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Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System (BLMK ICS) has announced plans to introduce a pain management device and robotic pets as part of its Digitising Social Care programme.

贝德福德郡、卢顿和米尔顿·凯恩斯综合护理系统（BLMK ICS）宣布计划推出疼痛管理设备和机器人宠物，作为其数字化社会护理计划的一部分。

It said the plans have been made possible by an award of £1.1 million from NHS England’s Adult Social Care Technology Fund.

英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）英格兰成人社会护理技术基金会（NHS England's成人社会护理技术基金）授予了110万英镑的奖金，使这些计划成为可能。

The ICS said the technologies will be used alongside others introduced as part of the digital programme.

ICS表示，这些技术将与作为数字项目一部分引入的其他技术一起使用。

The PainChek electronic device helps to identify and manage pain for people who are unable to communicate it verbally. It measures small changes in facial expressions and voice to quantify a pain score and guide carers to provide the right support.

PainChek电子设备有助于识别和管理无法口头交流的人的疼痛。它测量面部表情和声音的微小变化，以量化疼痛评分，并指导护理人员提供正确的支持。

BLMK ICS said the funding will make it possible to support around 1,000 residents in a variety of settings.

BLMK ICS表示，这笔资金将有可能在各种环境中支持大约1000名居民。

In addition, around 1,300 care home residents will be provided with robopets, robotic companions that can provide comfort and ease feelings of loneliness.

此外，将为大约1300名养老院居民提供机器人伴侣，这种机器人伴侣可以提供舒适感并缓解孤独感。

Benefits in wellbeing

福利方面的好处

Both innovations are said improve wellbeing and quality of life for residents by reducing distress and anxiety, which will also be reassuring to their friends and families.

据说，这两项创新都通过减少痛苦和焦虑来改善居民的福祉和生活质量，这也会让他们的朋友和家人放心。

A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire (supported by the Applied Research Collaboration East of England and The Office of Health Economics) will evaluate the impact of introducing these technologies in different adult social care settings. The evidence with be gathered through a mixture of methods and processes, including focus groups and observations to capture the experiences of service users, carers and key staff..

赫特福德大学（由英格兰东部应用研究合作组织和卫生经济学办公室支持）的一组研究人员将评估在不同成人社会护理环境中引入这些技术的影响。证据可以通过多种方法和过程收集，包括焦点小组和观察，以捕捉服务用户、护理人员和关键员工的经验。。

The aim is to understand the acceptability, usability, cost-effectiveness and impacts as the schemes are implemented and adopted – to inform the development of an evidence based plan for scale and spread across BLMK ICS.

目的是了解方案实施和采用时的可接受性、可用性、成本效益和影响，为BLMK IC的规模和推广制定循证计划提供信息。

Quality of life investment

生活质量投资

Claire Steward, director of the Digitising Social Care programme, said: “We are very aware that depression, loneliness and dementia are real challenges for our ageing population, and are keen to invest in solutions that would help improve the quality of life of our residents and reduce pressure on care services.”.

数字化社会关怀项目负责人克莱尔·斯图尔特（ClaireSteward）表示：“我们非常清楚，抑郁症、孤独感和痴呆症对我们的老龄化人口来说是真正的挑战，并热衷于投资于有助于提高居民生活质量和减轻护理服务压力的解决方案。”。

“Co-production and collaboration have always been very important to our team and after looking at a number of potential innovations, we have worked closely with our stakeholders and local care providers to agree which two schemes would most benefit our residents and providers.”

“联合制作和合作对我们的团队一直非常重要，在研究了许多潜在的创新之后，我们与利益相关者和当地护理提供者密切合作，以商定哪两个计划最有利于我们的居民和提供者。”