Falling or tripping among elderly people living on their own is recognized as a major public health worry that can even lead to death. Fall detection systems that alert caregivers, family …
The inevitable aging trend of the world's population brings a lot of challenges to the health care for the elderly. For example, it is difficult to guarantee timely rescue for single-resided …
Falls are the top reason for fatal and non-fatal injuries among seniors. Existing solutions are based on wearable fall-alert sensors, but medical research has shown that they are …
Falls are among the leading causes of hospitalization for the elderly and illness individuals. Considering that the elderly often live alone and receive only irregular visits, it is essential to …
G Fortino, R Gravina - Proceedings of the 10th EAI International …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
This paper proposes Fall-MobileGuard, a novel real-time non-invasive fall detection and alarm notification system. The proposed system, in particular, is able to recognize different …
B Mager, N Patwari, M Bocca - 2013 IEEE 24th Annual …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The number of people aged 65 and over continues to rapidly increase, leading to a greater need for technologies to assist in caring for an aging population. Among these technologies …
H Wang, D Zhang, Y Wang, J Ma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and implementation of RT-Fall, a real-time, contactless, low- cost yet accurate indoor fall detection system using the commodity WiFi devices. RT-Fall …
Y Wang, K Wu, LM Ni - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Injuries that are caused by falls have been regarded as one of the major health threats to the independent living for the elderly. Conventional fall detection systems have various …
HÖ Alemdar, GR Yavuz, MO Özen, YE Kara… - Proceedings of the 9th …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Falls are identified as a major health risk for the elderly and a major obstacle to independent living. Considering the remarkable increase in the elderly population of developed …