Quality in care homes: how wearable devices and social network analysis might help

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• What: The authors explore the empirical theoretical and real-world potential and difficulties in using Bluetooth enabled wearables with residents and staff in care homes for quality improvement. The authors demonstrate for the first time that a relatively simple system built around the Internet of Things Bluetooth enabled wearables for residents and staff and passive location devices (the CONTACT intervention) can capture social networks and data in homes enabling social network analysis measures statistics and visualisations. The authors show how technology might also help identify those most in need of social contact in a home.
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