PFI: TT: An Intelligent Homecare System to Assist Older Adults Who Age in Place

PFI：TT：帮助就地养老的老年人的智能家庭护理系统

• 批准号: 2329852
• 负责人: Weihua Sheng
• 金额: $ 55万
• 依托单位: Oklahoma State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329852&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; TT; Intelligent; Homecare; System

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Partnerships for Innovation - Technology Translation (PFI-TT) project is that the proposed Intelligent Homecare System (IHS) will allow home-bound older adults to remain safe and healthy within their own homes, therefore benefiting the growing elderly population in the United States. If the PFI project is successful, the IHS is expected to offer the following functions. First, by monitoring older adults’ well-being in terms of activities of daily living (ADLs), physical and subjective well-being, and emergency situations, the IHS will promote older adults' health, safety and independence. Second, by better connecting older adults with their caregivers and better managing their daily life, the IHS will help bring peace of mind and reduce the cost of healthcare to family members. Third, with a better tool for home healthcare, formal caregivers can enjoy improved productivity, reduced cost of operation and increased revenue. This research will also improve the educational environment at Oklahoma State University in disciplines such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, embedded computing, and machine learning, as well as in non-STEM disciplines such as gerontology and entrepreneurship. This proposed project aims to develop a prototype of the IHS and prepare it for commercialization. The research addresses the challenges in deploying the IHS for real world applications. The major research tasks are: 1) designing a prototype of IHS and a wearable device; 2) developing a collaborative and multimodal activity recognition algorithm; 3) developing the IHS functions for well-being monitoring, intervention, and communication; 4) developing the IHS capabilities to overcome the psychosocial barriers associated with advanced ages. The novelties of the proposed work include: 1) The IHS leverages its sensing capability and local AI to understand the daily activities of older adults, which provides the basis for health monitoring, intervention, and communication with caregivers. 2) The IHS assesses the physical and subjective well-being of older adults through anomaly detection and clinical interview. 3) The IHS proactively engages the at-risk older adults to deliver timely interventions through health coaching and daily life management. 4) The IHS offers AI-assisted intelligent messaging and telehealth to connect the older adults with caregivers, therefore promoting the socioemotional well-being of older adults. 5) The IHS overcomes the psychosocial barriers by developing technologies for age-friendly human machine interface (HMI), learning and adaptation, and privacy protection.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该创新合作伙伴关系 - 技术翻译 (PFI-TT) 项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是，拟议的智能家庭护理系统 (IHS) 将允许居家老年人在自己的家中保持安全和健康，从而使老年人受益。如果 PFI 项目成功，IHS 预计将提供以下功能：首先，通过监测老年人的日常生活活动 (ADL)、身体和主观健康状况。 -存在，其次，通过更好地联系老年人与其护理人员并更好地管理他们的日常生活，IHS 将有助于让老年人安心并降低家庭的医疗费用。第三，有了更好的家庭医疗保健工具，正式护理人员可以提高工作效率、降低运营成本并增加收入。这项研究还将改善俄克拉荷马州立大学在人工智能（AI）、机器人技术等领域的教育环境。 、嵌入式计算和机器学习，以及该项目旨在开发 IHS 原型并为商业化做好准备。该研究解决了在现实世界应用中部署 IHS 的挑战。 IHS 原型和可穿戴设备；2) 开发协作和多模式活动识别算法；3) 开发用于健康监测、干预和通信的 IHS 功能；4) 开发 IHS 功能以克服所提出的工作障碍的新颖之处包括：1）IHS 利用其传感能力和本地人工智能来了解老年人的日常活动，这为健康监测、干预和与护理人员的沟通提供了基础。 2) IHS 通过异常检测和临床访谈评估老年人的身体和主观健康状况 3) IHS 通过健康指导和日常生活管理主动让高危老年人参与并提供及时干预措施。提供人工智能辅助的智能消息传递和远程医疗，将老年人与护理人员联系起来，从而促进老年人的社会情感福祉。 5) IHS 通过开发适合老年人的人机界面 (HMI) 和学习技术，克服了社会心理障碍。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。