Automated Health Alerts using In-Home Sensor Data for Embedded Health Assessment
Keywords:
Behavioral Bio-Markers, Eldercare Monitoring, Health Alerts, In-Home Sensing.Abstract
There are numerous works carried out regarding embedded health assessment. For example passive
infrared (PIR) motion sensors have been used to capture activity in a particular location in the home. The pattern of
room to room activity has been studied as a means of investigating health changes. Motion density from PIR motion
sensors can capture overall activity level that may be linked to health condition. In addition, sleep patterns have been
studied using motion sensors, bed mats or load cells. Other work has focused on the detection of cognitive changes,
using a combination of motion, bed and door sensing, medication tracking. Although these works look to be efficient
they are not easy to realize practically. The construction and installation of these sensing equipments require
sophisticated means and high care should be taken to maintain these installations. The proposed system concentrates
on in home health monitoring and has developed a sensor monitoring system for embedded health assessment in the
home. The focus is on detecting very early changes in health status or older adults who are managing chronic health
conditions. The system integrates few health monitor sensors and eliminates PIR sensors, as PIR sensors are mainly
applicable for motion detection and gives the information of the activities occurred in a particular location of the
home, and health conditions may vary irrespective of any location in home
