Method for defining access perimeters and handling perimeter breach events by residents of an assisted living facility

A method for controlling access within an assisted living facility comprising:

• defining an access perimeter containing a first space and excluding a second space within a facility, the first space and the second space separated by a door;
• assigning the first individual access perimeter to a first resident, in a set of residents, occupying the facility;
• maintaining the door in an unlocked state by default during a first period of time;
• tracking locations of resident wearable devices associated with residents, in the set of residents, within the facility during the first period of time;
• in response to a first location of a first resident wearable device associated with the first resident falling inside the individual access perimeter and within a threshold distance of the door at a first time during the first period of time, triggering the door to enter a locked state;
• and
• in response to the first resident wearable device moving outside of the threshold distance of the door at a second time succeeding the first time, triggering the door to return to the unlocked state.