System for maximizing the effectiveness of care giving
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1. A method for determining the performance of a caregiver, the method being implemented in a computer that includes one or more processors, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by the one or more processors, a user living area associated with a user using a first set of one or more sensors;
generating, by the one or more processors, information related to the user'"'"'s need for medical care based on the monitoring;
obtaining, by the one or more processors, current caregiving information related to one or more current actions taken by a caregiver or a sequence of the one or more current actions, wherein the one or more current actions are taken by the caregiver in response to the information related to the user'"'"'s need for medical care;
generating, by the one or more processors, an emic protocol based on historical caregiving information related to one or more past actions taken by the caregiver or the sequence of the one or more past actions, wherein the one or more past actions were taken by the caregiver in response to the information related to the user'"'"'s need for medical care;
comparing, by the one or more processors, the current caregiving information to the emic protocol; and
determining, by the one or more processors, the performance of the caregiver based on the comparison.
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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.
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1. A method for determining the performance of a caregiver, the method being implemented in a computer that includes one or more processors, the method comprising:
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monitoring, by the one or more processors, a user living area associated with a user using a first set of one or more sensors; generating, by the one or more processors, information related to the user'"'"'s need for medical care based on the monitoring; obtaining, by the one or more processors, current caregiving information related to one or more current actions taken by a caregiver or a sequence of the one or more current actions, wherein the one or more current actions are taken by the caregiver in response to the information related to the user'"'"'s need for medical care; generating, by the one or more processors, an emic protocol based on historical caregiving information related to one or more past actions taken by the caregiver or the sequence of the one or more past actions, wherein the one or more past actions were taken by the caregiver in response to the information related to the user'"'"'s need for medical care; comparing, by the one or more processors, the current caregiving information to the emic protocol; and determining, by the one or more processors, the performance of the caregiver based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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