SBIR Phase I: An Internet-based Emotional Connectedness and Monitoring Device and Service for the Elderly

SBIR 第一阶段：基于互联网的老年人情感联系和监测设备及服务

• 批准号: 0945505
• 负责人: Paul To
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: emota.net
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0945505&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Internet; based; Emotional

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will prototype a new class of assistive technologies to improve quality of life and wellbeing of the elderly and to reduce overall burden of aging costs on social and private health systems. Today's telehealth solutions focus on medical aspects and ignore social and psychological needs. Research has shown that social isolation significantly increases health risks. If successful, the proposed innovation research will result in the commercialization a social and emotional connectedness platform designed to help elderly, their caregivers, and their friends and family stay actively in touch and involved in their care, as well as providing emotional and physical support for the caregivers. The feasibility study will prove the efficacy of the approach through a series of in-vivo ethnographic field studies. This proposed approach to geriatric care has the potential to shift the context from medicine and monitoring to fulfilling core emotional and social needs. The company believes there is a significant market for consumer-oriented, social-based, self-care solutions that can integrate with professional medical monitoring solutions. To validate the strategy, the company has held discussions with potential strategic partners to pilot test the solution at the end of Phase I to gauge marketability and impact. The company believes that commercial success could kick start a marketplace for similar, emotional-connectedness solutions and technologies that would benefit the lives of the elderly, and other groups as well.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将原型制作一类新的辅助技术，以改善老年人的生活质量和福祉，并减轻社会和私人卫生系统上老龄化成本的总体负担。 当今的远程医疗解决方案着重于医疗方面，而忽略了社会和心理需求。研究表明，社会隔离大大增加了健康风险。 如果成功的话，拟议的创新研究将导致商业化一个社交和情感联系平台，旨在帮助老年人，他们的照顾者以及他们的朋友和家人积极保持联系并参与他们的护理，并为照顾者提供情感和身体支持。 可行性研究将通过一系列体内人种学现场研究证明该方法的功效。这种提出的老年护理方法有可能将上下文从医学和监测转变为满足核心情感和社会需求。 该公司认为，面向消费者的，基于社会的自我护理解决方案有一个重要的市场，可以与专业的医疗监测解决方案集成。为了验证该战略，该公司已与潜在的战略合作伙伴进行了讨论，以试点I阶段结束时测试解决方案，以衡量可销售性和影响力。 该公司认为，商业成功可以为类似的，情感上的解决方案和技术启动市场，这些解决方案和技术也将使老年人和其他团体的生活有益。