Guardforce is the first company ever in Hong Kong to apply the Smart Guard solution in elderly care facilities to monitor access points and prevent elderly residents from wandering off the premises unaccompanied. It represents a significant breakthrough over traditional anti-wandering measures by using advanced facial recognition technology integrated with CCTV surveillance systems to control entry and exit points in a non-intrusive yet reliable way. When Smart Guard detects a pre-defined subject near an exit monitored by the facility’s CCTV system, caregivers will receive an instant alert. The list of subjects to be identified is easily and quickly updated on the system, significantly reducing administrative and operational costs. It also eliminates the use of traditional wearable devices (which can be uncomfortable to wear) or other basic door and window alarm systems used to prevent wandering, thereby solving the security issues and ongoing costs connected with these methods. The solution was awarded the “Innovation and Creativity Certificate of Merit” at the 2017 Hong Kong Awards for Industries.