Open AccessLow-Cost Elderly Healthcare Monitoring System
Author(s) -
Angelito A. Silverio,
Angelito A. Silverio,
Al Mathew Remot
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1529/3/032061
Subject(s) - gsm , pulse rate , vital signs , accelerometer , arduino , computer science , pulse (music) , elderly people , health care , computer security , real time computing , medical emergency , embedded system , telecommunications , medicine , gerontology , operating system , surgery , detector , blood pressure , economics , radiology , economic growth
One of the most common problems we face today is the lack of a proper home-based health care system for the elderly. In the Philippines, there are several elderly people living alone in their homes, with no one to look after them. This is a problem because it’s going to be difficult for them to ask for help if they ever get into an accident. Some systems are already available to monitor a person, but they are limited to only one or two parameters, namely the pulse rate and the temperature. In this study, a low-cost elderly health monitoring system was designed and developed using Arduino Uno, ADXL345 (Accelerometer), LM35 (Temperature Sensor), Pulse sensor and GSM module. This system includes pulse rate monitoring, temperature monitoring and fall detection with the addition of an SMS notification system that will notify the contact person if there is an accident or if the patient’s vital signs are below normal. The initial results showed that the system was able to accurately measure the temperature, the pulse rate, detect falls and to notify the registered number via SMS.