Automated fall detection: saving senior lives one fall at a time.
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.
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Chris A
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Halo Monitoring Inc., Huntsville, AZ, USA. chris@halomonitoring.com
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Xiaofang
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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