JP2017086777A - Care support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system allowing for finding a care-receiver with dementia or suspected of dementia without private information on the care-receiver being disclosed or used even when the care-receiver is lost or missing by wandering.SOLUTION: A care support system by which a care-giver caring for a care-receiver can confirm whereabouts of the care-receiver by searching for care-receiver identification information on what the care-receiver carries or wears for identifying the care-receiver includes: a search database that stores the care-receiver identification information and information on the care-receiver identified by the care-receiver identification information in an associated manner; and a search processing part for searching the search database for the information on the care-receiver identified by the care-receiver identification information when inquiry information using the care-receiver identification information is acquired from a terminal of a person who has located the care-receiver.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a care support system that supports care of a care recipient.

  When a person with dementia is deceived and protected, it is difficult for a protected person or a protected facility to obtain information such as the person's name and address from the person with dementia.

  Various attempts have been made to prevent people with dementia from getting lost and getting lost, or to be able to find them quickly and accurately even if they get lost.

  For example, a method of sewing a so-called “lost tag” to clothes worn by people with dementia, or a device with GPS function, etc., attached to shoes worn by people with dementia. There are ways to sew it on the clothes you wear.

JP 2013-109683 A JP 2014-166196 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-111906

  People with dementia are not always demented, and there are times when symptoms of dementia do not appear in daily life.

  During these times, you may get lost cards that have been sewn on your clothes, or you may go out wearing clothes that are not sewn with lost tags, and get lost. .

  Alternatively, a GPS function terminal attached to shoes or clothes may be removed, or shoes with no GPS function terminal attached may be selected and worn out. In addition, we sometimes go out and hesitate with bare feet. Therefore, even if a terminal with a GPS function is used, it may not be able to cope sufficiently.

  What is more problematic is that families, facilities, etc. that are caring for people with dementia are trying to find care recipients (people with dementia) who have been lost due to traps, and are in protective facilities, etc. When making an inquiry, it is difficult to disclose detailed information of the person who is protecting (a person with dementia who has been lost) from the viewpoint of protecting personal information.

  In other words, facilities that protect people who have been demented due to dementia, etc. can only disclose information about the time of protection, gender, estimated age, etc., and disclose the face photograph of the protected person, body characteristics, etc. There is a problem that it is difficult.

  If there is consent of the person, it is not easy to obtain such consent if the protected person is demented, even if it is handled that the photograph of the face of the protected person, body characteristics, etc. can be disclosed. . Eventually, from the viewpoint of personal information protection, it would be safe to disclose information, and only information about the time of protection, gender, and estimated age will be disclosed and provided.

  For this reason, it is extremely difficult for families, facilities, etc., who are caring for people with dementia to find caregivers (people with dementia) who have been lost due to drought. There are reports that more than 10,000 people have been suspected of being lost due to heels.

  The present invention relates to personal information (for example, face information) of a cared person who has been lost or missing even if a person with dementia or a suspected person is lost or missing due to a trap or the like. The object is to provide a system and method that can find a caregiver who is lost or missing without disclosing or using information such as photographs and body characteristics. The purpose of this is to provide a system and method that allows families, facilities, etc., who are caring for people with dementia to quickly and accurately find a caregiver who is lost or missing. I have to.

A caregiver who is providing care for the care recipient by searching for information for identifying the care recipient that the care recipient is carrying or wearing is identifying the whereabouts of the care recipient. A care support system that can be confirmed,
A database for search that stores the care receiver specifying information in association with information related to the care receiver specified by the care receiver specifying information;
The care recipient identified by the care receiver identification information when acquiring inquiry information using the care recipient identification information from a guardian terminal used by a guardian who has protected the care recipient A search processing unit that searches the search database for information related to a person,
When the care receiver designation information for identifying the care recipient specified by the care receiver identification information is acquired from the guardian terminal based on the search result by the search processing unit, the care receiver designation information is obtained. A guardian information input instruction unit that prompts input of information on the guardian that has been communicated;
Output information about the guardian who has transmitted the care recipient designation information to a caregiver terminal used by a caregiver who is caring for the care recipient specified by the care recipient designation information. A caregiver support system including a guardian information output unit.

  According to the present invention, even if a person with dementia or a suspected person is lost or missing due to a trap or the like, the personal information of the care recipient who has been lost or lost (for example, It is possible to provide a system / method that can find a caregiver who is lost or missing without disclosing or using information such as facial photographs and body characteristics. As a result, it is possible to provide a system and method that allows families, facilities, etc., who are caring for people with dementia to quickly and accurately find a caregiver who is lost or missing. .

It is a conceptual diagram of the care support system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure showing an example of the composition of the server apparatus with which the care support system of the present invention is provided. It is a figure showing an example of the information memorized by the database for search with which a server apparatus is provided. It is a figure showing an example of the processing flow of the care support system of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Structure of the invention]
The care support system of the present invention allows a person who has dementia or its suspicion (hereinafter referred to as “caregiver”) to be lost or missing due to a trap or the like. The caregiver who is providing care for the caregiver confirms the location of the caregiver who is lost or missing by searching for information for identifying the caregiver that identifies the caregiver wearing the wearer It is possible to do.

  Such a care support system of the present invention can be connected to a communication network 14 (including an Internet communication network and a wireless communication network defined by a wireless communication standard) as indicated by reference numeral 1 in FIG. It can consist of computers.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the caregiver terminal 4 used by the caregiver 2 of the family, facility, etc. that is caring for the cared person 3 and the cared person 3 are lost or missing due to a trap or the like. In such a case, the guardian terminal 6 used by the guardian 5 such as the person, facility, etc. who protected the cared person 3 and the provider providing the care support service according to the present invention can be connected to the communication network 14. The server device 7 is connected via the communication network 14.

  The caregiver terminal 4 includes terminals such as a smartphone 4a, a mobile phone 4b having a web browsing function, a personal computer (not shown), a tablet terminal, and the like.

  The guardian terminal 6 includes terminals such as a personal computer 6a, a smartphone 6b, a mobile phone having a web browsing function (not shown), a tablet terminal, and the like.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the information for identifying the cared person 3 that the cared person 3 possesses or wears is attached to a part of the body of the cared person 3. The care receiver identification information is printed on the seal 15.

  The information for specifying the care receiver includes at least graphic information for specifying the care receiver 3 to which the seal 15 is attached.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, graphic information represented by a predetermined graphic 16 is printed on the sticker 15.

  The graphic information included in the care receiver specifying information can include various graphic information in addition to the graphic 16 shown in FIG.

  For example, the care facility specific graphic information for identifying the facility where the care recipient 3 to which the seal 15 is pasted and the care facility is specified, or the area specific graphic information for identifying the area where the facility is located are included. Can do.

  Examples of the care facility specifying graphic information for specifying the facility where the care recipient 3 to which the seal 15 is attached and the caregiver are specified can be exemplified by the symbol mark 17 of the facility as shown in FIG. .

  Further, as the area specifying graphic information for specifying the area where the facility is located, the symbol mark 18 of the area as shown in FIG. 1 (for example, the Tokyo metropolitan emblem, the ward emblem of each ward of Tokyo 23 wards). ) And the like.

  As a sticker 15 to be affixed to a part of the body of the cared person 3, a user can print an arbitrary figure / pattern, etc., which is commercially available under the names of tattoo seal, body seal, face seal, etc. It is possible to employ a sticker that is used after being attached. In the following description, the tattoo seal will be described as an example.

  A tattoo seal on which the caregiver identification information including the graphic information is printed is prepared, and for example, the tattoo seal is pasted on the surface of a fingernail of the hand of the care recipient 3. .

  If the tattoo seal on which the care receiver identification information is printed is affixed to a person's eye such as the surface of the fingernail of the care receiver 3, It can be recognized that the caregiver 3 is a person with dementia or the like who needs care / support.

  In addition, if the tatoo seal on which the care receiver specific information is printed is attached to the nape (the back part of the neck) without the care receiver 3 being aware, The tattoo seal is not peeled off.

  Therefore, the tattoo seal on which the caregiver identification information including the graphic information is printed is an effective tool for searching for lost or missing persons.

  The server device 7 includes an information transmission / reception unit 8 that transmits and receives information to and from the caregiver terminal 4 and the guardian terminal 6 (FIG. 2).

  The server device 7 includes a storage unit 9. The storage unit 9 is specified by the care receiver specifying information printed on the sticker 15 such as the tattoo seal and the care receiver specifying information. The database for search 9a (hereinafter, the database may be referred to as “DB” in the present specification and drawings) is stored (FIG. 2).

  In the search DB 9a, a graphic 16 for identifying a care receiver 3 as shown in FIG. 1, which is included in the information for specifying the care receiver, a facility symbol mark 17 (care facility specific graphic information), a local symbol Graphic information such as the mark 18 (region specific graphic information) and information related to the cared person 3 specified by the graphic information registered in association with the graphic information are registered.

  The graphic information included in the information for specifying the care receiver may be only the graphic 16 for specifying the care receiver 3 as shown in FIG. Graphic information) such as graphic information) and regional symbol mark 18 (region specific graphic information) may be included.

As an example, “information for identifying care recipients including graphic information” includes the following: (a) a person who provides the care support system of the present invention, dementia or its suspicion Areas, facilities, and care recipients (dementia or caregivers receiving care) that were originally created by a family member or facility (caregiver) who is providing caregiving support system of the present invention and who is providing care (B) A character (for example, a number, a Roman character, a combination number, an alphabet, a character)

  In the above, as information regarding the cared person 3 specified by the graphic information, the cared person 3 pasted with the seal 15 specified by the graphic information registered in association with the graphic information. Information about yourself (photos, names, addresses, etc. of the cared person 3), information about the family of the cared person 3 and the facilities where the cared person 3 is kept and cared for (the location, address, name / name, Contact information / contact method).

  Further, in the information registered in the search DB 9a, the figure 16 for identifying the cared person 3 included in the information for identifying the cared person 3 as shown in FIG. Graphic information), graphic information such as local symbol mark 18 (region specific graphic information), etc., and a caregiver to which a seal 15 specified by the graphic information registered in association with the graphic information is attached It is also possible to include information about the area where the facility where the person 3 is entrusted and cares is located.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, information on the cared person 3 specified by the graphic information is information such as the name, age, sex, address, contact information, disease name / symptom, etc. of the cared person 3. The information about the family of the cared person 3 and the facility where the cared person 3 is kept and cared for is the name / name, address, contact information, etc. of the carer 2.

  Such information for specifying the care receiver and information related to the care receiver 3 specified by the care receiver specifying information are associated with each other and stored in the search DB 9a in advance.

  A caregiver 2 such as a family, a facility, etc. who cares for the cared person 3 who wishes to use the care support system of the present invention is connected to the server via the communication network 14 from the caregiver terminal 4 to be used. By accessing the device 7 and performing the necessary registration procedure, the above-described various information regarding the cared person 3 who is caring for them is used as the information for identifying the cared person described above that identifies the cared person 3 In association therewith, registration (storage) processing is performed in the search DB 9a of the server device 7.

  And the seal 15 which printed the graphic information etc. which are contained in the registered said information for care receiver identification is a part of the body of the care receiver 3 who is providing care (for example, nails, nape, etc.) Paste it daily.

  When the server device 7 acquires inquiry information using the care receiver specifying information from the guardian terminal 6 used by the guardian 5 who protected the care receiver 3, the care receiver specifying information is obtained. Is provided with a search processing unit 10 that searches the search DB 9a for information related to the cared person 3 specified by.

  The graphic information included in the care receiver specifying information and the seal 15 specified by the graphic information registered in association with the graphic information are attached to the search DB 9a. In the case where the symbol symbol 18 (region specific graphic information) for specifying the region as shown in FIG. 1 where the facility where the care recipient 3 is located and where the care-giving facility is located is included, the graphic information The facility to be identified can be searched more easily.

  When the server device 7 acquires, from the guardian terminal 6, the cared person designation information that identifies the cared person 3 specified by the information for specifying the cared person, based on the search result by the search processing unit 10, A guardian information input instruction unit 11 that prompts input of information regarding the guardian 5 who has transmitted the care recipient designation information is provided.

  The server device 7 has transmitted the care recipient designation information to the caregiver terminal 4 used by the caregiver 2 who is caring for the care recipient 3 specified by the care recipient designation information. A guardian information output unit 12 that outputs information about the guardian 5 is provided.

  The guardian information output unit 12 receives the information about the guardian 5 (for example, as shown in FIG. 3) input from the guardian terminal 6 of the guardian 5 through the above-described processing operation performed by the guardian information input instruction unit 11. The information about the guardian 5 (name / name, address, contact information, etc.)) is sent to the caregiver terminal 4 to notify the caregiver terminal 4 of the care recipient designated information. Output information about.

  In other words, the caregiver 2 using the caregiver terminal 4 has received a notification that he / she is protecting the cared person 3 related to the information for identifying the cared person previously registered and recorded in the search DB 9a. And the information regarding the guardian 5 who has communicated to the effect that it is protected are transmitted to the care giver terminal 4 via the network 14.

  Thereby, the caregiver 2 who is caring for the cared person 3 protected by the guardian 5 uses the information about the guardian 5 acquired from the server device 7 according to the care support system of the present invention. The guardian 5 can be contacted to confirm the whereabouts of the cared person 3 who is lost, and can be picked up.

  At this time, as described above, the information for identifying the care receiver described above printed on the sticker 15 attached to a part of the body of the care receiver 3 who has been lost or missing is used. Just do. Therefore, personal information (for example, information on facial photographs, body characteristics, etc.) of the care recipient 3 who has been lost or missing has never been disclosed or used. The caregiver 3 can be found. As a result, a family, a facility, or the like that is caring for a person with dementia can find a cared person 3 who is lost or missing quickly, accurately, easily and efficiently.

[Processing flow of the present invention]
With reference to FIG. 4, an example of the processing flow of the care support system of this invention is demonstrated.

  The guardian 5 of the person, facility, etc. who protected the cared person 3 who was lost or missing due to a spear, etc. When the tattoo sticker 15 on which the care receiver specifying information including the graphic information as shown in FIG. 1 is printed is pasted, the care receiver 3 is dementia or the like. Recognize that the person needs care / support.

  The guardian 5 uses the guardian terminal 6 to transmit the graphic information as shown in FIG. 1 printed on the tattoo seal 15 attached to the cared person 3 to the server device 7 to be covered. An inquiry about the caregiver 3 is requested (S101).

  When the search processing unit 10 of the server device 7 obtains inquiry information using graphic information as shown in FIG. 1 from the guardian's terminal 6, information related to the care recipient 3 specified by the graphic information is obtained. A search process is performed from the search DB 9a shown in FIG. 3 (S102).

  As a result of the search process, corresponding information is searched, and in the guardian terminal 6 that has acquired the search result, the care receiver designation that specifies the care receiver 3 specified by the graphic information is based on the search result. Information is input and the information is transmitted to the server device 7 (S103).

  The guardian information input unit 11 of the server device 7 sends information prompting the user to input information (name / name, address, contact information, etc.) regarding the guardian 5 who has transmitted the care recipient designation information. 6 is transmitted (S104).

  In the guardian terminal 6, information (name / name, address, contact information, etc.) related to the guardian 5 is input and the information is transmitted to the server device 7 (S105).

  In the server device 7 that has acquired information (name / name, address, contact information, etc.) related to the guardian 5, the guardian information output unit 12 displays information (name / name) related to the guardian 5 as shown in FIG. (Information such as address, contact information, etc.) is notified to the care giver terminal 4, and the information regarding the guardian 5 who has transmitted the care receiver designated information to the care giver terminal 4 is output.

As a result, the caregiver 2 using the caregiver terminal 4 receives a notification that he / she is protecting the cared person 3 related to the information for identifying the cared person previously registered and recorded in the search DB 9a. And information regarding the guardian 5 who has communicated that it is protected are transmitted to the caregiver terminal 4 via the network 14. (S106, S107)
Therefore, the caregiver 2 who is caring for the cared person 3 protected by the guardian 5 uses the information about the guardian 5 acquired from the server device 7 according to the care support system of the present invention. It is possible to contact the guardian 5, confirm the location of the cared person 3 who is lost, and go to pick him up.

  Thus, according to the present invention, even if a person with dementia or a suspected person becomes lost or missing due to a trap or the like, the cared person who has lost or is lost is lost. It is possible to provide a system / method capable of finding a caregiver who is lost or missing without disclosing or using personal information (for example, information such as a facial photograph or body characteristics). As a result, families, facilities, and the like who are caring for persons with dementia can quickly and accurately find a cared person who is lost or missing.

  In addition, a user can print an arbitrary figure or pattern, such as a tattoo sticker on which caregiver identification information is printed, and prepare a sticker to be used by sticking it to the body. Even if the cared person 3 gets lost by sticking it on the surface of the fingernail of the hand of the person 3, it can be easily protected by the guardian.

  Alternatively, it is difficult for the cared person 3 to recognize that the sticker identifying information printed on the caregiver 3 is affixed, and the cared person is placed on the nape (the back part of the neck). By sticking before the person 3 notices, it is possible to prevent the cared person 3 from peeling off the seal on which the caregiver identification information is printed.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various forms are possible within the technical scope grasped from the description of the claims. Can be changed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Care support system 2 Caregiver 3 Caregiver 4 (4a, 4b, 4c) Caregiver terminal 5 Guardian 6 (6a, 6b) Parent terminal 7 Server device 8 Information transmission / reception part 9 Storage part 9a Search database 10 Search Processing unit 11 Parental information input instruction unit 12 Parental information output unit 13 Control unit 14 Communication network 15 Seal 16 Graphic 17 for identifying care recipient Symbol mark 18 of facility Location symbol mark where caregiver is located

Claims (6)

A caregiver who is providing care for the care recipient by searching for information for identifying the care recipient that the care recipient is carrying or wearing is identifying the whereabouts of the care recipient. A care support system that can be confirmed,
A database for search that stores the care receiver specifying information in association with information related to the care receiver specified by the care receiver specifying information;
The care recipient identified by the care receiver identification information when acquiring inquiry information using the care recipient identification information from a guardian terminal used by a guardian who has protected the care recipient A search processing unit that searches the search database for information related to a person,
When the care receiver designation information for identifying the care recipient specified by the care receiver identification information is acquired from the guardian terminal based on the search result by the search processing unit, the care receiver designation information is obtained. A guardian information input instruction unit that prompts input of information on the guardian that has been communicated;
Output information about the guardian who has transmitted the care recipient designation information to a caregiver terminal used by a caregiver who is caring for the care recipient specified by the care recipient designation information. A caregiver support system comprising a guardian information output unit.   The care support system according to claim 1, wherein the information for identifying a care receiver includes graphic information for specifying the care receiver.   The care support system according to claim 2, wherein the graphic information further includes care facility specifying graphic information for specifying a care facility where the care recipient is kept and care is provided.   The care support system according to claim 3, wherein the graphic information further includes area specifying graphic information for specifying an area where the care facility is located.   The care support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the care receiver identification information is printed on a sticker attached to a part of the cared person's body.   The care support system according to claim 5, wherein the seal attached to a part of the body of the care recipient is a tattoo seal.

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