A Location and Emergency Monitoring System for Elder Care Using ZigBee

This paper describes a location and emergency monitoring system, which aims to monitor an emergency situation, activities and location for elder care. The watch-type device detect emergency such as emergency call or fall. The collected data through the ZigBee network is send to a DB server and stored in a DB. A care staff recognizes an emergency message via SMS or monitoring interface. At the same time, robot moves to an emergency location and sends video stream to a caregiver using tele-presence. A caregiver copes with an emergency. This system was tested in a retirement village.