Care support system using the information technology, cellular phone function for bedridden old men and women.

在日本，卧床不起的老人和妇女的数量正在增加。家庭有照顾的负担。我们研究了信息技术在卧床老人护理支持系统中的应用。我们以鸟取县的日南朝城镇网为例。我们走访了3个安装了护理支持系统设备的家庭，并对其使用情况进行了调查。采用问卷调查法，对日南町3000名60岁以上老人进行了信息技术使用情况的调查。并利用信息技术对护理支持系统的改进进行了研究。通过问卷调查，信息技术使用率较低。60-75岁人群的手机使用率为20%。有效的是，除了静态图像信息外，还将通过随身血压计测量的血压和脉搏等活体信息传输到护理人员的手机。

The number of bedridden old men and women is increasing in Japan. There is a care burden in the household. We examined application of the information technology to care support system for bedridden old men and women. We took up Nichinan-cho TOWNS-NET in Tottori prefecture as a model case. We visited 3 families where a device of care support system was installed as a model case and investigated about those use conditions. Questionnaire investigation about the information technology use was carried out for 3000 old men and women of 60 years and more in Nichinan-cho. And, we studied on the improvement of care support system using information technology. Information technology use rate was low by the questionnaire investigation. A cellular phone use rate was 20% in subjects of 60-75 years old. It is effective that living body information such as blood pressure and pulse measured by carrying tonometer is transmitted to the cellular phone of the care person in addition to the still picture information.