We want to objectivize the level of activity of elderly persons living independently at home. Most existing monitoring systems are intrusive and/or require a large number of sensors. ⋯ We built a unique "activity indicator" which integrates all the activities of the person. This was assessed during 6 months within 12 flats occupied by single elderly persons.
N Noury, K-A Quach, M Berenguer, H Teyssier, M-J Bouzid, L Goldstein, and M Giordani.
University of Lyon, lab INL-INSA, Lyon, France. Norbert.Noury@insa-lyon.fr
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011 Jan 1; 2011: 1769-72.
AbstractWe want to objectivize the level of activity of elderly persons living independently at home. Most existing monitoring systems are intrusive and/or require a large number of sensors. We hope the "ubiquitous computing" concept could find an application in this context. We proposed to monitor the use of electrical appliances. We built a unique "activity indicator" which integrates all the activities of the person. This was assessed during 6 months within 12 flats occupied by single elderly persons.