Presentation on Advances in telecare

1. Advances in telecare over the past 10 years
*Author
Kenneth J Turner (Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling,
Stirling, UK)
Marilyn R McGee-Lennon (School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow,
Glasgow)
Reviewed By
Ayush Narula & Niten Swami

2. What is Telecare?
● Social care at home.
● Focus on wellbeing of individuals.
Why?
● There is a rise in aging population globally.
Benefits
● Safety, Security, Behavior,
● Communication, Entertainment,
● Home automation
Limitations
● Slow user acceptance
Global Acceptance
● UK, Europe
● New Zealand
● Worldwide

3. Relevance to Health informatics
Telecare Telehealth
Health
Informatics
Health
Data
Information
Legislations
Policy
Practise

4. Methods
● Reviews past 10 years of telecare research
● Some results are from the MATCH(Mobilising Advanced
Technologies for Care at Home) project funded by Scotland
funding council
● COBALT (Challenging Obstacles and Barriers to Assistive
Living Technologies)
● DALLAS project .

5. Critical Analysis
● Method analysis
● Mobile apps
● Extreme conditions
● Smart Watches
● Limitation
● How sensors are being used and deployed
● Robotic services(Hoist trolley robot arm ~ Japan)
● Not much research done on feedback of current users
● How could be improved( Human device interaction, app
based etc).

6. Conclusions
● Telecare is one of the solution to the handle the
huge demand in healthcare services due to increase
in aging population and people with disabilities.
● Future of Telecare ( Latest technologies)

7. Questions
Thanks
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