comprehensive home monitoring system for the elderly
AFrame Digital has developed and is deploying a wireless home monitoring system that combines a wrist-based monitor capable of collecting activity and location data, recognizing falls, issuing panic alerts, and communicating wirelessly with an in-home network that can be expanded to include numerous third-party devices such as pulse-oximeters or blood pressure monitors. A remote server and real-time monitoring engine capable of learning a person's personal profile gather data from the wrist monitor as well as third-party devices and provide both alerts and reference data including 9 possible "wellness indicators" to caregivers. While the system is ideal for those aging at home, the basic system has been successfully deployed in both independent and assistant living facilities in order to assist with the monitoring of larger groups of individuals. The basic system and a few of the third party devices will be demonstrated at Wireless Health 2010 as part of the industry demonstrations. Real-time alerting will be demonstrated as the wearable watch is used to create impact or panic alerts that are then received and displayed by both an iPhone via text messaging and an iPad displaying the standard caregiver interface.
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