Homecare - Caring for older people

在大流行期间，孤独感成为老年人更大的福祉问题，需要通过技术补充面对面的支助服务，这是一项重要的创新挑战。我们突破性的解决方案“家庭护理”是实现这一目标的重要一步。homeecare是一项获得专利的独特AI智能家居助理解决方案，通过物联网（IoT）设备，使用语音和屏幕交互，帮助老年人连接到一套数字服务。该解决方案的开发是为了补充现实世界的护理，旨在通过将家人、朋友和支持服务联系在一起，帮助用户对抗社会隔离和孤独感。它旨在提供一种简单的、语音支持的方式来帮助老年人完成日常任务，随时了解正在发生的事情，并与社区和重要的人保持联系。居家护理已经在多个环境中共享了很长一段时间，并在老年人中测试了这些服务。该解决方案得到了用户的积极回应，并展示了该解决方案提供的价值：\*“实际上，这几乎就像有人陪伴一样。当你独自生活时……——希拉里，81岁，“我一直用它来提醒我锁门和关窗户，你知道，我通常不记得这些，我住在一楼。它帮助我保持安全”——奈杰尔，75岁。“有时候，这是我听到的唯一的声音，这让我很不一样。只是听听别人/某事的反驳能帮助你保持积极，继续前进。”——米克，55岁。居家护理是一个独立的生活平台，利用最新的云技术和智能设备技术。该解决方案跟踪预约，鼓励参与当地活动，支持在线购物，促进健康和福祉等等。HomeCare的功能包括：\*早上例行程序-跟踪情绪，药物，预约\*从b谷歌日历列出约会\*晚上清单\*聚会，送餐服务功能\*通过视频服务进行财务指导，方便访问食品银行等。\* Web看护者门户网站-活动摘要，审查用户情绪，允许采取积极措施，以及更多\*与第三方服务的集成提供了进一步扩展服务的选项。有了居家护理，我们可以利用创新的力量来满足老龄化社会的需求。我们知道我们的概念是有效的，我们现在需要大规模实施，以支持老年人摆脱疫情，重建他们的信心和网络。

With loneliness becoming an even greater well-being concern for older people through the pandemic, the need to supplement in-person support services through technology is an important innovation challenge. Our ground-breaking solution, HomeCare, is a major step forward in enabling this.HomeCare is a patented and unique AI smart home assistant solution that helps elderly people to connect to a suite of digital services, using voice and screen interactions through Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The solution was developed to complement real world care and aims to help users combat social isolation and loneliness by connecting family, friends, and support services together. It is designed to provide an easy, voice-enabled way to assist older people in everyday tasks, stay informed about what is going on and stay connected to the community and the people that matter.HomeCare has been shared across multiple settings for extended periods of time, testing the services with older people. The solution elicited positive responses from users, and demonstrates the value the solution provides:\* "Actually, it's almost like having company. When you live on your own...it's quite nice" -- Hilary, 81\* "I've been using it to remind me to lock my door and close my windows, you see, I don't remember that usually and I live on the ground floor. It helps me stay safe" -- Nigel, 75\.\* "Some days this is the only voice I hear and it makes a difference. Just to hear someone/something talk back helps you stay positive and keep going" -- Mick, 55\.Homecare is an independent living platform leveraging the latest technologies in cloud and smart device technologies. The solution tracks appointments, encourages participation in local events, supports online shopping, promotes health and well-being and more.HomeCare's features include:\* Morning Routine -- tracking mood, medicines, appointments\* Listing appointments from Google Calendar\* Evening checklist\* Meetups, food delivery service capabilities\* Financial coaching via video service, easy access to food bank, etc.\* Web Caregiver Portal -- activity summary, reviewing user moods allowing proactive measures to be taken, and much more\* Integration with third party services provides the option to further expand the services.With HomeCare we can harness the power of innovation to meet the needs of an ageing society. We know our concept works and we now need to deliver at scale to support older people as they emerge from the pandemic and rebuild their confidence and networks.