• DocumentCode
    29439
  • Title

    iSenior—A Support System for Elderly Citizens

  • Author

    Rodrigues, A. ; Sa Silva, Jorge ; Boavida, F.

  • Author_Institution
    ISCAC, Polytech. Inst. of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    207
  • Lastpage
    217
  • Abstract
    Health and safety monitoring of elderly citizens are key to the improvement of their quality of life, by enabling them to be more independent. This was the general motivation for developing the iSenior system presented in this paper. iSenior is a wireless embedded system solution for people living in rest homes that retain their mobility and, thus, move around the facilities and can even go outside. iSenior is a cyber-physical system solution that currently supports a set of functions like monitoring, alerting, and requesting assistance. The system has been implemented and is under field evaluation in a real world deployment. The aim of this paper is to provide information on the main features of the system, including architecture, implementation details, and performance evaluation.
  • Keywords
    assisted living; embedded systems; geriatrics; health and safety; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; cyber-physical system solution; elderly citizens; health and safety monitoring; iSenior system; quality of life; real world deployment; support system; wireless embedded system solution; Biomedical monitoring; Computer architecture; Safety; Senior citizens; Wireless sensor networks; Network embedded systems; healthcare; independent aging; sensor-based applications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2168-6750
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TETC.2013.2294917
  • Filename
    6685858