Carer Assistance through Sensor Technology CAST

通过CAST项目，Redgear将提供一个解决方案，使护理人员能够远程为居民提供他们需要的护理。Redgear解决方案使用物联网技术，通过监测周围的环境，更好地了解一个人的行为、健康和福祉。但对我们来说，这不仅仅是创造数据。我们专注于为护理团队提供他们所需的信息，以做出有利于他们护理的人的基于证据的决策。在这些封锁和隔离的困难时期，该系统的额外优势是可以完全远程使用，最大限度地减少感染的传播，同时仍然提供高水平的态势感知。到目前为止，我们的传感器解决方案正在与英国最大的独立生活村庄提供商一起使用。每位居民的每日报告将告知护理团队前24小时的事件-让他们一目了然地看到他们需要的信息。我们的目标是创建一个非侵入性的解决方案，使居民能够更长时间地独立生活。CAST项目旨在扩大该解决方案的使用范围，特别是专注于帮助那些因疫情而最孤立的居民。系统安装完成后，只需不到2分钟，即可完全远程使用。这使得护理人员可以虚拟地“检查”居民，并更好地了解居民对隔离的反应。电话联系将允许护理团队讨论通过系统提出的问题，并可用于交叉引用护理团队在电话上收到的任何信息。护理团队可以直接与家人分享他们收集的信息-让他们对亲人的病情更加放心。除了每日报告外，如果发生任何异常情况，自动警报会通知护理人员-例如长时间缺乏运动，或环境发生异常变化。该项目的总体目标是为护理人员提供一种解决方案，使他们能够继续提供高质量的以人为本的护理水平，即使他们身体上无法与居民在一起。这同时具有满足居民护理需求的好处，同时不会使他们面临感染COVID-19的风险。在CAST项目期间，我们确定了减缓甚至阻止护理机构采用新技术的因素。我们打算通过向护理组织提供额外的服务和技术解决方案来解决这些因素。项目延期和额外资金将支持我们开发这些服务，增加客户的利益，并通过更强大的合作伙伴网络提高我们在护理市场的地位。通过这个项目的扩展，我们建议：-增加推广和护理专业人员的参与。- 对传感器和通信技术进行更全面的现场测试。- 扩大Covid Data Marker研究和报告的覆盖范围。- 与潜在的新客户和其他第三方组织进一步接触。

Through the CAST project, Redgear will deliver a solution that enables carers to give residents the care they need, remotely. Redgear Solutions use IoT technology to gain a better understanding of a person's behavior, health and well being by monitoring the environment around them. But for us it's not just about creating data. We are focused on equipping care teams with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions that benefit the people they care for. The added advantage during these difficult times of lock-down and isolation is that the system can be used entirely remotely, minimizing the spread of infection while still providing a high level of situational awareness.So far our sensor solution is being used with the largest provider of independent living villages in the UK. Daily reports for each resident inform care teams of the events of the previous 24 hours - allowing them to see the information they need at a glance. The goal is to create a solution that is un-intrusive which allows the resident to live more independently for longer.The CAST project seeks to expand the use of the solution, and particularly focus on helping those residents left most isolated by the pandemic. Once the system is installed, which takes less than 2 minutes, it can be used entirely remotely. This allows carers to 'check-in' on residents virtually and gain a greater understanding of how the resident is reacting to the isolation. Telephone contact will allow the care teams to discuss the issues raised via the system, and can be used to cross-reference any information the care team receives on the phone. Care teams can share the information they gather directly with family members - giving them greater peace of mind on their loved one's condition. In addition to the daily reports, automated alerts inform carers if anything abnormal has occurred - such as a lack of movement for extended periods, or unusual changes in their environment. This enables carers to react at speed to solve problems.The overall aim of the project is to equip carers with a solution that allows them to continue providing a high quality person-centered level of care, even though they are physically unable to be with residents. This has the simultaneous benefits of meeting the resident's care needs, whilst not exposing them to the risk of contracting COVID-19.During the CAST project we identified factors that slow and even prevent the adoption of new technologies into care organisations. We intend to address these factors by providing additional services and technology solutions to care organisations. The project extension and additional funding will support us in developing these services, increasing the benefit to our clients and improving our position in the care market through a stronger partnership network. Through this project extension we propose to: - Increase rollout and engagement with care profesionals. - Perform more comprehensive field testing of sensor and communications technologies. - Increase the reach of the Covid Data Marker study and report. - Further engagement with potential new clients and additional 3rd party organisations.