CARE: Context-awareness for elderly care
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ORIGINAL PAPER
CARE: Context‑awareness for elderly care Simon Klakegg1 · Kennedy Opoku Asare2 · Niels van Berkel3 · Aku Visuri2 · Eija Ferreira2 · Simo Hosio2 · Jorge Goncalves4 · Hanna‑Leena Huttunen2 · Denzil Ferreira2 Received: 27 May 2020 / Accepted: 17 November 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract We present CARE, a context-aware tool for nurses in nursing homes. The system utilises a sensors infrastructure to quantify the behaviour and wellbeing (e.g., activity, mood, social and nurse interactions) of elderly residents. The sensor data is offloaded, processed and analysed in the cloud, to generate daily and long-term summaries of residents’ health. These insights are then presented to nurses via an Android tablet application. We aim to create a tool that can assist nurses and increase their awareness to residents’ needs. We deployed CARE in a local nursing home for two months and evaluated the system through a post-hoc exploratory analysis and interviews with the nurses. The results indicate that CARE can reveal essential insights on the wellbeing of elderly residents and improve the care service. In the discussion, we reflect on our understanding and potential impact of future integrated technology in elderly care environments. Keywords Sensors · Data analysis · Elderly care · System design
1 Introduction With a significant increase in the elderly population, nurses are experiencing growing workloads and stress levels. The profession is suffering from large turnover rates, leading to an influx of new personnel [1]. This is problematic as the newcomers often lack relevant patient information to ensure satisfying continuity of care [2]. Furthermore, nurses have a very mobile occupation; more than 50% of their time is spent on the move [3]. In such a hectic environment, it is challenging for nurses to remember all the details of their
patients [3]. Detecting small health or behavioural changes among patients, potentially accumulating over the long term into more serious conditions, can be difficult without the appropriate tools [4]. A critical component of the nurses’ workday is a daily meeting called ‘the handover’ [5]. In this meeting, essential information of the day-to-day health of patients is transferred between staff members. However, this handover is often done informally and inconsistently without a systematic approach [6].
* Simon Klakegg [email protected]
Hanna‑Leena Huttunen [email protected]
Kennedy Opoku Asare [email protected]
Denzil Ferreira [email protected]
Niels van Berkel [email protected]
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Tellu IoT, Asker, Norway
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University of Oulu, Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90570 Oulu, Finland
3
Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7K, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
4
The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Melbourne, Australia
Aku Visuri [email protected] Eija Ferreira [email protected] Simo Hosio [email protected] Jorge Goncalves [email protected]
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