Jack and Jill housing unit

A special type of housing unit is the Jack and Jill unit. Discover what this is and what the exceptions are for this type of unit.

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What

A Jack and Jill housing unit is one where two residents have their private room(s) but also share (a) certain room(s). Choosing this type of housing unit will allow you to create private zones as well as shared zones. These zones can all have multiple Nobi(ta)’s linked to them.

Why

Setting up a jack and jill unit is crucial if you have housing units with private rooms and shared rooms. This way, the overview of the residents in their rooms remains organised.

Layout Jack and Jill

A jack and jill housing unit can have all kinds of layouts but they all have private zones as well as a shared zone. A typical example below:

In Nobi, this is a single jack and jill housing unit with two private zones and one shared zone. Since this is a special type of housing unit, some things, like escalations, or adding peripherals are done slightly differently. Below the things to keep in mind.

Escalations

Escalations will work slightly differently in jack and jill units. If someone falls/ presses the panic button in a private zone, an escalation will be created for only that zone. If this happens in (one of) the shared zone(s), Nobi will create an escalation for the entire housing unit as it will not know which resident of the two is in need.

Adding Peripherals

Since the different private zones in a jack and jill unit are linked to different residents, it’s important to pair resident specific peripherals to the right zones. The process of pairing remains the same, however, before we do that, we must first choose the zone we want the peripheral to be paired with. Simply click +add in the right zone to proceed.



Go to add peripherals for guidance with the next steps.

Using the presence/snooze buttons

Within a jack and jill unit, presence buttons are exclusively paired to zones within the unit but they can have an effect over the whole housing unit. The effect will be different for when you want to close an escalation or just pause fall detection. Let’s view the options using the layout below:

Pausing the fall detection using the presence button:

Pressing the button in any of the private zones will always pause the fall detection in that private zone + the shared zone. 

Pressing the button in the shared zone will ensure every device in the shared zone is paused.

Closing an escalation using the presence button:

If there’s an open escalation, pressing any of the buttons will ensure that the escalation is closed. Only the zone where the escalation took place will be paused for 15 minutes after pressing the button. For example:

• Resident fell in a private zone (say 101 A): Pressing any of the buttons will close any open escalation in the entire unit and only pause fall detection for 101 A. 
• Resident fell in the shared zone: Pressing any of the buttons will close any open escalation in the entire unit and only pause fall detection for the shared zone.