--- title: "Care Technology Equipment Map" description: "A category-level decision matrix for care technology access." canonical: "https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/equipment-map/" pdf: "https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/just-hail-mary-care-technology-equipment-map-guide.pdf" markdown: "https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/just-hail-mary-care-technology-equipment-map-guide.md" markdown_page: "https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/equipment-map/markdown/" publisher: "Just Hail Mary" language: "en-GB" --- # Care Technology Equipment Map Just Hail Mary / Decision Guide 04 / Launching soon Start with the care need. Build a category shortlist. Resolve the product and commercial route with evidence. [Read the canonical web edition](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/equipment-map/) | [Download the PDF edition](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/just-hail-mary-care-technology-equipment-map-guide.pdf) ## Read this if you are - **At home** Trying to solve a temporary or lasting care need - **Providing care** Comparing equipment families before procurement - **Coordinating a group** Planning a supported portfolio across sites - **Exploring the horizon** Separating established equipment from emerging robotics **01 / Decision boundary** ## A shortlist is the start of diligence. The matrix makes the first conversation more precise without pretending that a form can complete an assessment. ### It can - Map a care outcome to equipment classes - Separate established, emerging and horizon categories - Surface likely commercial routes - Expose the main deployment gate ### It cannot - Recommend a manufacturer or model - Diagnose a person or replace assessment - Confirm stock, price or service coverage - Approve or offer finance For a practical need-first workflow, begin with [Where Do I Start?](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/where-do-i-start/) and bring the resulting brief into this map. **02 / Equipment families** ## Care technology is wider than any one catalogue. The research register starts with everyday care equipment and extends carefully toward assistive robotics. **01** ### Alarms and wearables Pendants, care-specific wrist devices, fall detection, location and response. **02** ### Sensors and monitoring Occupancy, movement, doors, environment, falls and defined escalation. **03** ### Medication support Reminders, dispensers and governed administration hardware. **04** ### Beds and pressure care Profiling beds, specialist mattresses and individually assessed surfaces. **05** ### Moving and mobility Hoists, transfer aids, chairs, wheelchairs and specialist bathroom equipment. **06** ### Connected environments Communication, accessible controls, alerting and care-operation systems. **07** ### Care robotics Companionship, cleaning, internal delivery and telepresence for bounded tasks. **08** ### Humanoid horizon A north-star research category, not a current product or availability promise. [Explore the care technology landscape](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/robotics-wearables-and-sensors/) for a fuller explanation of the category boundaries. **03 / Commercial routes** ## The route follows the useful period and service burden. No class is permanently attached to one route. Assessment, product economics and supplier terms still matter. **Route** **Strongest fit** **Question to resolve** **Buy** **Lower-value equipment used indefinitely** **Can ownership remain simple?** **Short-term lease** **Reusable equipment needed for weeks or months** **Can it be recovered and safely redeployed?** **Long-term finance** **Higher-value equipment used for several years** **Are service life and maintenance predictable?** **Managed portfolio** **Connected or multi-site systems** **Can service, monitoring and lifecycle ownership stay together?** The complete service boundary is explained in [From Equipment to Infrastructure](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/from-machine-to-infrastructure/). **04 / Short-term access** ## Expensive is not the same as leasable. A short lease works when temporary value and repeatable redeployment outweigh delivery, service and recovery cost. **01** ### Temporary need Is the equipment needed for recovery, reablement, bridging, respite or a bounded trial? **02** ### Repeatable asset Can the core asset survive multiple deployments with known parts and service? **03** ### Safe redeployment Can it be collected, inspected, cleaned, documented and matched again? **04** ### Viable logistics Do delivery, installation, collection and support remain economic? Profiling beds, dynamic mattresses, mobile hoists, specialist chairs and powered mobility are the leading short-term candidates in the research register. A pendant or low-cost sensor may fit a managed service better because monitoring and response carry much of the value. **05 / Context and support** ## The same device can create very different obligations. Standalone, connected and governed equipment should not be treated as interchangeable. ### Standalone and connected - **Standalone.** The equipment can perform its core function without monitoring or integration. Ownership, inspection and safe use still need to be clear. - **Connected.** The outcome depends on connectivity, an account, software, a hub or a monitoring service. ### Governed and lifecycle - **Governed.** The device sits inside a care plan, staffed response, regulated process or multi-site service. Evidence and exception ownership matter. - **Lifecycle.** Installation, training, maintenance, incident handling, replacement and exit are part of the decision. Hail Mary OS is intended to keep those commercial and operational states connected. [See what the operating layer manages.](https://www.justhailmary.com/insights/what-hail-mary-os-manages/) **06 / Research register** ## Explore all 45 equipment classes. Filter the launch research, expansion range and humanoid horizon. Category presence does not mean availability. - Search - Family - Stage **45 equipment classes** The complete 45-class register is available in the interactive web edition and as the [machine-readable JSON source](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/equipment-register.json). It includes source references, maturity gates, settings, outcomes, support profiles and commercial-route hypotheses. **07 / Evidence and safety** ## Category fit does not prove product suitability. Every product still needs intended-purpose, regulatory, assessment, service and operating diligence. **DHSC** **HSE** **HSE** **NHS** **MHRA** **NICE** **08 / Current boundary** ## Research first. Availability later. Just Hail Mary is launching soon. The public map makes the intended range legible without turning research into an offer. ### Present now - Forty-five category-level research records - Published source references - Deterministic shortlist rules - Explicit commercial hypotheses ### Not claimed - Current stock or nationwide coverage - Manufacturer relationships - Product suitability or clinical advice - Pricing, finance terms or approval **Continue learning** ## Carry the shortlist into assessment and deployment. ### Adjacent guides - [**Where Do I Start?** Define the need before using the matrix.](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/where-do-i-start/) - [**Robotics, Wearables and Sensors** Understand the equipment landscape.](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/robotics-wearables-and-sensors/) - [**From Equipment to Infrastructure** Build the operating model around a selected asset.](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/from-machine-to-infrastructure/) ### Supporting field notes - [**What is Care Technology as a Service?** The service model behind access to equipment.](https://www.justhailmary.com/insights/autonomous-infrastructure-as-a-service/) - [**Why care technology needs leasing infrastructure** How equipment becomes a supported service.](https://www.justhailmary.com/insights/leasing-infrastructure-for-autonomous-hardware/) - [**Why deployments fail between organisations** Ownership and evidence across the operating boundary.](https://www.justhailmary.com/insights/why-autonomous-deployments-fail-between-organisations-not-machines/) - [**What Hail Mary OS manages** The lifecycle record behind each deployed asset.](https://www.justhailmary.com/insights/what-hail-mary-os-manages/) **Guide record** - **Edition:** Research Edition 0.1 - **Updated:** 4 August 2026 - **Register:** 45 equipment classes - **Decision mode:** Deterministic category shortlist - **Source format:** [JSON register](https://www.justhailmary.com/guides/equipment-register.json) - **Contact:** [enquiries@panamorphix.com](mailto:enquiries@panamorphix.com) This guide is educational material and not legal, regulatory, clinical, safety, procurement or financial advice. Requirements and obligations must be assessed for the equipment, intended use, person, setting and jurisdiction. --- Published by [Just Hail Mary](https://www.justhailmary.com/). Educational material only.