Unobtrusive Wireless Monitoring System for Assisted Living and Improving the Wellbeing of Elderly People

A novel system to unobtrusively monitor the wellbeing of elderly people based on their activity patterns is presented. The system uses a wireless ZigBee network to monitor the electrical usage in a subject's home and then sends this data to an Apache server via HTTP from a GPRS unit. The data i...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2011-01, Vol.307 (1), p.12039-7
Main Authors: Browne, Aidan, Duncliffe, Richard, Spillane, James, Walsh, Colin, Hill, Martin, O'Mahony, Tom, O'Reilly, Fergus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buttons
Cellular communication
Elderly people
Electric contacts
Emergencies
Monitoring
Monitors
Older people
Pattern analysis
Physics
Servers (computers)
Short message service
Wireless communication
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Summary:A novel system to unobtrusively monitor the wellbeing of elderly people based on their activity patterns is presented. The system uses a wireless ZigBee network to monitor the electrical usage in a subject's home and then sends this data to an Apache server via HTTP from a GPRS unit. The data is logged in a MySQL database where pattern analysis is used to identify periods of significant inactivity. When such an event is identified designated contacts are notified by text message. For subjects requiring higher levels of monitoring a portable health monitor can be integrated incorporating a fall detector and panic button to inform of emergency situations.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/307/1/012039