JP2000182166A - Cared person health confirmation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a nurse to go to a person to be cared for care or help without being too late when an alarm is issued by allowing a warning system to issue an alarm if a detection signal is not issued from a detecting means for a prescribed time. SOLUTION: When a person P to be cared does not feel good and before going to bed, a backrest part 48 of a reclining bed 42 is erected by operating a remote control 50 to allow the person P to watch television 46 at a comfortable posture. However, each time the part 48 of the bed 42 is erected to be held at a prescribed position by operating the remote control 50, a signal is issued from the remote control 50. The signal is detected by a sensor 52 installed inside a room, sent to the controlling part of a central monitor installed in an administration building through house wiring and stored there. And, if this situation continues for a long time over midnight, the controlling part issues an alarm showing abnormality of the person P through a display or a speaker.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a care receiver safety confirmation system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various proposals have conventionally been made to provide care for a person who needs more or less care of another person, such as the elderly or sick (hereinafter, simply referred to as a cared person). For example, a TV camera is installed in the care receiver's living room to monitor the movement of him (her), or the current position is grasped by attaching a position sensor to the care receiver.

[0003]

However, in the former case, if the cared person is bedridden, there is a particular privacy problem, and it cannot be used in a nursing home at all. Also, in the latter case, there is a problem that it is difficult to detect an abnormality when the position sensor is removed.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a care receiver safety confirmation system that does not have such a problem.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a technique for detecting the behavior of a cared person and detecting the behavior each time the behavior is detected. A care receiver safety confirmation system comprising: a detection unit that emits a signal; and an alarm device that receives a detection signal from the detection unit and issues an alarm when a new detection signal is not received from the detection unit even after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is the configuration.

[0006]

In the configuration of the first aspect, the alarm device issues an alarm if the detection signal from the detection means is not issued for a predetermined time. However, the interruption of the detection signal from the detection means should be regarded as indicating an abnormality of the cared person, so that when the alarm occurs, the cared person is not left behind by the cared person. , Go to care or rescue.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, a nursing home 10 includes a management building 20 and a residence building 30. Residential building 30
A plurality of living parts 32 are formed in the interior of the vehicle. Each living part 32 includes a living room 34, a washroom 36, a bathroom 38, and a toilet 40.

A reclining bed 42 as shown in FIG. 2 is installed in the living room 34, and the care receiver P goes to bed on the bed 42. When the user feels good, he / she sits on the sofa 44 and watches the television 46. When the user does not feel good or before going to bed, he operates the remote control 50 to raise the backrest 48 of the reclining bed 42 and stands up comfortably. The television 46 can be watched.

Thus, every time the backrest 48 of the reclining bed 42 is raised by operating the remote control 50 and held at a predetermined position, a signal is emitted from the remote control 50, and this signal is transmitted to the sensor 52 installed in the room. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 6 of the central monitoring device 60 installed in the management building 20 via the in-house wiring 54 as shown in FIG.
2 and stored there. When this state continues for a long time over the middle of the night, the control unit 62 issues an alarm indicating an abnormality of the care receiver P via the display 64 and the speaker 66. The caregiver who senses this alarm can immediately perform the predetermined care or rescue so as not to be too late by going to the care receiver P.

A sensor 68 is installed on the ceiling of the bathroom 38. When the cared person P enters the bathroom 38 and leaves the bathroom 38, a signal is sent to the central monitoring device 60 via the wiring 54 in the building. It is sent to the control unit 62 and stored there. Then, when this state continues for about 30 minutes (average bathing time), the control unit 62 controls the display 64 and the speaker 66.
An alarm indicating an abnormality of the cared person P is issued via. The caregiver who senses this alarm can immediately perform the predetermined care or rescue so as not to be too late by going to the care receiver P.

The toilet 40 is provided with a shower toilet 72 as shown in FIG.
Urination and defecation are performed using the shower toilet 72. The shower toilet 72 is disclosed in
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 758, a human body detection sensor 74 is provided, and when the care receiver P enters the toilet 40, the control device 76 operates the drive mechanism 78 to automatically open the toilet lid 80. When the care receiver P leaves the toilet 40, the toilet lid 80 is automatically closed in the opposite manner. Thus, the human body detection sensor 74 also
A signal is issued each time the control unit 6 of the central monitoring device 60 is connected via the in-house wiring 54.
2 and stored there. Further, a seating sensor 84 is provided on the toilet seat 82, and the toilet seat 82 of the care receiver P is provided.
The presence or absence of sitting on the upper side is always detected by the central monitoring device 60. If the user falls down without sitting after entering the toilet 40, the control unit 62 issues an alarm indicating an abnormality of the care receiver P via the display 64 and the speaker 66. When the caregiver senses this alarm,
By immediately going to the care receiver P, predetermined care or rescue can be performed so as not to be delayed.

The detection of the care receiver P falling down after defecation and urination can be performed by analyzing a detection signal for entering a room and a signal from a sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of a flash. .

In the example described above, the care receiver safety confirmation system according to the present invention is applied to a nursing home.
If the living unit 32 is read as a single house or a condominium room, the in-house wiring 54 is read as a public telephone line or wireless, and the management building 20 is read as a separate family house, a security company or a volunteer house, etc. The safety of the person
It can be confirmed individually from a place considerably away from the caregiver.

As means for detecting an abnormality of the care receiver P, for example, the following means may be employed in addition to the above-described means.

(1) A vibration sensor installed in a bed mattress. The reason that the cared person does not get up or climbed once in half a day is considered abnormal.

(2) A sensor that detects only entry into a toilet or a washroom. If you do not enter the toilet or washroom once a day, you can judge that it is abnormal.

(3) A human body detection sensor installed on a ceiling or the like in a corridor. This is because, when the human body is kept still for a predetermined period of time, the care receiver can be regarded as having fallen in the corridor while going from the living room to the bathroom, bathroom, or toilet.

It is to be noted that the above description is merely an example, and that the same concept as the present invention belongs to the technical scope of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a nursing home to which a care receiver safety confirmation system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a reclining bed is brought up by a care receiver.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a shower toilet.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram of a care receiver safety confirmation system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 50 remote control (detection means) 52 sensor (detection means) 60 central monitoring device (warning device) 68 sensor (detection means) 74 sensor (detection means) 84 sensor (detection means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A detecting means for detecting a behavior of a cared person and for generating a detection signal each time the behavior is detected, receiving a detection signal from the detecting means, and receiving a new signal from the detecting means even after a predetermined time has elapsed. A care receiver safety confirmation system including an alarm device that issues an alarm when a detection signal is not received.