Older people are increasingly dependent on others to support their daily activities due to
geriatric symptoms such as dementia. Some of them stay in long-term care facilities. Elderly …

Wandering is a common behavioral disorder in the community-dwelling elderly. More than
two-thirds of caregivers believe that wandering would cause falls. While physical restraint is …

Life expectancy has increased, so the number of people in need of intensive care and
attention is also growing. Falls are a major problem for older adult health, mainly because of …

Background: For successful aging-in-place strategy development, in-home monitoring
technology is necessary as a new home modification strategy. Monitoring an older adult's …

Determining the individual transition from the 3rd to the 4th of frailty phase of life is important
for both the safety of the older person and to support the care provider. We developed an …

Purpose: This article reports on a pilot study of a smart home for elders (SHfE) designed to
continuously monitor senior adults' daily behaviors and the living environment of their …

Wandering demented patients are in danger of falling and injuring themselves without a
caregiver's support. In this study, we developed an unconstrained monitoring system that …

The Assistive living technologies provide good results for the support of specific activities
transforming a home into a smart home. In this paper, we present a personalized ambient …

Many elderly persons prefer to stay alone in a single-resident house for seeking an
independent life and reducing the cost of health care. However, the independent life cannot …

The measurement and detection of overnight wandering is a significant issue for dementia
patients and their caregivers such as a spouse. The wandering places the patient at risk of …