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The “Care Delivery Frame (CDF)” presented here integrates two distinctly different applications, the home telehealth system and the remote photo sharing service of digital photo frame, to create a unique information channel for senior users who are not familiar with the operation of computers and Internet. In addition to health data monitoring, children or caregivers can “deliver care” to their seniors not living together by warm messages and thoughtful reminders on the CDF, as well as sharing their feelings, joy, and life experience through photos and video clips. CDF is positioned as the software for providing care and positive emotion to senior users, with the emerging new class of computers – the “Pad PC”, as its major target platform. CDF is the smallest possible home telehealth system that can be established between a single user and his/her care giver. It is our answer to the current difficulties and challenges of home telehealth systems.
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Chen, YS., Hsu, YL., Wu, CC., Chen, YW., Wang, JA. (2011). Development of the “Care Delivery Frame” for Senior Users. In: Abdulrazak, B., Giroux, S., Bouchard, B., Pigot, H., Mokhtari, M. (eds) Toward Useful Services for Elderly and People with Disabilities. ICOST 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6719. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21535-3_23
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