The Fragility box is a project lead by Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gérontopôle Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (AURA) and Eovi Mcd Mutually to prevent autonomy loss in the elderly dwelling population. With non-intrusive sensors installed in their residence, it is possible to monitor and forecast the frail state of elderly people living alone. The current study focuses on the technical feasibility of the project and the acceptability of these types of devices within the elderly's home. About ten participants have volunteered to be a part of this study. Therefore, they had the sensors installed at their home for a 12 months duration. A qualitative study with focus groups and individual interviews are carried out to evaluate the project: user satisfaction, expectations, and fears.
This research tend to study the acceptability of captors which can measure the evolution of autonomy of older 65 people.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
10
discussion between participants about representations of health, dependance, fragility, and new technologies
Discussion between the searcher and the participant about representations of captors, discretion of captors, wish about feed-backs of captors
Gérontopole AURA
Saint-Etienne, France
Analysis representations of health/fragility and new technologies
Measured by focus groups results.
Time frame: Months:6
Analysis Representations of health and frailties ; and new technologies Acceptability of sensors
Measured by individual interviews results.
Time frame: Months:6
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