Context Awareness in Residence for Elders
The growing population of elders in our society calls for a new approach in caregiving. In the Context Awareness in Residence for Elders (CARE) project, we explore networks of simple sensors and intelligent analysis techniques to let elders retain their independence by living at home longer.
By using a collection of simple sensors, such as contact switches and pressure mats, we monitor inhabitants' behavior unobtrusively. Not only will this technology reassure the families, but the elders will also feel safer when performing tasks and living their lives.Our group has been very successful in developing methods for analyzing temporal patterns in sensor readings. We have applied these methods on visual surveillance and music analysis applications and are now focusing on automatic health monitoring. By tracking people and observing their activities of daily living, the system is able to construct a behavior model. This model can be used to monitor the inhabitants health and provide evidence-based care. So far we have been using datasets to evaluate our experiments. However, we are talking to various health care parties in the Netherlands to perform real life experiments.
Our group has successfully developed methods for analyzing temporal patterns in sensor readings. We have applied these methods to visual-surveillance and music analysis applications and are now focusing on automatic health monitoring. By first learning a model from observing the elders' daily activities, our system can monitor the subjects' health and provide evidence-based care.
In collaboration with the Hogeschool of Amsterdam in Almere, we have set up a test system at an institute for elder care, and are able to gather realistic data.
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