scholarly journals An IoT-aware AAL System to Capture Behavioral Changes of Elderly People

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Mainetti ◽  
Luigi Patrono ◽  
Andrea Secco ◽  
Ilaria Sergi
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The ageing of population is a phenomenon that is affecting the majority of developed countries around the world and will soon affect developing economies too. In recent years, both industry and academia are focused on the development of several solutions aimed to guarantee a healthy and safe lifestyle to the elderly. In this context, the behavioral analysis of elderly people can help to prevent the occurrence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and frailty problems. The innovative technologies enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) can be used in order to capture personal data for automatically recognizing changes in elderly people behavior in an unobtrusive, low-cost and low-power modality. This work aims to describe the ongoing activities within the City4Age project, funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission, mainly focused on the use of IoT technologies to develop an innovative AAL system able to capture personal data of elderly people in their home and city environments. The proposed architecture has been validated through a proof-of-concept focused mainly on localization issues, collection of ambient parameters, and user-environment interaction aspects.

scholarly journals NOSOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF THE DISABILITY IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION OF THE ELDERLY CATEGORY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND PECULIARITIES OF REHABILITATION-EXPERT DIAGNOSTICS, REHABILITATION AND ABILITATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-143
Author(s):  
Marina A. Shurgaya
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
The Russian Federation

Disability of the elderly age group of the population is the most important problem of public health and social services of all developed countries over the world without exception. In the Russian Federation, this age segment is characterized by the gain, reflecting the global process of population aging. The aim of the study was to analyze the nosological structure of the primary and secondary disability in elderly people in comparison with the main age categories of the adult population in the Russian Federation and the evaluation of rehabilitation / rehabilitation activities for disabled people. The volume of the study was 34,840,933 people aged of from 18 years and over, recognized as disabled, including the disabled elderly - 12,971,062. The subject of a special study was the nature of functional disorders, the degree of the disability, the nosological spectrum of causes of the disability of elderly people and the effectiveness of implemented measures of medical and social rehabilitation (rehabilitation and expert characterization). The study was selective, the sample size account of 370 people. The results of the research demonstrate the nosological structure of the pathology, the associated types of impairments and the nature of the disability to determine the severity of the disability in elderly people, the complexity of the formation and implementation of individual programs for the rehabilitation and rehabilitation of disabled people (IPRA). The improvement of the quality of life and integrating disabled people into the society has been and remains a difficult task for rehabilitation and habilitation activities. Rehabilitation and provision of technical means of rehabilitation, to a lesser extent - social and professional rehabilitation are the most feasible for the implementation.

The Status of Elderly People in Nepal

Patan Pragya ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Gokarna Raj Aryal
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
National Development ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
The Status ◽  
Present Context ◽  
The Government

Elderly citizens are the sources of knowledge, experiences and collections of different ideas in every society or nation. If we use their ability, long experiences and their conscience, our society or nation will be benefitted to reform national development and prosperity. Ageing population is a global phenomenon and the number is rapidly increasing in developing countries as compared to developed countries. The government of Nepal has declared that people with 60 years or more are elderly citizens. The growth rate of the elderly population is faster than that of the total population in Nepal. The observation shows that the proportion of elderly population is high in mountain and hilly regions as compared to Terai. However, it is noted that female elderly population is the highest among three ecological regions. The growing numbers of ageing population is a major concern in most of the developing countries like Nepal. The social, economic and demographic impacts of ageing population possess both opportunities and challenges to every society. In this situation, the Government of Nepal should attempt to enhance the self-reliance and provide social security of its elderly people to facilitate their continuous participation in society. The Government of Nepal has introduced the universal old aged allowances program since 1994/95 as a non-contributing social assistance to elderly citizens with 70 years or more. The starting allowances are nominal. At present context, it is not a sufficient amount for the elderly citizens but they have little support to health care, medicine, entertainment and desired foods and fruits. Likewise, the Government should establish old age homes, day care and ageing centers and parks for entertainment.

Designing Smart Home Environments for Unobtrusive Monitoring for Independent Living

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homer Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Design Science Research Methodology

The “Unobtrusive Smart Environments for Independent Living” EU funded project is proposing an integrated system (USEFIL system) which intends to cope with ageing problem providing advanced, affordable and unobtrusive monitoring and web communication solutions for seniors living independently. The USEFIL system enhances social care and medical service provision by exploiting “frugal” ICT solutions such as low cost “off-the-shelf” technology and unobtrusive monitoring technologies to develop services that will assist the elderly in maintaining their independence throughout their daily activities. The project adopted the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) to design and develop the USEFIL system because this methodology incorporates all those principles, practices, and procedures to help us meet USEFIL systems' objectives. Aim of the paper is to demonstrate the use of the DSRM process to design an ICT solution for the case study of ICT technologies for assistive living environments for elderly people. More specifically using the theoretical lens of the Design Science Research Methodology theory the paper presents the necessary steps that have been conducted to design the USEFIL system. The USEFIL system was implemented and validated over a three year period with elderly people, their unofficial carers and doctors. Results demonstrate that the technology readily succeeds in meeting the study's initial objectives. Although the project is still running and the design specification of the USEFIL system is under continuous update, the main modules that have been designed and realized will be presented in the paper.

EDUCATION AS AN AGENT OF RESOCIALIZATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Nataliia Kalashnyk ◽  
Yana Levchenko ◽  
Olha Doronina ◽  
Olha Kucherova ◽  
Olga Luchenko
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Social Maladjustment ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Aged People ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
High Level

Due to the aging of population there is a need for reevaluation of the importance and the necessity of elderly people’s participation in the life of society and as a result reevaluation of the methods of their adjustment. Modern “third aged people” want to continue living in the habitual rhythm of life, being the full participants of the society even after their retirement. The social portrait of a modern elderly differs significantly from the one 15-20 years ago. The level of medicine in the developed countries provides them with good state of health and therefore they can retain high level of social and emotional activity. Using several countries (Japan, Australia, Canada,) as an example the article aims to present different ways of inclusion of elderly people in socially useful activities in order to solve the problems of the modern society, in other words, to suggest how third aged people may be helpful. The article sums up that giving the opportunity of social and professional activity to the elderly people helps them to prevent social maladjustment and arising feeling of needlessness after the termination of active employment.

scholarly journals An IoT based Tele-Health WBAN Model for Elderly People – A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vajubunnisa Begum R ◽  
Dharmarajan K
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Wireless Body Area Network ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Wearable Sensor ◽  
Sensor Devices

The Tele-Health WBAN (Wireless Body Area Network) Model for patients required more attention especially old age people’s healthcare services in Low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. The advancements in telemedicine have increased drastically towards wearable sensor devices and mobile phone-based applications in the last few years. The study presents the integration of IoT and wearable sensor devices in the Tele - Health system developed for tracking heart patients among the elderly people and also to prevent them from stroke. In order to meet the demand for old age people healthcare services, it is very much essential to provide assistance in cardiac disease diagnosis and suggest medication in their home with comfortable environment. Hence, they can avoid frequent visit to hospitals and long stays.

scholarly journals Multi-State Analysis of the Impact of Childhood Starvation on the Healthy Life Expectancy of the Elderly in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiling Dong ◽  
Bingyi Wu ◽  
Qunhong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Healthy Life Expectancy ◽  
Average Life ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Child malnutrition is not only common in developing countries, but also an important issue faced by developed countries. This study aimed to explore the influence and degree of childhood starvation on the health of the elderly, which providing a reference for formulating health-related policies under the concept of full-life cycle health. Methods: Based on Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) in 2008, 2011 and 2014, this paper took a total of 13,185 elderly people aged 65-99 years as the target population. By IMaCH software, with age, gender, and income level as the control variables, and the average life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of the elderly was measured. The test was used to explore the differences in socio-economic status of elderly people with or without starvation in childhood. The paired t test was used to analyze the difference both average life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. Results: (1) Transition probabilities in health-disability, health-death, and disability-death all showed an upward trend with age(P<0.05), where the elderly who experienced starvation in childhood were higher than those without such an experience(P<0.05). However, the probability of disability-health recovery showed a downward trend with age(P<0.05), whereas the elderly who experienced starvation in childhood were lower than those without starvation(P<0.05).(2) For the elderly who experienced starvation in childhood, the health indicators of the average life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, and healthy life expectancy proportion accounted for the remaining life were lower than those of the elderly without childhood starvation (P<0.05).Conclusions: The negative impact of childhood starvation on health through the life course till old age, has a persistent negative cumulative effect on the quantity and quality of life for the elderly. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the nutritional status of children in poor families from the perspective of social policy-making.

ROBIHO – A Robot Companion for Elderly People’s Homes

2013 ◽  
Vol 282 ◽  
pp. 158-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo J.S. Gonçalves ◽  
Pedro M.B. Torres ◽  
Paulo Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Robotic System ◽  
Intelligent Robot ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Social Robotic ◽  
At Home

In developed countries elderly people is gradually increasing. Society is abandoning their parents and/or gran-parents, and often are found dead at home without any aid or care. To reduce these problems, a robot was designed to assist the elderly in their homes. ROBIHO is an intelligent robot that has the ability to navigate in homes and monitor human daily routines. This robot is also a companion and enables communication with family, friends, health professionals and authorities. This paper presents the new social robotic system, ROBIHO and its technology.

scholarly journals Gasto de internação de idosos em unidades de terapia intensiva nos hospitais privados de uma capital do nordeste brasileiro

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Bonfada ◽  
Isabelle Canuto Rabelo Barbosa ◽  
Kenio Costa de Lima ◽  
Anna Garcia-Altés
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Time Of Admission

Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a associação entre variáveis demográficas, de morbidade e relativas às condições da hospitalização com os gastos decorrentes da internação de idosos em unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI) de hospitais privados em uma capital do nordeste brasileiro. Método: Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico, analítico e do tipo seccional, com abordagem quantitativa, no qual foram coletados dados referentes a 312 internações de idosos em UTI de todos os hospitais privados de Natal (RN), Brasil. A variável dependente foi o custo de internação e as variáveis independentes relacionadas à caracterização dos indivíduos quanto ao perfil sociodemográfico, ao quadro mórbido e às características da internação. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva, teste qui-quadrado, teste t e regressão logística múltipla com as razões de prevalência (RP). Resultados: O custo médio por internação foi de R$ 4.266,05±3.322,50 para o grupo de baixo custo e R$ 39.753,162 ± 4.929,12 para o grupo alto custo. Constatou-se que a hospitalização decorrente de agravos clínicos (RP=1,81; IC95%=1,06-3,09) e respiratórios (RP=2,48; IC95%=1,48-5,24), a necessidade de ventilação mecânica (RP=2,33; IC95%=1,43-3,78) e a desorientação completa ou parcial no momento da admissão (RP=1,81; IC95%=1,15-2,84) estiveram associadas ao maior gasto nas internações no modelo estatístico múltiplo. Conclusão: Esses achados trazem evidências de que a implantação de ações capazes de promover melhores condições de saúde para os idosos, por meio da criação de protocolos e linhas de cuidado, especificamente criados para esse público, podem ser relevantes na redução dos gastos decorrentes da internação de idosos em terapia intensiva. Analyze the association between demographic variables, morbidity and relative to the conditions of hospitalization with the expenses resulting from the admission of elderly people in intensive care units (ICU) of private hospitals in a capital of northeastern Brazil. Method: This is an epidemiological, analytical and sectional study, with a quantitative approach, in which data were collected regarding 312 hospitalizations of elderly people in the ICU of all private hospitals in Natal (RN), Brazil. The dependent variable was the cost of hospitalization and the independent variables related to the characterization of individuals in terms of socio-demographic profile, morbid condition and characteristics of hospitalization. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, t test and multiple logistic regression with prevalence ratios (PR). Results: The average cost per hospitalization was R$ 4.266,05±3.322,50 for the low cost group and R$ 39.753,162±4.929,12 for the high cost group. It was found that hospitalization due to clinical (PR=1,81; 95%CI=1,06-3,09) and respiratory conditions (PR=2,48; 95CI%=1,48-5,24), the need for mechanical ventilation (PR=2,33; 95%CI=1,43-3,78) and complete or partial disorientation at the time of admission (PR=1,81; 95%CI=1,15-2,84) were associated with higher expenditure on hospitalizations in the multiple statistical model. Conclusion: The knowledge produced by the study may serve as a subsidy for the implementation of actions capable of promoting better health conditions for the elderly, reducing expenses related to their hospitalization in highly specialized sectors. In addition, the research raises evidence that the construction of protocols and lines of care guiding the work process in the intensive care sector, specifically created for the elderly, may be relevant in reducing the expenses resulting from hospitalization of the elderly.

scholarly journals From a biological template model to gait assistance with an exosuit

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahid Firouzi ◽  
Ayoob Davoodi ◽  
Fariba Bahrami ◽  
Maziar A. Sharbafi
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Reaction Force ◽  
Metabolic Cost ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Assistive Devices ◽  
Assistive Device ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
And Control

AbstractBy invention of soft wearable assistive devices, known as exosuits, a new aspect in assisting unimpaired subjects is introduced. In this study, we designed and developed an exosuit with compliant biarticular thigh actuators, called BAExo. Unlike common method of using rigid actuators in exosuits, the BAExo is made of serial elastic actuators (SEA) resembling artificial muscles (AM). This bioinsipred design is complemented by the novel control concept of using the ground reaction force to adjust these AMs’ stiffness in the stance phase. By locking the motors in the swing phase the SEAs will be simplified to passive biarticular springs, which is sufficient for leg swinging. The key concept in our design and control approach is synthesizing human locomotion to develop assistive device, instead of copying the outputs of human motor control. Analysing human walking assistance using an experiment-based OpenSim model demonstrates the advantages of the proposed design and control of BAExo, regarding metabolic cost reduction and efficiency of the system. In addition, pilot experiments with the recently developed BAExo hardware support the applicability of the introduced method.Author summaryAging and mobility of elderly people are of crucial concern in developed countries. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that by the middle of the 21st century, about 80 million Americans will be 65 or older. According to the group’s research, medical costs resulting from falls by the elderly are expected to approach $32.4 billion by 2020. Therefore, assistance of elderly people and making the assistive devices more intelligent is a need in near future. However, this is not the only application of assistive devices. Exosuits, as soft wearable robots, introduced a new aspect in assisting a large range of population, even healthy young people. We introduce a novel design and control method for a new exosuit. As the research in the field of wearable assistive devices is growing in recent years and its application in daily life becomes more evident for the society, such studies with a unique view in design and control could have a significant impact. Our proposed biologically inspired approach could be potentially applied to other exosuits.

scholarly journals Multi-State Analysis of the Impact of Childhood Starvation on the Healthy Life Expectancy of the Elderly in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
huiling dong ◽  
Bingyi Wu ◽  
Qunhong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Healthy Life Expectancy ◽  
Remaining Life ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Child malnutrition is not only common in developing countries, but also an important issue faced by developed countries. This study aimed to explore the influence and degree of childhood starvation on the health of the elderly population, which providing a reference for formulating health-related policies under the concept of full-life cycle health. Methods: Based on CLHLS longitudinal data in 2008, 2011 and 2014, this paper took a total of 13,185 elderly people aged 65-99 years as the target population. By IMaCH software, with age, gender, and income level as the control variables, and the healthy life expectancy of the elderly in China was measured. The[test was used to explore the differences in socio-economic status of elderly people with or without starvation in childhood. The paired t test was used to analyze the difference both of healthy life expectancy and healthy life expectancy proportion accounted for remaining life. Results: (1) Transition probabilities in health-disability, health-death and disability-death(P<0.05) all showed an upward trend with age, where the elderly who experienced starvation in childhood were higher than those without such an experience. However, the probability of disability-health recovery showed a downward trend with age, whereas the elderly who experienced starvation in childhood were lower than those without starvation(P<0.05).(2) For the elderly who experienced starvation in childhood, the health indicators of the average life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, and healthy life expectancy proportion accounted for the remaining life were lower than those of the elderly without childhood starvation (P<0.05).Conclusions: The negative impact of childhood starvation on health through the life course till old age, has a persistent negative cumulative effect on the quantity and quality of life for the elderly population; Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the nutritional status of children in poor families from the perspective of social policy-making.

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