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Ambient Health Monitoring System for Solitary Elderly

Authors:
Toshifumi Tsukiyama

Keywords: Health monitoring system; Solitary elderly; Water flow sensor; Quotidian activity; Vibration sensor; Active RFID tag.

Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a sensor-based monitoring system that evaluates the health status of solitary elderly based on daily living activities, and provides signs of declining health to a local nursing center without explicit user interaction. We focus on three daily living activities: urination, kitchen work, and practices for good personal hygiene, because these activities are closely involved in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. These activities are usually accompanied by water use. There are some regularities in the water use during these activities, and the resident's health status is correlated with the regularities. Therefore, the proposed system monitors health status by using water flow sensors which are attached to faucets in the kitchen, washroom and to the toilet. An advantage of this method is that the system can be readily installed in any type of housing at low cost. In addition, this system does not require personal data to be saved or transmitted. The monitoring systems have been installed in three volunteer's housing and some results from this experimental use will be presented.

Pages: 18 to 23

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: November 12, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9324

ISBN: 978-1-61208-601-9

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 12, 2017 to November 16, 2017