Using mobile application for Long-Term Care system

Author

Hsiao-Hui Li ; Yuan-Hsun Liao ; Chih-Tsan Chang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mobile Technol., Toko Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan

fYear

2015

fDate

20-22 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

63

Abstract

Healthcare technology advances and a growing public health consciousness have increases longevity and quality of human life. A rapidly aging population has increased the demand for long term care services and facilities. To provide the elderly with adequate healthcare services, this work presents an elderly-oriented Long-Term Care(LTC) information system. Based on the demands of the elderly, an innovative application is also developed. This paper develops an APP for elderly and his/her family. The elderly and their families can interact through mobile app. And, their families can see the elderly´s current status anytime and anywhere.

Keywords

geriatrics; health care; medical computing; mobile computing; elderly-oriented LTC information system; elderly-oriented long-term care information system; health care services; mobile application; public health consciousness; Education; Information systems; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Senior citizens; Streaming media; interact design; long-term care; mobile application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU), 2015 Eighth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hakodate

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMU.2015.7061030

Filename

7061030