A Java mobile phone-based "Home Helper" care report creation support system

In Japan, Home Helpers are employed by hospitals, care companies or the welfare office and are sent to the homes of elderly persons to provide home welfare and care services. They are required to input their reports into the computer at their central office after each care visit. We developed a new Java mobile phone-based Home Helper care report creation support system for reducing the data entry time and the communication costs of their reports. The system consists of a Java mobile phone for each Home Helper and a server computer at their office. The server computer sends a Java care report creation support program to the Java mobile phone. The program runs on the mobile phone and supports the report creation in a short time. Therefore, the developed system enables easy report entry by the Home Helper and saves a significant amount of time and communication costs.