{"id":4400,"date":"2019-03-23T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/uncategorized\/dechoker-is-among-finalists-for-2019-innovation-excellence-award\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T17:07:00","slug":"dechoker-is-among-finalists-for-2019-innovation-excellence-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/news\/dechoker-is-among-finalists-for-2019-innovation-excellence-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dechoker Is Among Finalists for 2019 Innovation Excellence Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers of the 2019 Dementia, Care &amp; Nursing Home Expo named Dechoker a finalist for the Innovation Excellence Award ahead of this month\u2019s event in the United Kingdom. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carehomeexpo.co.uk\/awards\/\">award<\/a> recognizes innovative and cutting-edge products that are making a difference in care and nursing homes around the world. The \u201cInnovation Excellence\u201d category specifically acknowledges \u201cproducts and services that have noticeably improved the quality of care in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a true honor to receive this nomination,\u201d said Dechoker inventor and president, Alan Carver, \u201cTo date, we have received reports of 34 lives saved by the Dechoker, with many of these choking emergencies happening in care homes and involving the elderly. Our mission is to put an end to preventable choking tragedies and this recognition brings us one step closer to achieving that goal. The Dechoker team offers our heartfelt congratulations to all of the finalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Making an Impact<\/h2>\n<p>Each year, an estimated 200 people living in care and nursing homes die from choking-related incidents across the UK. The impacts of these deaths often extend beyond the devastating emotional harm to relatives. Many care providers also face fines, inspections, police investigators, and damage to their reputation. Thanks to the Dechoker, care home management and staff have peace of mind in knowing help is always available should a choking emergency arise.<\/p>\n<p>The Dementia, Care, &amp; Nursing Home Expo, which is in association with Care Home Professional, will be held on March 26 and 27 at NEC, Birmingham, which is billed as \u201cthe UK\u2019s number one venue for shows, exhibitions, meetings, and events.\u201d Dechoker is proud to be amongst this year\u2019s guest speakers. Dechoker\u2019s talk, \u201cChoking \u2014 The Silent Killer in the Adult Care Sector\u201d is scheduled for Tuesday, March 26<sup>th<\/sup> at 2:25 p.m. in the Training Zone. It will shine an important spotlight on what can be done to ease choking risks in care homes. Dechoker will be located at stand D180 at this year\u2019s expo.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets and to learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carehomeexpo.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.carehomeexpo.co.uk\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers of the 2019 Dementia, Care &amp; Nursing Home Expo named Dechoker a finalist for the Innovation Excellence Award ahead of this month\u2019s event in the United Kingdom. The award recognizes innovative and cutting-edge products that are making a difference in care and nursing homes around the world. The \u201cInnovation Excellence\u201d category specifically acknowledges \u201cproducts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dechoker.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}