Fall and Action Detection in Elderly Homes
Aertssen Jerry, Rudinac Maja, Jonker Pieter · IOS Press eBooks · 2011
Objective. Injuries caused by falls of elderly people are a common worldwide problem and ageing of population will even further increase related burdens and costs. In this paper we present a monitoring system that detects dangerous actions of elderly and raises an alarm when necessary. Such a system would improve the quality of life for elderly and reduce costs in healthcare in general. The main requirements in its design are that the system can perform in real time with a high detection rate using realistic data, and to make it affordable so that it can be used as a healthcare monitoring system.