看護・介護における基礎技術習得のための食事介護シミュレータの開発

(スプーンを口腔から引き抜く際の口唇刺激を評価するモデルの開発)

抄録

To support swallowing disorders is a serious problems for elderly persons because they are caused by various factors with advancing age. Mealtime assistant can give them suitable eating environment, students in nursing education must learn how to assist mealtime. Education environment regarding mealtime assistant, however, has various problems because of few instructors comparing with number of students, and few opportunities in clinical situation. We attempt to develop a mealtime assistant simulator for fundamental nurising skill education based on simulation education which is received a lot of attention as an effective educational process for medical and nursing students. In the previous work, we developed a tongue model composed of a tongue part with molded uretane gel, and a electronic circuit board with sensors to detect spoon motion. In the present work, we developed a lip model to detect stimulation by widthdrawed spoon.