• DocumentCode
    250272
  • Title

    An intelligent system for continuous monitoring of wellness of an inhabitant for sustainable future

  • Author

    Suryadevara, N.K. ; Mukhopadhyay, S.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Geethanjali Coll. of Eng. & Technol., Hyderabad, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-9 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    75
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present the application of computing technology to determine the wellness of the elderly living independently in their home. There is a world-wide tendency to transform the approach national healthcare systems treat elderly patients, as more and more people prefer to stay in their homes, but they still need professional medical supervision. Thus, monitoring important daily activities through the observation of everyday object usages is one the ways to let know medical personnel about the activities of the patients, and if there is a problem - a nurse or doctor can adequately respond in a timely fashion. The significance advancements of information technology, electronics and communications system has developed a smart monitoring system for independent living so that the cost of medical care can be drastically reduced by taking care in advance as well as not to allow the inhabitant to have long-term healthcare.
  • Keywords
    assisted living; knowledge based systems; mobile computing; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; communications system; computing technology; daily activities monitoring; elderly living wellness; elderly patients; electronics; everyday object usages; independent living; information technology; intelligent system; long-term healthcare; medical care cost; medical personnel; national healthcare systems; patient activities; professional medical supervision; smart monitoring system; sustainable future; wellness monitoring; wireless sensor network; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Monitoring; Sensor systems; Smart homes; Wireless sensor networks; Independent Living; Smart Home; Sustainable future; Wellness Monitoring; Wireless Sensor Networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC), 2014 IEEE Region 10
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/R10-HTC.2014.7026314
  • Filename
    7026314