TELEGERONTOLOGY PROJECT

Telegerontology: Design, elaboration and validation of a new on-line caring resource addressed to the elderly

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COLLABORATORS

INTRODUCTION

It is a new resource of home support addressed to elder people and/or persons with functional and/or cognitive loss. It´s born thanks to the evolution of the classic tele-assistance basing its development in the great advances in the communication and information technologies.

Following the basic principles of gerontological attention, TELEGERONTOLOGY favours cognitive valuations “on-line” and personalize the therapeutic actuations.

And all this through a conventional telephone line, the TV set and a “home bridge” of self development.

 

PROTOTYPE II

 

TELEGERONTOLOGY FUNCTIONALITIES AT PRESENT

 The possibility to transmit rehabilitation sessions



 The possibility to have live consultations



 The possibility to carry out cognitive intervention



 The possibility to do emergency calls

 

FUNCTIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

 The domotic control

 The bio-medical parameters control

 The localization of users via GPS

 

WHAT HAVE WE DONE UP TO NOW?

 To develop the residential bridge

Integration of new technologies (CIT) in daily life  Audio-visual communication centre/user  Use of conventional home TV set  New necessities: possibilities of future growth  Galician design, development and manufacture

 To develop the management applications

Allows to eliminate barriers user/services  Ergonomics and easy use  Functional requirements  Accessibility: physical, sensorial and cognitive  Galician design, development and manufacture

 To develop the browser device

 To develop the telealarm-finder system



 To develop the application of cognitive tele-stimulation

 

WHAT IS STILL LEFT?

 The integration of biomedical devices

 The integration of domotic devices

 The improvement of some functionalities

 Economical resources to continue with development

 

CONCLUSIONS

 New resource of gerontological attention

 Possibility to keep people at their own homes for more time with a 24 hours/day, 365 days/year support

 Fully developed in Galicia

 Consortium of entities

 In collaboration with the administration

 No distance limit [ INTERNET ]