INTEGRATING IoT DEVICES INTO A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR ELDERLY WHO LIVE ALONE
Wahidah Husain, Siti Aishah Mohd Zain, Nur Lathifah Aini, Abdul Rashid, Amirah Mohamed Shahiri · 2015
Nowadays, the populations of elderly persons who live alone are increasing worldwide. As we all know, the elderly need more support and need someone to regularly take care of them. The situation become worst for elderly who have health problem that needs to be monitored frequently. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to propose a mobile application known as HomeAlone for helping the elderly manage their daily activities easily and independently. The application is developed on android platform combined with Internet of Things (IoT) sensor devices. The Arduino Uno board will be used as the platform that will connect the sensor devices to the internet. HomeAlone primary concern focuses on the monitoring of the security intruders outside the house and the condition of the main entrance door of the house. The health of the elderly can be monitored using pulse, body temperature and blood pressure sensors. Besides that, the movement of the elderly also can be monitored by using motion sensor which can detect the actual condition of the elderly inside the house. By using this application, the elderly can live more safely and independently and can also relief the worries of the caretakers.