Re: Re: Smart House / Telecare

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >able to offer ...

yep ... that was part of it for me, too ... plus the basic sensible
economy & robustness ...

Chris


On 31 Jul 2007, at 07:34, Jonathan Shaw wrote:

> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
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>> 'noticed an item in the 'paper just now about Telecare ... eg:
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>> http://www.kent.gov.uk/SocialCare/health-and-wellbeing/telecare/
>> equipment.htm
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>> (several links there, for more detail)
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>> 'must say, seems very ambitious ... and no mention that I noticed
> of
>> intelligence etc ... so it's difficult to believe it won't end in
>> tears ...
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>> 'anyone seen more detail ???
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>> 'could be some useful pointers & lessons learnt, maybe, to
help us
>> all do it better ... maybe !
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> Saw a lecture by Hienz Wolff a few years ago on this topic.  Research
> showed that elderly people took better care of themselves if talked
> to via video phone as they knew they couldn't pretend they were
> eating properly taking care of appearance if seen.
> There were some intereing privacy issues.  Why send data to a 3rd
> poarty about your toilet use if it is "normal".  Only send
the data
> if it becomes an indicator of a problem e.g. manyvisits through the
> night when usually only 1.
> I think the Idratek system has all the elements to be able to offer
> this kind of intelligence ... one of the reasons I thought is so good
> I had to have some!
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