TELEpHOne Monitor for the Elderly (TELEHOME)

TELEpHOne 老年人监护仪 (TELEHOME)

• 批准号: 8049100
• 负责人: AARON B OLOWIN
• 金额: $ 44.47万
• 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 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8049100
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Barron Associates, Inc. proposes to develop a TELEpHOne Monitor for the Elderly (TELEHOME), a low-profile, body-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, activity counts, etc.) through automatically-generated telephone voice calls, e-mail messages, or the TELEHOME website; 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 associated fees). The TELEHOME system will be valuable to informal caregivers, such as adults who have an elderly parent living alone in a community or senior care facility, who want to ensure that those in their charge are safe and 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. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: 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 two decades in the U.S. due to changes in the Medicare system. One 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 identied 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）：Barron Associates, Inc.提议开发一种老年人电话监测器（TELEHOME），这是一种低调的、可穿戴的、带有内置扬声器的无线个人监测器。TELEHOME系统提供的功能包括：(1)对跌倒事件、个人紧急情况、活动/不活动和漫游进行监测/警报；（二）在发生紧急情况时，移动免提电话可自动与呼叫对象连接，或者在来电时自动与主叫方连接；(3)通过自动生成的电话语音呼叫、电子邮件信息或TELEHOME网站，使家庭成员和朋友能够及时了解被监控个体的家庭活动模式（例如，跟踪家庭区域的转换、活动计数等）；(4)将录制的语音信息传送到移动免提上，提醒被监测个体按时服药等。TELEHOME系统易于操作，不需要对房屋进行修改，也不需要第三方监控公司的参与（消除了相关费用）。TELEHOME系统对非正式照顾者很有价值，例如有年迈父母独自住在社区或高级护理机构的成年人，他们希望确保他们所照顾的人每天安全、起床和活动。它还将为那些想继续独立生活，但又有安全网的老年人提供安心。