Smart wireless continence management system for elderly with dementia

Author

Aung Aung Phyo Wai ; Siang Fook, Foo ; Jayachandran, Maniyeri ; Song, Zheng ; Biswas, Jit ; Nugent, Chris ; Mulvenna, Maurice ; Lee, Jer-En ; Lin Yap

Author_Institution

Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore

fYear

2008

fDate

7-9 July 2008

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Elderly patients, especially those with dementia may suffer incontinence and related problems due to decline in physical and mental abilities. This paper presents the design, development and deployment of a smart wireless continence management system in a nursing home which addresses the pressing need for reliable continence assessment to alleviate the inconveniences faced by the elderly and caregivers. Preliminary results are promising for long-term incontinence care.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical telemetry; geriatrics; patient care; patient monitoring; radio access networks; caregivers; dementia; elderly; incontinence related problems; mental ability decline; nursing home; physical ability decline; smart wireless continence management system; Costs; Dementia; Hospitals; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Quality management; Relays; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks; elderly with dementia; incontinence; smart continence management system; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-health Networking, Applications and Services, 2008. HealthCom 2008. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2280-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2281-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600105

Filename

4600105