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Security of Seniors – The Detection and Prevention of Falls

Authors:
Lubomír Macků
Markéta Matějíčková

Keywords: seniors; emergency response; fall detection; smart phones; assistive technology; senior inspect; witrack.

Abstract:
The paper deals with the issue of seniors security, namely the security problems related to falls of independently living elderly citizens. Various possibilities of their fall detection are studied. We analyze the historical development, current capabilities and efficiency of different approaches and methods. We address the willingness and ability of seniors to actively use technology, detection limits, privacy, personal data security and other important factors. In addition, we discuss the challenges, current shortcomings, issues and trends in fall detection or operation reliability in real-life conditions. The main future goal would be to maintain the personal privacy and security of irrelevant information in modern fall detection systems.

Pages: 51 to 56

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: July 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2162-2116

ISBN: 978-1-61208-493-0

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 24, 2016 to July 28, 2016