SmokingChimneySmokingChimney

Make it easier for people to help each other

Kent ConnectsSaturday 23 November 2013

Leonard AndersonChris Orton

Alex Kenmure

Winner

Facts: Elderly people need care Facts: Elderly people need care

• Personal Needso Better quality of lifeo > 1.5 million have care needs not met by the state

• UK population estimateso 18 million > 65 by 2030: 30% of populationo ~ 2.5 million people > 75 live alone

• Care Provisiono 1.5 million paid carerso 6 million unpaid carers.

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Rising demand for family social care

Sources:

AKTIVE, AgeUK, EU, HSCIC

Challenge to be solvedChallenge to be solved

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Public Sector

Family

Vulnerable people living independently

Family need more information to helpif they can

Granny’s True StoryGranny’s True Story

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Start: No heating

Smoking Chimney would have alerted neighbours

Ambulance called

ActivityChange

A modern solutionA modern solution

Passive sensors for the Home, eg six sensors in one case

• Thermometer - Temperature• Accelerometer – Motion• Gyroscope - Motion• Compass - Direction• Hygrometer – Relative Humidity• Barometer - Pressure

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Off the shelf components

Battery lasts 2 years with low energy Bluetooth

Send data via Internet to activity analysis software

Results viewable by any family member on Web or Smartphone

£20

People help each OtherPeople help each Other

Technology replaces the smoking chimney

Independent People Families and Carers

Insight

Care

Technology

Sensor Data

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Prototype UsePrototype Use

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Activity monitoring and knowledge of person

NormalDay

Peace of Mind

Unusual Activity

Alarmor

No Activity

Text Alert

Putting the Social back into CarePutting the Social back into Care

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Social

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