Title :
A Medication Calendar to Assist Old People with Drug Dose
Author :
Palomino, Joel ; Nakashima, Haruo ; Moromugi, Shunji ; Ishimatsu, Takakazu ; Tanaka, Motohiro ; Honda, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Nagasaki Univ., Nagasaki, Japan
Abstract :
For elderly patients, dosing is crucial for their healthy life. Many of theme are requested to take medicine regularly without any mistake. To assist their daily drug dosing, a medication calendar to guide them is proposed. The calendar has 28 pockets, with reed switches attached on the back. With the use of a microprocesor the reed switch signal is read and used to guide the users with their drug dose with a voice command.
Keywords :
assisted living; drugs; medicine; microcomputers; patient care; reed relays; speech-based user interfaces; drug dose; elderly patients; healthy life; medication calendar; medicine; microprocesor; old people assistance; reed switch signal; voice command; Biomedical imaging; Calendars; Cities and towns; Control systems; Drugs; Educational institutions; Senior citizens; Automaitc Drug Dispenser; Medical Calendar; Medical Prevention; Telecare;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Networks and Intelligent Systems (ICINIS), 2012 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3083-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICINIS.2012.95
