A Web-based home welfare and care services support system using a pen type image sensor.
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2003-05-02
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A long term care insurance law for elderly persons was put in force two years ago in Japan The Home Helpers who are employed by hospitals care companies or the welfare office provide home welfare and care services for the elderly such as cooking bathing washing cleaning shopping etc We developed a web based home welfare and care services support system using wireless Internet mobile phones and Internet client computers which employs a pen type image sensor The pen type image sensor is used by the elderly people as the entry device for their care requests The client computer sends the requests to the server computer in the Home Helper central office and then the server computer automatically transfers them to the Home Helper s mobile phone This newly developed home welfare and care services support system is easily operated by elderly persons and enables Homes Helpers to save a significant amount of time and extra travel