,” said Grant. 

“Prospecta is stepping up to address this challenge, offering solutions for both existing (brownfield) and new (greenfield) developments. By upgrading existing networks, Prospecta is improving ageing telecommunication network capability – creating dedicated, reliable, and future-ready telecommunications networks tailored to modern needs.”

What about villages and land lease?

Improved digital infrastructure supports a host of green technology solutions ranging from solar power generation and smart metered embedded networks to AI-based security cameras and smart home technology, providing convenience and safety for your residents.

Installation is also straightforward – for its private 5G networks, Prospecta will install 5G radios on buildings and configure them to connect with each other.

Those connections then go to a base station where they are integrated into any device that the individual home or building may require.

There is no limit to the number of devices that can be connected, with all completely secure and safe from data breaches.

Prospecta’s solutions are also agnostic to technology so they can be easily integrated with any of your existing platforms.

There is also minimal capital outlay as Prospecta owns the infrastructure and looks after all the ongoing maintenance.

Land lease operator GemLife has become one of the first operators to deploy Prospecta’s private 5G networks in its Gold Coast community.

The technology is now delivering super-fast Internet speeds for residents and enabling more than 40 devices in each home ranging from security and lights to air conditioning and television to be remote connected to the network and controlled via smart phone or voice control.

How do you choose what’s right for your business?

The right choice will depend on a range of factors including your need for reliability, scalability, security, cost and location.

Prospecta can advise on which options will best support you and your customers – and help to turbocharge your village or facility now and into the future.

“There is nothing that you can’t connect – you just have to define the best connectivity solution for you, and that is what Prospecta is doing for its customers,” said Grant.

“Don’t let connectivity be a barrier because it can be solved.”