Sensor Mats for Falls Prevention — Bed, Floor & Chair Mats Melbourne
Sensor Mats for Falls Prevention in Aged Care & Hospitals
Peninsula Smart Care supplies, installs and integrates bed, floor and chair sensor mats across Melbourne — connected to your nurse call system and tested end-to-end, not just shipped in a box. Wired and wireless options for aged care, hospitals and supported accommodation.
Get a sensor mat quote- Bed, floor & chair sensor mats
- Wired & wireless options
- Integrated with Sedco, JCT & IP nurse call
- Installed, tested & documented on site
- Melbourne-based service & support
Choose the right sensor mat
Bed sensor mats
Placed on top of or under the mattress, a bed sensor mat detects a resident sitting up or leaving the bed and raises an alert before they're on their feet. The most common choice for overnight falls-risk monitoring in aged care and hospital wards.
Floor sensor mats
A pressure-sensitive mat beside the bed or across a doorway alerts staff the moment someone steps on it — bed exits, night-time wandering, or a resident leaving their room unassisted. Heavy-duty, non-slip construction with bevelled edges.
Chair sensor mats
A slim pad under the seat cushion signals when someone stands from a chair or wheelchair — useful in lounges, day rooms and dining areas where staff can't watch every seat at once.
Wired or wireless?
Corded sensor mats
Plug directly into the nurse call bed point — no batteries to change, no pairing to drop out, and alerts arrive exactly like any other call. The simplest and most reliable option where a call point is within reach of the bed or chair.
Wireless sensor mats
A radio transmitter sends the mat's alert to a receiver or straight into the nurse call system — no cable across the floor and no trip hazard. The right choice for doorway mats, floor mats and rooms without a spare connection point.
The part the box doesn't include: integration
Most sensor mats in Australia are sold online and arrive in a box — and then the facility discovers the plug doesn't match their call points, the alert only sounds on a little bedside box nobody hears, or the mat false-alarms until staff quietly stop using it. A sensor mat only prevents falls if its alert reliably reaches the right person, every time.
That's the difference with Peninsula Smart Care: we install and service nurse call systems across Melbourne every week — including Sedco and JCT systems — so the mats we supply are matched to your system, connected to the right ports, tested end-to-end and documented. For dementia care, we regularly configure floor mats across doorways so night-time wandering raises a call before a resident reaches the corridor.
What do sensor mats cost?
Across the Australian market, sensor mats typically range from around $60 for a basic chair pad to $300–$700 for heavy-duty floor mats and wireless kits — with corded mats generally the most economical. The real variable is connection: a mat that integrates cleanly with your nurse call system costs little more than one that doesn't, but performs completely differently in daily use.
We quote supply-only and supplied-installed-and-integrated pricing per site. Tell us your nurse call system and how many rooms you're covering, and we'll come back with a clear price — usually the same day.
Sensor mat questions, answered
What is a sensor mat and what is it for?
A sensor mat is a pressure-sensitive pad placed on a bed, on the floor or under a chair cushion. When a person's weight is added or removed, it triggers an alert to carers — most commonly to warn that a falls-risk resident is getting out of bed, standing from a chair, or wandering through a doorway. They're used throughout aged care, hospitals and home care as part of a falls prevention program.
Bed, floor or chair — which sensor mat do we need?
Bed mats give the earliest warning for bed exits, floor mats catch the moment feet touch the ground (and cover doorways for wandering), and chair mats cover lounges and day rooms. Many facilities use a combination, matched to each resident's falls risk assessment. If you're unsure, tell us the scenario and we'll recommend the right mat.
Do sensor mats connect to a nurse call system?
Yes — and they should. Corded mats plug into the nurse call bed point, and wireless mats reach the system through a receiver or input module, so mat alerts appear on the same displays and phones as every other call. Peninsula Smart Care integrates sensor mats with Sedco, JCT and IP nurse call systems across Melbourne.
Are wireless sensor mats better than corded?
Neither is better everywhere. Corded mats are simpler and never need batteries, but the cable must reach a call point. Wireless mats remove the trip hazard and work anywhere in the room, but need batteries checked and radio coverage confirmed. We'll recommend the right mix room by room.
How long do sensor mats last?
Sensor mats are consumables: with daily use and regular cleaning, most need replacement within one to three years, and high-traffic mats sooner. That wear is one reason we're developing a radar bed exit sensor — contactless bed exit alerts with no mat to replace.
Bed exit sensing, without the mat
We're developing a contactless radar bed exit sensor — no camera, nothing to wear, and no consumable mat to replace — with alerts through the nurse call system you already run. Sensor mats today, radar tomorrow: either way, the alert path is your nurse call.
Learn about the radar bed exit sensorGet a sensor mat quote
Tell us your nurse call system, the mats you need and roughly how many rooms — we'll come back with supply and installed pricing. Or call us on 03 7504 7011.