title: Automated fall detection: saving senior lives one fall at a time.
abstract: Many elderly have health issues which make falling asignificant likelihood. Falls may result from a variety of conditions such as mobility, difficulty from arthritis, vertigo from poor circulation, negative reactions to medication, etc. whatever the cause, more than one third of seniors will fall 1n a given year. This means that in the U.S. alone, 12 million seniors will fall this year.
authors.affiliation: Halo Monitoring Inc., Huntsville, AZ, USA. chris@halomonitoring.com
authors.forename: Chris A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: Xiaofang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States