An Internet of Things Based Bed-Egress Alerting Paradigm Using Wearable Sensors in Elderly Care Environment

An Internet of Things Based Bed-Egress Alerting Paradigm Using Wearable Sensors in Elderly Care Environment

The lack of healthcare staff and increasing proportions of elderly population is alarming. The traditional means to look after elderly has resulted in 255,000 reported falls (only within UK). This not only resulted in extensive aftercare needs and surgeries (summing up to £4.4 billion) but...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Awais, Mohsin Raza, Kamran Ali, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Omer Chughtai, Imran Khan, Sunghwan Kim, Masood Ur Rehman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
elderly population
falls
accelerometer
radio-frequency identification (RFID)
patient monitoring
Internet of things (IoT)
ambulating activities
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/11/2498

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