title: A WSN healthcare monitoring system for elderly people in geriatric facilities.
abstract: This paper investigates an enhanced WSN based monitoring system for elderly people in geriatric facilities. Apart from general physical monitoring functionalities, we explore the potential of using a wireless audio module to perform mental health monitoring. The telephone version of the mini mental status examination (T-MMSE) was adopted in the mental health monitoring and the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) localization algorithm was implemented in this system to track elderly people's the real-time location and send alerts based on their inactivity/activity levels, movement history and entry into restricted zones. Experimental test was performed to evaluate the performance of the proposed system. With results obtained and studied, this work can be extended to perform detection and rehabilitation function for elderly people with mental illness. This kind of monitoring system would be expected to make an important impact on many application scenarios for geriatric facilities.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Informatics, City University London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Informatics, City University London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.affiliation: City Graduate School, City University London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Kenneth T V
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Grattan
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D040362:Geographic Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006113:United Kingdom; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*