RFID Emergency Notification System For Fall Accidents At Home

Due to the world´s rapidly-ageing population, home accidents, especially falls, have become one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the elderly. In developed countries, most falls occur around the home or community (J.H. Downtown, 1993). This paper presents a design of RFID-based home emergency and notification system with GSM, 3G video servises and two way radio functionalities for elder falls and any other home accidents. The purpose is to provide emergency services through the helps of real-time SMS messages, video images, and voices all together that not only shorten the response time of care givers for early treatment of the patients but to saves their life as well as reduces the costs of healthcare.