TELEpHOne Monitor for the Elderly (TELEHOME)

TELEpHOne 老年人监护仪 (TELEHOME)

• 批准号: 7154241
• 负责人: AARON B OLOWIN
• 金额: $ 12.49万
• 依托单位: BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2009-03-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7154241
• 关键词: assistive device /technology; bioengineering /biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment development; caregivers; clinical research; emergency care; focus groups; geriatrics; health care personnel; home health care; human old age (65+); medical rehabilitation related tag; monitoring device; patient monitoring device; portable biomedical equipment; quality of life; questionnaires; safety equipment; telemedicine

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract: Barron Associates, Inc. proposes to develop a Telephone Monitor for the Elderly (TELEHOME), a low-profile, waist-worn, wireless personal monitor with built-in speakerphone. Functions provided by the TELEHOME system include: (1) monitoring/alerting for fall events, personal emergencies, activity/inactivity, and wandering; (2) automatic connection of mobile speakerphone to call recipient in response to an emergency event, or to calling parties for incoming telephone calls; (3) capability for family members and friends to stay abreast of in-home activity patterns of monitored individuals (e.g., track transitions through areas of the home, daily step counts, etc.) through automatically-generated telephone voice or e-mail message updates; and (4) recorded voice message delivery to mobile speakerphone to remind monitored individuals to take their medication, etc. The TELEHOME system is easy to operate, and requires no modifications to the home or involvement of a third-party monitoring company (eliminating high monthly fees). The TELEHOME system will be invaluable to informal caregivers, such as adults who have an elderly parent living alone, who want to ensure that those in their charge are up and about each day. It will also provide peace of mind to elderly persons who want to continue to live independently, but have a safety net in place. The role of informal caregivers (i.e., family, friends, and neighbors), as contrasted with formal compensated home care providers, has increased greatly over the past 2 decades in the U.S. due to changes in the Medicare system. 1 way to lessen the burden on informal providers and provide peace of mind, as well as increase quality of care and quality of life for elders, is to make available a low-cost monitoring system that would allow potential emergencies to be identified when they occur and enable family and friends to stay abreast of activity patterns of those in their charge. Commercial personal monitoring systems available today provide incomplete coverage of potential emergency events, and are too expensive.

描述(由申请人提供)：项目摘要/摘要：Barron Associates，Inc.计划开发一种老年人电话监听(TeleHome)，这是一种带有内置扬声器的低调、腰部佩戴的无线个人监听。TeleHome系统提供的功能包括：(1)对跌倒事件、个人紧急情况、活动/不活动和走失进行监控/报警；(2)响应紧急事件自动将移动扬声器连接到呼叫接受者，或在呼入电话时自动连接到呼叫方；(3)使家人和朋友能够与被监视个人的家庭活动模式保持同步(例如，跟踪通过家庭区域的过渡、每日步数等)。通过自动生成的电话语音或电子邮件消息更新；以及(4)向移动扬声器发送录制的语音消息，以提醒被监测的个人服用药物等。TeleHome系统易于操作，不需要对家庭进行任何修改，也不需要第三方监测公司的参与(消除了高额的月费)。对于非正式的照顾者来说，TeleHome系统将是无价的，比如有年迈的父母独自生活的成年人，他们希望确保他们照顾的人每天都醒着，几乎每天都在工作。它还将为那些希望继续独立生活但已建立安全网的老年人提供安心。由于医疗保险制度的变化，与正式的有偿家庭护理提供者相比，非正式照顾者(即家人、朋友和邻居)的作用在过去20年里在美国大大增加。减轻非正式提供者的负担和提供安心以及提高护理质量和老年人的生活质量的一种方法是提供一个低成本的监测系统，使其能够在发生潜在紧急情况时被发现，并使家人和朋友能够了解他们所负责的人的活动模式。今天可用的商业个人监控系统对潜在的紧急事件提供了不完整的覆盖，而且过于昂贵。