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， 无法或不愿要求复位和重新定位帮助的患者 通常按照各种建议的时间表接受护理 标准制定组织根据现有的最佳证据， 压力性溃疡和尿路感染的预防程序。实践 安排常规的预防性护理，而不是在需要的时候提供 实际上是一个受损的个人所需要的，是基于巨大的 困难和劳动强度的确定只是当任何特定的 每个人都需要特殊的照顾。在心脏，规定的时间表， 常规护理而不是基于需要的护理是为了方便， 护理人员的成本效益，而不是生活质量， 接受这种照顾。机构护理尤其如此。 我们建议开发一种价格适中的无线传感器系统， 便于提供个性化的定位和定位帮助 因为它是必要的。通过消除与那些计划的护理相关的劳动， 我们的系统应该既改善不必要的事件， 及时提供护理，提高受援者的生活质量， 导致总护理成本增加。如果能够更及时地提供护理， 在降低劳动力成本的同时， 对目前养老院人员配备水平的担忧的影响。 建议的商业应用：疗养院正在受到越来越多的审查，以证明他们提供良好的照顾。 如果成功，我们的项目将允许护理之家的工作人员提供更及时，个性化的失禁和压疮预防复位护理，以更少的劳动力成本。 此外，它还可以记录及时提供的护理。 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.