Wireless health care service system for elderly with dementia.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2006-10-18
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to integrate the technologies of radio frequency identification global positioning system global system for mobile communications and geographic information system GIS to construct a stray prevention system for elderly persons suffering from dementia without interfering with their activities of daily livings We also aim to improve the passive and manpowered way of searching the missing patient with the help of the information technology Our system provides four monitoring schemes including indoor residence monitoring outdoor activity area monitoring emergency rescue and remote monitoring modes and we have developed a service platform to implement these monitoring schemes The platform consists of a web service server a database server a message controller server and a health GIS H GIS server Family members or volunteer workers can identify the real time positions of missing elderly using mobile phone PDA Notebook PC and various mobile devices through the service platform System performance and reliability is analyzed Experiments performed on four different time slots from three locations through three mobile telecommunication companies show that the overall transaction time is 34 s and the average deviation of the geographical location is about 8 m A questionnaire surveyed by 11 users show that eight users are satisfied with the system stability and 10 users would like to carry the locating device themselves or recommend it to their family members
Description
Keywords
Senior, Social support network, Facility-based health worker, Access to information or data, Demand for services, Prototype, Functionality, Mental health, Data collection and reporting, Surveillance, GPS