Early Detection of Health Changes In Older Adults

Author

Tyrer, H.W. ; Aud, M.A. ; Alexander, G. ; Skubic, M. ; Rantz, M.

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

4045

Lastpage

4048

Abstract

We have placed a network of sensors in a residential home for the elderly who are aging in place. Restlessness data is displayed as graph of event counts detected by sensors over some time interval, typically a day. This data is related to the actual activities as recorded by the resident. We show two cases of elderly individuals. In both cases the individuals underwent surgery. The restlessness indicators showed changes in patterns that were related to those events. Analyzing the data even at this level we gain increased confidence that technology will be a welcome addition as the population ages and require increasing care.

Keywords

biosensors; biotechnology; domestic safety; health care; patient care; patient diagnosis; surgery; elderly; health change early detection; patient care; residential home; restlessness indicators; sensor network; surgery; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Peace technology; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Spirals; Activities of Daily Living; Aged, 80 and over; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; Housing; Humans; Male; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353221

Filename

4353221