Ariane: an innovative tool to maintain connectedness when in hospital

International audienceHospitalization still involves physical and social isolation, even today. In many cases, patients experience a sort of quarantine, ie disconnection from their usual backgrounds, on top of physical pain. One of the crucial factors generating this feeling of loneliness is lack of communication. In this case the word communication includes contact with relatives, friends, helpers, daily news (radio, TV, etc.) as well as contact with more distant relatives thanks to modern communication tools. The goal is to identify the most relevant tool, combining essential functionalities, so that patients would maintain social links and thus "age well"