Abstract
Wandering of demented patients is in danger of falling and injuring without caregiver's support. In this study, we developed an unconstrained monitoring system that notifies wandering in the elderly to their caregiver. System consists of step sensor that detects the contact on the floor, interface for transmitting data to the caregivers and floor lighting. Foot switch was installed beside a subject's bed. When the wandering is detected caregiver is notified it by phone calling via personal handy-phone system (PHS). The developed system was tested for three subjects and successfully detected the wandering of subjects.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1906-1907 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 3 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS) - Houston, TX, United States Duration: 2002/10/23 → 2002/10/26 |
Keywords
- Fall
- Personal handy-phone system foot switch
- Unconstrained care
- Wandering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Health Informatics