1. CARESMART  Integrated Smart Care Home

2. WHY ARE CARE HOMES FAILING?

3. RESEARCH  To asses how we could use the IoT to improve care homes we had to observe how they currently functioned.  We asked carers what problems their daily routine contained.  “A lot of falls and trips go unrecorded, or the records get lost”  “ It’s hard to accurately record the health and care an individual needs”.  Laura Pamplin – previous carer

4. KEY MESSAGES  Care homes are under increasing pressure to cut costs whilst maintaining a high standard of care.  Many care homes are short staffed  Some have not yet adopted IT solutions for managing their homes, patients care plans etc are stored in folders!  Carers are disorganized and there is a communication barrier between themselves and the patients.

5. OUR SOLUTION  Several inter-linked smart devices placed within the patients room.  Bed, Chair, Walls, floor Toilet  These devices communicate with the carers smart phone  e.g Shock sensors to record falls, measuring their location and intensity.

6. MAIN FUNCTIONALITY  Contributes to the persons care plan – Actively measures the ableness of the patient over time and suggests further care if needed.  Once a care alert is sent to the carers device, the carer must respond to the request- aims to reduce carer negligence and encourage fast response times.  Room arrangement: Sensors taking historical data such as falls in a particular place can advise care plans and carers on modifications to the space to reduce the risk of further falls.

7. TECHNICAL  The device we are showing today is a smart chair prototype  It uses pressure sensors to work out when somebody is trying and failing to leave the chair.  It then sends a notification to the carers phone, if they are struggling, and records the pressure exerted for future analysis of the persons health.

8. SPATIAL DESIGN

9. LIMITATIONS  The main problem with the evolving space is the need for major renovations to implement the floor sensors.  This would restrict it to newer care homes only.

10. QUESTIONS?