Created by the Institute of Robotics for Dependency, Newton ONE helps organisations in the care and support sector to automate the collection of objective and continuous data on the quality of life of people that use their care services.
The Ramon Molinas Foundation is collaborating with the Institute of Robotics for Dependency (IRD) with the aim of developing Newton ONE, a cloud service software that allows organisations in the care and support sector to automate the collection of objective and repeated data on the quality of life of the people that use their care services. Newton ONE helps professionals and researchers to access data on the responses to questions that users, and an intimate circle of their family and friends, have answered on the perception of their quality of life. The tool aims to determine the support needs of each user and allow care services to act proactively to provide support where and whenever it’s needed.
Using the GENCAT School Quality of Life manual and with the possibility of including other assessment scales, Newton ONE asks questions randomly and continuously to users as well as a selected people in their close circle of family or friends. The questions are taken from questionnaires adapted to the profile of each user and are sent via computer, tablet, or mobile. When the questions are completed a calculation engine records the answers, compares them with previous answers, and presents the results to the care professional using the tool. The collaboration between the RMF and the IRD will help the development, validation, and implementation of the tool to carry out a pilot phase.
In the last decade, the majority of sociodemographic, economic, and technological changes we have faced in the 20th and 21st centuries have gotten even more prominent. Some of the key challenges include caring for our aging population, encouraging autonomy in people with dependency and taking advantage of the innovation technology to confront these issues. Newton ONE helps organisations to take a transformative and innovative approach to managing care.
The Institute of Robotics for Dependency was created in 2015 thanks to the support of the Ave María Foundation. Based in Sitges, the Ave María Foundation is an organisation that has been offering specialised care for adults with intellectual disabilities since 1987. Throughout its history, the organisation has developed a large number of projects with the aim of providing innovative, practical, sustainable and low-cost solutions to provide clear benefits to people with disabilities, their families, and the people that support them.
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