An Effective TeleHealth Assistive System to Support Senior Citizen at Home or Care-Homes

摘要

There has been an increase in the percentage of aging population in the UK, which has implications in all sectors from workforce, housing and care needs. The aim of this research work is to improve the healthcare and the quality of life for senior citizens and helping them live self-sufficiently at their own accommodation by developing a telehealth system that effectively communicates and monitors the daily needs of the senior citizens. In doing so, the burden from the healthcare system and the care-homes will be eased. This approach has a user-friendly application for the elderly to notify the care-home of their daily needs. The details of the senior citizens profile are stored in a cloud based database, hence the care coordinator can receive the notification, monitor the details, book/assign a service and notify the senior citizens with the date and time of the booked required service. The most common users' needs have been identified from the acquired data in the local community. This data has been used in meeting the users' needs and creating an appropriate applications for them. The developed system has a simple process that offers human interaction with an assistive technology created to make the life of senior citizens easy and independent.