Patent ID: 8682952
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G08B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the performance of a caregiver, the method being implemented in a computer that includes one or more processors, the method comprising: monitoring, by the one or more processors, a user living area associated with a user using a first set of one or more sensors; generating, by the one or more processors, information related to the user's need for medical care based on the monitoring; obtaining, by the one or more processors, current caregiving information related to one or more current actions taken by a caregiver or a sequence of the one or more current actions, wherein the one or more current actions are taken by the caregiver in response to the information related to the user's need for medical care; generating, by the one or more processors, an emic protocol based on historical caregiving information related to one or more past actions taken by the caregiver or the sequence of the one or more past actions, wherein the one or more past actions were taken by the caregiver in response to the information related to the user's need for medical care; comparing, by the one or more processors, the current caregiving information to the emic protocol; and determining, by the one or more processors, the performance of the caregiver based on the comparison.