People tracking & wandering protection for care facilities on your servers
In an emergency, you find missing residents quickly. Location only when there is a reason, every request logged, all data stays in your facility.
- Client for 7+ years
- In use at several facilities
- Directly with the managing director
For care providers and facilities. If you are looking for a single GPS watch for a relative, we are not the right fit.
When someone goes missing, they are found quickly
People tracking from wunderwerk gives residents with a tendency to wander freedom of movement without monitoring them in everyday life. The location is only visible when there is a reason, and only to the staff who are allowed to see it.
- 1.Wear a tracker
Residents for whom your facility has decided this wear a compact personal tracker with GPS or LoRaWAN, with an emergency button if required.
- 2.Requests only with a reason
When someone goes missing, an authorised member of staff starts the location request. Roles from your LDAP or Active Directory control who may make requests.
- 3.Location on the map
The system determines the location via the device and shows it on the map. Inside the building, Bluetooth beacons or UWB fill in where GPS does not reach.
- 4.Every request logged
Who made a request and when is logged in full and traceable. Without a reason, the location stays protected.
People tracking that has been running for years
For Innsbrucker Soziale Dienste GmbH, wunderwerk developed an intranet solution that gives people in need of care more freedom of movement. In an emergency, it determines the person’s location via GPS or LoRaWAN devices.
- Self-hosted on the intranet
All data stays on the organisation’s own servers.
- Location requests only with a reason
Every request is logged and traceable.
- In use at several facilities
A client for over 7 years, version 2 is in progress.
“Our requirements were implemented perfectly, and the GPS tracking system has now been in successful use in several of our facilities for a number of years.”
Clarify first, then decide
In the initial consultation we clarify how many residents and sites are involved, where tracking is needed (building, grounds, surroundings), which IT you run and who may see the data. You get an honest assessment of whether a bespoke solution is worthwhile.
- 1.Workshop & concept
Use cases, buildings, radio technology, data protection and permissions concept. The result is a concept with a cost framework.
- 2.Pilot with real devices
The first trackers and working software on your infrastructure, usually in 4 to 6 weeks.
- 3.Operation & further development
Rollout, training for your team, maintenance and updates by wunderwerk.
Location data that stays in-house
Residents’ location data is sensitive because it reveals a lot about their health and daily life. That is why people tracking from wunderwerk runs on your servers, on your intranet or in your private cloud, without a tracker vendor’s cloud.
- On-premise, intranet or private cloud
Servers and database run under your control. No external cloud provider is needed.
- Requests only with a reason, logged in full
No constant watch over residents. The location is only requested for a legitimate reason, and every access ends up in the log.
- Roles from LDAP or Active Directory
Sign-in with existing accounts. When staff change, permissions update automatically.
- Encrypted and offline-capable if required
Transmission is encrypted. If the internet goes down, the system keeps working locally and synchronises afterwards.
Subscription tracker or your own solution?
A GPS tracker with an app subscription is built for individuals and their relatives. A care facility needs more: many devices, roles, a log and data under its own control.
| Tracker with app subscription | People tracking from wunderwerk | |
|---|---|---|
| Designed for | Individuals and relatives | Facilities with many residents and staff |
| Location data | In the vendor’s cloud | On your servers |
| Who sees the location | Anyone with access to the app | Authorised roles from LDAP or Active Directory, only with a reason |
| Audit trail | Depends on the vendor | Every request logged |
| Inside the building | GPS barely works indoors | Supplemented by Bluetooth beacons or UWB |
For some cases an off-the-shelf product is enough. We will tell you so in the initial consultation, too.
How much does people tracking cost?
That depends above all on the number of trackers, on buildings and grounds, and on the integration with your systems. Before every step, wunderwerk gives you a transparent cost framework, and you start with a pilot rather than a large-scale project.
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Frequently asked questions about people tracking in care
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What is people tracking in a care home?
People tracking in a care home means that residents living with dementia or a tendency to wander wear a small tracker, and when someone goes missing, authorised staff determine their location. wunderwerk builds such systems for care and support facilities so that the location is only requested for a legitimate reason, every request is logged and all data stays on the facility’s servers. At Innsbrucker Soziale Dienste, a solution like this has been running at several facilities for years.
Can people tracking be GDPR-compliant?
Yes, people tracking can be GDPR-compliant if purpose, legal basis and access are properly defined, and the technology helps with that. wunderwerk builds the solution so that all data stays on your servers, location requests are only made for a legitimate reason, every access is logged in full and roles are controlled via LDAP or Active Directory. You clarify the legal assessment of your use case with your data protection officer; we provide the technical measures.
Why not just use a cheap GPS tracker with an app subscription?
A GPS tracker with an app subscription is built for individuals and their relatives, and the location data sits in the vendor’s cloud. For a care facility, it usually lacks what data protection officers ask about: data under your own control, roles for many staff, requests only with a reason and a log of every request. A solution from wunderwerk pays off when these points are mandatory or when tracking needs to connect to your intranet, directory or emergency software. If an off-the-shelf product is enough, we will tell you so in the initial consultation.
How much does people tracking cost for a care facility?
The cost of people tracking from wunderwerk depends mainly on the number of trackers, on buildings and grounds (such as your own LoRaWAN gateways or beacons for indoor positioning), on the scope of the software and on integrations with your systems. The initial consultation is free; after that, wunderwerk gives you a transparent cost framework before every step, and you start with a pilot. You can get a first estimate by requesting a cost estimate.
Does tracking also work inside the building?
Yes, with the right radio technology. GPS barely works indoors, so for indoor positioning wunderwerk uses Bluetooth Low Energy beacons or UWB (ultra-wideband), depending on the accuracy required. LoRaWAN is well suited to transmitting data out of complex building structures. Which technology fits your building, we test in the pilot with real devices.
Which trackers do residents wear?
Residents wear compact personal trackers with GPS and LoRaWAN support, with an emergency button if required, for example Abeeway Micro Tracker, Oyster3 GPS or Quectel LC79D. wunderwerk selects the devices according to buildings, grounds and battery life and integrates them into your own network without passing data to third parties.
Who runs and maintains the solution?
The people tracking runs on your servers or in your private cloud, and wunderwerk takes care of maintenance, updates and further development on request, such as new devices or features. We train your team in use and administration. Innsbrucker Soziale Dienste GmbH shows that this holds up over years: a client for over seven years, with version 2 in progress.
How quickly can a facility get started?
At wunderwerk, a pilot with real devices is usually possible within 4 to 6 weeks. Before that, we clarify use case, buildings, radio technology and permissions concept in the free initial consultation and the workshop. You test range, accuracy and battery life in live operation and then decide on the rollout.
Who is people tracking from wunderwerk for?
For care homes, nursing homes, disability services and social care providers in Austria and Germany that want to find residents quickly in an emergency and keep location data in-house. The offer is not intended for private individuals looking for a single GPS watch for a relative.