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Mobile time banking on blockchain system development for community elderly care.

Hungyi Chen¹, Yuan-Chia Chu^1,2, Feipei Lai^1,3,4

¹Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan.

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Summary

This study introduces a mobile time-banking system on blockchain (MTBB) for tracking elderly care services. It uses blockchain to ensure immutable records of volunteer activities and mutual service exchanges.

Keywords:

Blockchain Elderly care Employee volunteerism Mobile health Sustainable development goals Time banking

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Area of Science:

Computer Science
Social Sciences
Healthcare Management

Background:

Community elderly care relies on volunteerism and mutual service exchange.
Existing systems lack transparent and immutable record-keeping for volunteer activities.
Blockchain technology offers potential for secure and verifiable transaction tracking.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a mobile time-banking system on blockchain (MTBB) for community elderly care.
To enable organizations to issue proprietary time tokens for volunteer participation.
To track and analyze elderly care service records for alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Main Methods:

Development of a mobile time-banking system on blockchain (MTBB) using MultiChain technology.
Integration of database applications and smartphone apps for service transaction recording.
Application of Cahn's time-banking guidelines for system development.

Main Results:

Successful development of the MTBB system for tracking elderly care service transactions.
Immutable storage of service transaction metadata in MultiChain blocks.
Demonstrated ability to track and analyze volunteer activities and mutual service exchanges.

Conclusions:

The MTBB system provides a secure and transparent platform for managing community elderly care services.
Blockchain technology enhances the integrity and analyzability of volunteer service records.
The system supports the tracking of elderly care initiatives contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals.