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The number of un-institutionalized older adults is on the rise and it is vital that appropriate support is given to them so they can continue living independently in their own homes. This unequivocally poses several challenges since elderlies are prone to ageing problems such as falls, cognitive impairment, loneliness and even depression. This paper looks at the different aspects of ageing and presents an un-intrusive monitoring system, the Elderly Care Assistant (ECA) to provide these senior citizens with solutions for their ageing problems and grant their caretakers the confidence of their well-being. Medication adherence, fall, boredom and loneliness are addressed by the different subsystems of the ECA and the data generated by the system is logged on a cloud infrastructure while important notifications about the health and well-being of the elderlies are sent to the caretakers via their smartphone.
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Sunghoon, K., Parasuraman, G.M., Jaunbuccus, S. (2019). Elderly Care Assistant: A Discreet Monitoring Tool. In: Fleming, P., Lacquet, B., Sanei, S., Deb, K., Jakobsson, A. (eds) Smart and Sustainable Engineering for Next Generation Applications. ELECOM 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 561. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18240-3_27
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