The document discusses the development and preliminary validation of a software telecare prototype aimed at improving the quality of life for older adults in a vulnerable old people's home in Colombia. It highlights the challenges faced by this population, including low educational levels and high dependency on caregivers, and details the prototype's features that allow users to report health symptoms directly to caregivers. The findings suggest that with thoughtful design and implementation, technology can enhance interaction and support for older individuals unfamiliar with digital tools.

1. Applyingasoftware TeleCareprototype in a real old people’shome.
Fáber D. Giraldo, JuanPablo García Giraldo,
Santiago Granada Montes,
YonattanPineda Olarte
Systemand ComputerEngineering., Universityof Quindío Colombia
NicolasHine
Schoolof Computing, Universityof Dundee, Scotland UK
MobileHCI2014 Workshop Toronto Canada, September2014

2. Introducingus
Nicolas
Juan Pablo
Santiago
Yonattan
Fáber

3. Whereare we?
Colombia
Quindío

4. Agenda
•Introduction/Context
•ImplementedSolution
•GUI progress
•Preliminaryvalidation
•Conclusions
•Furtherworks

5. Introduction
•TheUnitedNationsPopulationFund(UNFPA)forColombiadescribesthedemographictransition,wherepeople≥60yearsoldarereachedaround10%ofthetotalofpopulationin2012withanevidentageingofthepopulationinsomeofthemostimportantcitiesinColombia.
•PrincipaldifficultiesforolderpeopleinColombia:
•lowereducationallevelandilliteracy(mostofthemarefromruralcontexts).
•lowproportionofpeoplehavingpension,
•fewjobopportunitiesforolderadults,
•highlevelsofpovertyamongthepopulation,
•highdependencyonchildrenandelderlycarers,
•negativeimaginaryoftheworthtoolderpeopleinsociety

6. Context
•Thispreliminaryresearchwasperformedinaspecificoldpeople'shomeintheQuindíoregionofColombia
(averyvulnerablepopulation).
•ThisworkisformulatedaroundofthehypothesisthattheapplicabilityofTeleCareprototypesinoldpeople'shomeofColombiacanimprovethequalityoflifeoftheolderadults.

7. Solution
•WedevelopedasoftwareTelecareprototype(Java&Android)fortheoldpeople'shomeinordertohelpolderadultstoreportasymptom, illnessorneed.
•Olderpeopleinvolvedcanreportsymptomssuchas:headache,sorethroat,stomachpainandchestpain.
•Thesereportsareimmediatelysenttoformalcarersoftheolderpeople’shomeandrelativesoftheolderpeople.
•Alltheolderpeopleinvolvedhaveneverinteractedwithtechnologybefore(interactionlevelzero)

8. GUI Prototypesevolution
December19th, 2013
April12nd, 2014

9. GUI Prototypesevolution
April15th, 2014
September12nd, 2014

10. Preliminaryvalidation
•Some validation procedures were performed with real patients of the old people's home since December 2013.
•Maingoalsoftheseproceduresweretoevaluatetheinteractionleveloftheolderadultswiththesoftware,andtheadjustmentoftheprototypeaccordingwiththeissuesreportedbyolderadults,carersandfamilyinvolved.

11. Evidences
April12nd, 2014

12. Validationwithtablets
•Lastvalidationsareperformedwithtablets,whereweevidenceabetterinteractionoftheolderpeoplewithourTelecareapplication.
•Thisprocessisperformedintheroomsoftheolderpeople’shomewheretheylive,makingthemostnaturalenvironmentforthem.
•Tabletsemployed:SamsungGalaxyNotePRO12.2’’

13. Validationwithtablets
September8th, 2014
September12nd, 2014

14. Validationwithtablets
September12nd, 2014
September12nd, 2014

15. Conclusions
•Particular conditions of older adults in Colombia reflects a complex scenario where any technological support must offer the greatest degree of ease as possible, due mainly to the gap between final users of older population and technology solutions.
•In this work we have reported the implementation and preliminary validation of a Telecareprototype application for a real old people's home in Colombia.
•We use principles from HCI and User-centered design to implement a software solution with a high interaction level for older adults

16. Furtherworks
•More formal validationsbyapplyingspecificusabilitytest
•Validationof theinteractionfromformal carersand family involved (in progress)
•Data managementsupportbydatawarehouseapproaches.

17. Thanksforyourattention
Questions?
Contact:
{fdgiraldo, jpgarciag, ypinedao, sgranadam}@uniquindio.edu.co
nhine@computing.dundee.ac.uk