System for Maximizing the Effectiveness of Care Giving

• US 20080084296A1
• Filed: 06/14/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Care Innovations LLC
• Original Assignee: Intel-GE Care Innovations, LLC (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Kutzik, David, Glascock, Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 8,682,952 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0461 integrated or attached to an item closely associated with the person but not worn by the person, e.g. chair, walking stick, bed sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0484 Arrangements monitoring consumption of a utility or use of an appliance which consumes a utility to detect unsafe condition, e.g. metering of water, gas or electricity, use of taps, toilet flush, gas stove or electric kettle
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method for determining the performance of a caregiver in a monitoring system for monitoring a user in a user living area the monitoring system including a remote monitoring site, including monitoring the user living area to detect an occurrence of an event to provide a detected event, providing event information representative of the detected event and determining a response of the caregiver to the detected event to provide caregiver response information. The event information and the caregiver response information are transmitted to the remote monitoring site.

Claims

1. A method for determining the performance of a caregiver in a monitoring system for monitoring a user in a user living area the monitoring system including a remote monitoring site, comprising;

monitoring said user living area to detect an occurrence of an event to provide a detected event;

providing event information representative of said detected event;

determining a response of said caregiver to said detected event to provide caregiver response information; and

transmitting said event information and said caregiver response information to said remote monitoring site.

2. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 1, further comprising detecting said detected event by a sensor.

3. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 1, further comprising determining said response of said caregiver using an electrical sensor.

4. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 1, further comprising determining said response of said caregiver in accordance with input from said caregiver.

5. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 1, further comprising providing a history in accordance with said event information and said caregiver response information.

6. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 5, further comprising providing a user history in accordance with said event information and said caregiver response information.

7. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 5, further comprising providing a caregiver history in accordance with said event information and said caregiver response information.

8. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 7, further comprising comparing said history with said caregiver response information to determine a difference between said history and a caregiver response.

9. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 1, further comprising determining a outcome of a caregiver response.

10. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 9, further comprising determining changes in said outcome of a caregiver response in accordance with said history.

11. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 7, further comprising determining changes in said caregiver response in accordance with said history.

12. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 5, further comprising generating a report in accordance with said history.

13. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 12, further comprising generating said report in accordance with a template.

14. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 12, wherein said caregiver is provided with a response protocol further comprising comparing said caretaker response with said protocol.

15. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 5, wherein said monitoring system includes control parameters at said user living area further comprising:

performing a statistical operation upon said history to provide a statistical determination; and

adjusting at least one of said control parameters in accordance with said statistical determination.

16. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 5, further comprising:

performing a statistical operation upon said history to provide a statistical determination; and

determining cognitive function information of said user in accordance with said statistical determination.

17. The method for determining the performance of a caregiver of claim 1, further comprising:

activating at least one sensor in response to an occurrence of a first type of behavioral activity and an occurrence of a second type of behavioral activity differing from said first type to provide respective first and second behavioral activity information representative of said first and second differing types of behavioral activities;

using a further detector device determining a value of a physiological parameter in said user living area to provide physiological parameter information;

first, second and third control signals generated respectively in response to said first and second differing types of behavioral activity information and to said physiological parameter information;

a communication channel for applying said first, second and third control signals to said remote monitoring site; and

a remote generator for;

distinguishing said first and second differing types of behavioral activity and aid physiological parameters in accordance with said first, second and third control signals; and

generating an integrated report in accordance with said distinguishing.