Health Care : Current Reviews

A HOME BASED TELEHEALTH SYSTEM FOR ELDERLY WITH ALZHEIMER S

7^th World Congress on Healthcare & Technologies

September 26-27, 2016 London, UK

Wasim Raad

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Chronic diseases are becoming one of the worldâ??s leading causes of death and disability. By 2020, it is predicted to account for almost three quarters of all deaths. According to World Health Organization the elderly population is expected to become 1.2 billion in 2025. This aging problem contributes greatly to chronic diseases like Alzheimer, Elderly suffering from Alzheimer gradually lose their abilities to live normally and might wander aimlessly. The major implications of Alzheimer are patient safety and care. Traditionally, part of the difficulty in achieving equitable access to health care has been the required presence of the patient at the health center. Recent advances in information and communication technologies, in addition to emerging technologies such as the Internet of things (IOT) & RFID have created unprecedented opportunities for overcoming this. The aim of this paper is to develop a Tele-health system, based on IoT technology, for monitoring elderly individuals suffering from Alzheimerâ??s. This paper describes a working prototype that is able to capture the vital signs and deliver the desired data care remotely for elderly patients staying at home, using the wearable ECG wireless sensor. In addition to that, an IR enabled Active wearable RFID wristband, in addition to IR room locators is used to monitor the whereabouts of the elderly at room level or floor level. The active tag has a low power standby mode when it is stationary. This prototype is successfully tested on a number of patients at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Medical Centre in Saudi Arabia.

Biography :

Email: raad@kfupm.edu.sa