Patent ID: 7586418

Claim:
A system, for facilitating independent living of one or more individuals who has a health status and is located in a living area, that is adapted to communicate with one or more caregivers, comprising: a monitoring device, comprising, a first subsystem that monitors one or more of activity levels of said individual over an extended period of time; and a second subsystem that is selectively activated by said individual to alert one or more of said caregivers that assistance is needed; a base station comprising, a third subsystem that monitors whether said individual is exhibiting wandering activity away from said individual's living area; a fourth subsystem that automatically alerts one or more of said caregivers that assistance is needed by said individual based at least in part on changes in activity levels as determined by said first subsystem or said third subsystem; a means for receiving data from said monitoring device; and a base station transmitter for transmitting data from said base station to a location remote from said living area.