Wearable Sensors for Assisted Living in Elderly People
Hugo E. Saner · Frontiers in ICT · 2018
ECG• Preventive: heart rate and conduction time atrial/ ventricular stability • Acute: correlation with sensor signals indicating emergency Heart rate • Preventive: decrease over time (frailty, Parkinson, dementia, and sleep) • Acute: avoid false alarms and recognize stress Heart rate variability • Preventive: stress (combined with HR) • Parkinson, dementia and sleep disorders Respiration rate • Preventive: lung disease, heart failure, and sleep disorders • Acute: illness with effect on respiration (i.e., asthma and fever) Accelerometer (3D) • Preventive: physical activity and sleep disorders • Acute: avoid false alarms (falls) and body posture Step counter • Physical activity acute/preventive Skin temperature • Fever, overheat in summer, and cold exposure in winter Stress and sleep • Combination of HR, HRV, RR, and accelerometer