A fall is an abnormal activity that occurs rarely; however, missing to identify falls can have
serious health and safety implications on an individual. Due to the rarity of occurrence of …

Elderly care at home is a matter of great concern if the elderly live alone, since unforeseen
circumstances might occur that affect their well-being. Technologies that assist the elderly in …

Fall detection is an important public healthcare problem. Timely detection could enable
instant delivery of medical service to the injured. A popular nonintrusive solution for fall …

More than a third of elderly fall each year in the United States. It has been shown that the
longer the lie on the floor, the poorer is the outcome of the medical intervention. To reduce …

The risk of falls in older adults restrict their social life and independent living. The assisted
living devices help older adults to live independently in their home, giving a psychological …

Fall detection is a major challenge for researchers. Indeed, a fall can cause injuries such as
femoral neck fracture, brain hemorrhage, or skin burns, leading to significant pain. However …

Background: Falls represent a significant threat to the health and independence of adults
aged 65 years and older. As a wide variety and large number of passive monitoring systems …

The increase in elderly population especially in the developed countries and the number of
elderly people living alone can result in increased healthcare costs which can cause a huge …

Despite being a major public health problem, falls in the elderly cannot be detected
efficiently yet. Many studies have used acceleration as the main input to discriminate …

We present a novel unsupervised fall detection system that employs the collected acoustic
signals (footstep sound signals) from an elderly person׳ s normal activities to construct a …