Abstract :
The Elite Care Information Technology Group has deployed a system with many elements of pervasive computing, including portable and wearable devices and wireless networking, to create intelligent and responsive work and living spaces for the elderly in a residential setting. Elite Care based the setting´s layout on an apartment complex rather than a hospital with its hallways and rooms. By using a social care model that has the staff making house calls rather than doctors making rounds, the residents continue to live as normally as they can. In this scheme, pervasive sensors and staff assist residents in maintaining their independence, offering assistance as necessary and using the pervasive sensors to monitor vital signs and health indicators. Elite Care has harnessed the technology in direct and important ways to construct a more humane and human world for its residents and staff.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; geriatrics; health care; mobile computing; patient monitoring; public administration; sensors; Elite Care Information Technology Group; apartment complex; elderly care; elderly residents; health indicator monitoring; humane world; intelligent responsive living spaces; intelligent responsive work spaces; pervasive computing; pervasive sensors; portable devices; resident independence; residential setting; social care model; staff assistance; staff house calls; vital signs monitoring; wearable devices; wireless networking; Authentication; Biomedical monitoring; Communication system security; Computer security; Data security; Databases; Humans; Infrared sensors; Pervasive computing; Wireless communication;
