Test of the MoveCare Platform

Abstract

The Movecare Platform has been installed in the participants\u2019 houses under the supervision of clinical and technical partners. In particular clinical partners explained Movecare functionalities to users and assisted older people in configuring the system and selected the list of referents they wanted to contact in case of emergency and that received monthly report of the parameters periodically checked by Movecare. Clinical partners have been the primary referent for any problems the users encountered during the pilot study. A clinical team member has been available via phone or email for any clarification. Firstly, the relevant clinical data and habits (provided by the elder him/herself and his/her referents) has been defined. Additional data will then be provided by the monitoring system, the activity center and the community. Clinical partners clearly explained to participants which kind of data will be monitored during the pilot study