The discussion about the feasibility of design with cloud health care model in day-care center

• Main Authors: CHEN YOU-CHENG, 陳由錚
• Other Authors: Chang, Ping-hsiang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17106966818969827206

碩士 === 元培醫事科技大學 === 醫務管理系碩士班 === 105 === The increasingly aging society and declining birth rate caused the family member with labor power to leave home for work, but leaving the care-needed elderly at home. This not only caused the dilemma of requiring home-based caregiving, but also affects the quality of life between family members. This article propose the use of in place community resources with modern information and communication technologies to construct a comprehensive caregivers support service system in order to achieve innovative day-care centers over cloud health care model. The employ of wearable devices 24/7 non-stop monitor on personnel’s physiological and mental status, and possible danger detection, thus enhancing the capabilities on caregiving during day and night. The research explored existing literature and utilized qualitative focus group interviews, the validity verification utilized expert validity and triangulation The lists of experts were generated through snowball approach of recommendations from academic, followed by purposive sampling where experts and academics of the relevant field were invited to hold talks. These open discussions were recorded to collect information. The results were analyzed on five aspects: (1) availability, (2) accessibility, (3) accommodation, (4) affordability and (5) acceptability. The conclusions were as follows: cloud platforms and wearable devices has high availability; community schools meets the accessibility criteria; health caregiving, day-to-day services and emergency management fulfils appropriateness; the general family users shall pay for these services, while low income families shall be subsidize by government to eliminate the affordability issues; customization of day-care center can cater for all elderly people regardless of their health and requirements. A recommendation regarding the equipment certification and confidentiality of personal information when using cloud health care services should also be examined. The results of this research can be used as a reference for the government’s planning of long-term care system.