Wireless Sensors for Need-based Care of the Elderly

描述(由申请人提供)：无论是在家里还是在机构里， 那些不能或不愿意请求控制和重新定位援助的人 通常按照不同的计划接受他们的护理 基于以下最佳可用证据制定标准的组织 压疮和尿路感染的预防程序。实践 安排常规的预防性护理，而不是只在需要的时候才给予 伤残的人真正需要的，是建立在巨大的 确定具体时间的难度和劳动强度 个人需要一种特殊的照顾。在本质上，订明的附表 常规护理而不是基于需要的护理给予是为了方便和 护理服务人员的成本效益，而不是生活质量 接受这种照顾的人。这一点在机构护理方面尤其如此。 我们建议开发一个价格适中的基于无线传感器的系统来 便于给予个性化的控制和定位协助 因为这是必要的。通过消除与这些计划护理相关的劳动力 给出一些不必要的插曲，我们的系统应该既改善 及时提供护理，提高接受者的生活质量，而不是 导致总护理费用增加。如果可以更及时地提供护理服务 虽然同时降低了劳动力成本，但有显著的 对目前对养老院人员配备水平的担忧的影响。 拟议的商业应用：养老院正在受到越来越多的审查，以证明它们提供了良好的护理。如果成功，我们的项目将允许疗养院工作人员以更少的劳动力成本提供更及时的、个性化的大小便失禁和压疮预防重新定位护理。此外，它还可以记录提供了及时的护理。由于传感器包含在一次性尿布中，因此不需要佩戴额外的模块。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Whether at home or at an institution, those unable or unwilling to ask for continence and repositioning assistance typically receive their care on a schedule that is suggested by various standards setting organizations based on the best available evidence about pressure ulcer and urinary tract infection prevention procedures. The practice of scheduling routine preventive care, rather than giving it just when it is actually needed by an impaired individual, is predicated on the enormous difficulty and labor intensity of determining just when any particular individual needs a particular kind of care. At heart, prescribed schedules of routine care rather than need-based care giving is done for the convenience and cost effectiveness of care delivery staff, rather than the quality of life of the recipient of that care. This is especially true of institutional care. We propose developing a moderately priced wireless sensor-based system to facilitate the giving of individualized continence and positioning assistance as it is needed. By eliminating the labor associated with those scheduled care giving episodes that are unnecessary, our system should both improve the timeliness of care delivery and improve the recipients quality of life, without incurring increased total care costs. If care delivery can be made more timely while simultaneously labor costs are reduced, there are significant implications for current concerns about nursing home staffing levels. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Nursing homes are under increasing scrutiny to demonstrate that they give good care. If successful, our project will allow nursing home staff to deliver more timely, personalized incontinence and pressure ulcer preventing repositioning care at less labor cost. Furthermore, it can document that timely care has been delivered. Because the sensors are included in disposable diapers, no additional modules need to be worn.