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Context-Oriented Data Processing for Homecare Application

Authors:
Mirvat Makssoud

Keywords: Context model; homecare system; rules management; sensors; data filtering; alarm situations.

Abstract:
Due to growing numbers of elderly and increase in chronic diseases, many homecare systems have been proposed in order to improve the quality of care and social assistance services. These systems are based on using advanced technologies such as sensors in order to ensure a continual patient’s monitoring and support contextual information provided anywhere and at any time. Effectiveness and efficiency of homecare solution depends on the capability of processing the large amount of data acquired through sensors in a continual basis. This paper addresses this issue and proposes an extensible approach aiming to process and filter data in real time in order to distinguish between normal and abnormal situations, detect alarm conditions and store only relevant information. To process data and take into account patient’s physiological and environmental changes, a sensors-based context model and context-based rules are defined.

Pages: 146 to 151

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-327-8

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014