At the newly built Dagmargården care home, operated by the Skanderborg Housing Cooperative, residents, staff, visitors and contractors all need different levels of access . Working with a local installer, the Cooperative chose Smartair wireless access control from Assa Abloy. The installation is wirefree and Smartair components are battery-powered, so the new system saves the cooperative both time and money.
The Skanderborg site has offline and online escutcheons and wall readers, ensuring security managers are kept informed about the status of the premises in real time. This can be essential when dealing with the client group that resides at Dagmargården, as it enables care staff to respond quickly. “Smartair provides safety and the possibility to tailor the system exactly to our needs,” says Ole Høi Sørensen at the Skanderborg Housing Cooperative. “It is practical in daily life, and we can see who has been where and when.”
Everyone at Dagmargården opens doors using standard credentials equipped with Mifare RFID technology. Residents are issued with a tag which automatically opens their apartment door: they don’t need to turn a handle, or even to push. For administrators, the Smartair software becomes an intuitive management tool, accessible securely from inside almost any standard web browser. It’s straightforward for security managers to tailor access rights so residents, staff and visitors can open only those doors for which they have authorisation. Access permissions can be amended when needed. Audit trails can be generated for any credential or lock. And if a card is lost, it takes a few clicks to cancel it from the system — so the costs and risks associated with mechanical key loss have also been eliminated.
And with Smartair wireless access control and automated doors, residents do not feel “imprisoned” under lock and key. With flexible access rights and user-friendly operation, Smartair has helped to create a caring, nurturing and secure environment for the residents of this state-of-the-art care home.
