| Project/Area Number |
07455237
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Town planning/Architectural planning
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| Research Institution | UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA |
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Principal Investigator |
TANIMURA Hidehiko Univ.of Tsukuba, Institute of Policy and Planning Scienes, Prof., 社会工学系, 教授 (40111356)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOSHIMORI Atsushi Univ.of Library and Information Science, Dept.of Library and Information Science, 図書館情報学部, 助手 (80222149)
WATANABE Shun Univ.of Tsukuba, Institute of Policy and Planning Scienes, Assistant Prof., 社会工学系, 講師 (60212320)
TOMIE Shinji Univ.of Tsukuba, Insutitute of Art and Design, Prof., 芸術学系, 教授 (10015985)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥7,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000)
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| Keywords | virtual facilities / computer network / decentralized delivery of public community services / home-care / Virtual Nursing Home |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to improve home-care services to the elderly using an information network technology, a group-ware system for the collaborative work environment is proposed.
First, we carried out an investigation about members of staff and the communication network between them at a certain nursing home. Using this information, we developed a database.
Then, a group-ware system called "Virtual Nursing Home" was constructed. To build this system, we used a metaphor of a nursing home, linked by a computer network. Through this network, home helpers, nurses and social-workers (home-care service providers) as well as their clients are able to build a common database and communicate with each other using a videophone and electronic messages through the Internet.
Finally, some staff members of a nursing home evaluated our system. Their opinion was that the Virtual Nursing Home system has the advantage of holding and integrating their common data. Nevertheless several points of concern were raised : a complex user-interface, a not-fast-enough network speed, an invasion of privacy and an unclear burden of the cost.
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