Circadian light
The light follows the day: cooler, brighter light in the morning and warmer light in the evening, so the room keeps a natural rhythm for residents who spend most of the day inside.
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Better sleep
Calmer Nights, Better Sleep.
Sleep shapes how residents feel, and how safe their nights are. Light that follows the day and sound that masks noise in the corridor are designed to support residents' sleep and wellbeing, from the light already in the room.*
What helps
Everything From the Same Light.
A soft light at night
A soft glow when a resident sits up, a lit path when they get up, and dark again when they are back in bed. No switch to find.
Checks that don't wake
The light stays off when a caregiver looks in, so a routine check does not wake the resident.
The same rhythm in the bathroom
Nobita follows the same circadian rhythm as the lights in the room, so a resident who goes to the bathroom at night does not get harsh, bluish light.
Circadian lightSound Cocoon
A steady, gentle sound from the light, so footsteps and doors in the corridor are less likely to wake the resident.
Night reports
See how each resident's nights are going, night by night, and notice changes early.
See a night reportDaylight and night light
Daylight by Day, a Soft Light at Night.
The same light follows the day: cooler and brighter towards midday, warmer in the evening, off while the resident sleeps.
Cooler, brighter light to start the day.Daylight indoors, for residents who spend most of their day inside.
Bright daylight at midday.The light follows the day, so the room keeps a natural rhythm.
Warmer, softer light in the evening.Winding down towards the night, in the same light.
No light while the resident sleeps.A routine check does not wake them: the light stays off when a caregiver looks in.
A soft glow when they sit up.Just enough light to see, without waking the room.
Brighter when they get out of bed.A lit path to the bathroom, with no switch to find in the dark.
Back to bed, back to dark.The light fades out again on its own.
Tailored lighting has been linked to better sleep and mood in dementia care (Figueiro et al., 2019). This is general lighting research, not a Nobi trial. Circadian light: what the research shows
Quieter nights
Sound Cocoon.
Soothing sound that softens the night, calms the day, and helps residents rest.
The night is louder than residents need it to be. Footsteps in the corridor, doors closing and passing voices break sleep, hour after hour. Sound Cocoon lets the Nobi Light play a gentle, steady sound, so those disruptions are less likely to wake the resident. Nothing is added to the room. The light is already there.
A Cocoon of Soothing Sound.
A steady sound raises the room's noise floor just enough that a closing door or footsteps in the corridor no longer break through.
Chart of one night, with and without Sound Cocoon. Without Sound Cocoon, four noises (a closing door, footsteps, voices and a cart) rise above the quiet background of the room. Three of them rise far enough above it to cross the wake threshold, and the resident is woken up three times. With Sound Cocoon, the same four noises are just as loud, but the steady sound raises the room's noise floor. The wake threshold sits the same distance above the background, so it rises too. None of the noises rise far enough above the raised background to cross it, and the resident keeps sleeping.
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loud noises above 60 dB per resident, per night, in nursing homes.
Schnelle et al., 1999 · J Am Geriatr Soc0%
of waking episodes of four minutes or more are linked to environmental noise and light.
Schnelle et al., 1999Tuned per resident by the care team
When
A wind-down before bedtime, or only once the resident is in bed.
How long
Minutes, hours, or the full night.
Sound type
White, pink or brown noise, to suit the room and the resident.
Volume
Just above the room's own level: enough to mask, soft enough to disappear.
Residents are calmer through the day. One resident who shouted constantly stopped doing so once we introduced the masking sound.
Care staffMemory-care unit, Gerkenberg (pilot)
Residents at De Wimpel sleep noticeably better since the night staff moved to a person-centered approach instead of fixed rounds, with the masking sound from the Nobi light supporting it. Staff see residents more awake during the day, and the data shows far fewer bed exits than before the summer.
De WimpelCare home, Wiekevorst, Belgium
Night reports
See How Each Night Went.
In and out of bed, night by night. When a resident is up more often than usual, the care team sees it in time to look at the care plan, the room or the medication.
Night reportWalter B., Apt 112 · last 7 nights
Up More Often After 2 AM.
A night report per resident, per night: bedtime, time in bed and every bed exit. Reviewing the week’s reports, the care team noticed more exits after 2 AM since Thursday and marked it for the care review.
In bedOut of bedMarked by the care team
See It in a Room.
A short call first, then a demo in a real room with your team: falls, calls, insight, privacy and your systems.
- 30 minutes, online or on site.
- With someone who knows senior living.