Table 1.
Overview of the questions used in the survey for identifying the information communication (IC) needs.
| Questions | Options |
| Type of situation | Emergency, acute, and normal |
| Time (when) of IC | Immediately, few minutes after, and self-check |
| Mode (how) of IC | Voice call, notification, SMS, email, and self-check |
| Care information recipient (whom) along with primary caregiver | Formal caregivers, wait for primary informal caregiver’s response, secondary informal caregivers, emergency services (ambulance), self-check, and no information |
| Content (what) of the information | Raw, interpreted, interpreted with suggestion, and others |
| Need of detailed report for nocturnal unrest and agitation scenarios | Every day to informal caregivers, observe for a few days and then send to informal caregivers, observe for a few weeks and then send to informal caregivers, send reports to formal caregiver, and no reports required |
| Feedback to improve USSa | Yes, maybe, and no |
| Compliment for the care tasks undertaken | Yes, maybe, and no |
aUSS: unobtrusive sensing solution.