The Technology-enabled information for home care (TEHO) project is looking for solutions to care for the growing elderly population, with a particular focus on people with memory problems living in home care. Municipalities need to look for savings in care through new ways of working made possible by technology. The project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Regional Council of Central Ostrobothnia, is being carried out by the University's Information Technology Unit in cooperation with the Care and Nursing division of the Central Ostrobothnia Social and Health Services Consortium.
Goals
The aim of the project is to develop a user-driven system that increases productivity or improves quality through new or improved ways of working. To achieve the project's objective, it can be broken down into the following smaller sub-objectives:
To explore the potential of IoT technologies in the care of people living at home
To design and implement an IoT system to support the care of people living at home
Develop methods for processing and managing the Big Data generated by the IoT system, build models that combine the data to support care work, and visualise the information generated in a form suitable for users
Deployment of the system in a real environment
Evaluate the long-term impact of the system in the context of care work
Results
Gaining an overview of the potential of IoT technologies in the care of people living at home
A scalable IoT system to support the care of people with memory impairment
Compatibility with different IoT solutions and scalability of the system have been considered
The system supports the integration and processing of information from multiple sources
Presentation of results according to user needs
The database collected in a real environment allows for the development of new modelling methods in the future
Evaluation of the system using scientific methods in a real user environment provides a good basis for productisation and for the adaptation of care practices to achieve cost-effectiveness
