Home automation to promote independent living in elderly populations

Author

Cole, A.M. ; Tran, B.Q.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2422

Abstract

A toolkit for independent living has been developed to monitor activity and automate daily tasks and routines for elderly persons living at home. Off-the-shelf components manufactured by x10, Inc., which operate via radio frequency and power line carrier technology, can be integrated into existing living environments to promote home security, home safety, and independent living. Accompanying software has been developed to passively monitor and trend activity patterns within the home in order to predict changes in health status and early onset of chronic illness. The independent living toolkit serves to promote health maintenance and active engagement within the aging population.

Keywords

computerised monitoring; geriatrics; home automation; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; safety; telemedicine; active engagement; activity patterns trending; aging population; chronic illness onset; health maintenance; health status changes prediction; home automation; home safety; home security; independent living; x10 Inc; Cameras; Detectors; Home appliances; Home automation; Monitoring; Motion detection; RF signals; Radio frequency; Security; Senior citizens;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053355

Filename

1053355