A workplace analysis of design issues of assistive technologies for sustainable caregiving

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16168
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Sugihara Taro 岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 助教 (50401948)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ケア / 支援技術 / ワークプレイス分析 / 医療 / 介護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to analyze the requirements and problems to deploy assistive technologies into the field of caregiving. From the investigation with three sorts of technologies at two care houses and two university hospitals, the results indicated that the gaps between the context in the workplace and the technology use affected on the activities for the users. It was also shown that the praise feedback onto the electric clinical pathways showed a potential to enriching the medical records.

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