A Study of Wheelchair Transfer Assistance Technology By The Three-Dimensional Motion Analysis

In September 2015, the proportion of aged population over than 65 years old in Japan is around 25%, which suggesting Japan has become one of the super-aged society in the world. With the aging society proceeding in the soon future, it is predictable that the aging people who need receive elderly care will increase continuously. Staffs in this serving area has a high turnover rate because of the overwork. Since the number of the skilled staff is small at present, it is a challenge to train the rookie staff into skilled ones with masterly care technology.In this experiment, the more experienced caregivers observed a series of actions of the patient, from chewing to swallowing. They would also observe the patient's mouth from time to time. They understand that they have to be alert in the whole eating process so as to achieve safety in dining nursing. We are also able to dig deeper into the tricks of safe nursing by carrying out this experiment.