The Escort System: A Safety Monitor for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease

The Escort system monitors residents of assisted living communities and alerts caregivers when they walk aimlessly, or "wander," into potentially dangerous situations. The system could help lead to improved care at reduced cost.

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Vydáno v:	IEEE pervasive computing Ročník 10; číslo 2; s. 68 - 77
Hlavní autoři:	Taub, Daniel M, Leeb, Steven B, Lupton, Elmer C, Hinman, Roderick T, Zeisel, John, Blackler, Susan
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	New York IEEE 01.04.2011 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Témata:	Accelerometers Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease Biomedical monitoring context-awareness Costs Dementia elder care Healthcare illumination indoor locating locating optical communication optical locating Patient monitoring Senior citizens Wireless networks ZigBee
ISSN:	1536-1268, 1558-2590
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Shrnutí:	The Escort system monitors residents of assisted living communities and alerts caregivers when they walk aimlessly, or "wander," into potentially dangerous situations. The system could help lead to improved care at reduced cost.
Bibliografie:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23
ISSN:	1536-1268 1558-2590
DOI:	10.1109/MPRV.2010.44