scholarly journals AnkFall—Falls, Falling Risks and Daily-Life Activities Dataset with an Ankle-Placed Accelerometer and Training Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1889
Author(s):  
Francisco Luna-Perejón ◽  
Luis Muñoz-Saavedra ◽  
Javier Civit-Masot ◽  
Anton Civit ◽  
Manuel Domínguez-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Person ◽  
Fall Detection ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Learning Classifier ◽  
The People ◽  
Activity Types ◽  
Remote Monitoring Systems ◽  
Secondary Study

Falls are one of the leading causes of permanent injury and/or disability among the elderly. When these people live alone, it is convenient that a caregiver or family member visits them periodically. However, these visits do not prevent falls when the elderly person is alone. Furthermore, in exceptional circumstances, such as a pandemic, we must avoid unnecessary mobility. This is why remote monitoring systems are currently on the rise, and several commercial solutions can be found. However, current solutions use devices attached to the waist or wrist, causing discomfort in the people who wear them. The users also tend to forget to wear the devices carried in these positions. Therefore, in order to prevent these problems, the main objective of this work is designing and recollecting a new dataset about falls, falling risks and activities of daily living using an ankle-placed device obtaining a good balance between the different activity types. This dataset will be a useful tool for researchers who want to integrate the fall detector in the footwear. Thus, in this work we design the fall-detection device, study the suitable activities to be collected, collect the dataset from 21 users performing the studied activities and evaluate the quality of the collected dataset. As an additional and secondary study, we implement a simple Deep Learning classifier based on this data to prove the system’s feasibility.

scholarly journals Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders: an analysis under the light of Kolcaba’s theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanni Moraes de Oliveira ◽  
Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macêdo Costa ◽  
Kamyla Félix Oliveira dos Santos ◽  
Jacira dos Santos Oliveira ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Symptom Relief ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Physical Context ◽  
Thematic Units

ABSTRACT Objective: To reveal the Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders, using Kolcaba’s theory. Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study, with 11 elders hospitalized in a university hospital, aiming to identify their needs for Comfort. Results: Discourses were categorized in four thematic units: Physical, Environmental, Sociocultural, and Psychospiritual. In the Physical context, several subcategories were found, namely, Symptom Relief; Daily Life Activities; Hygiene and personal care; Diet; Sleep and rest. In the Environmental context, the Comfort was considered to be superior than in the elders’ home; in the Sociocultural one, family bonds were found to become more distant, triggering feelings of missing one’s family and isolation, in the Psychospiritual context, spirituality and religiosity stood out. Final considerations: The Comfort needs of the hospitalized elders enable one to reflect on nursing care, offering information to improve the quality of assistance and to attend to the real needs of the elderly.

scholarly journals Hubungan Interaksi Sosial Dengan Kualitas Hidup Lansia Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Bangkala Kelurahan Biring Romang

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kurniawan Amin ◽  
Sigit Mulyono ◽  
Lili Herlina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Relationship Of

Quality of life is a level that describes the advantages of an individual that can be assessed from their lives. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of social interaction with the quality of life of the elderly in the work area of Bangkala Health Center, Kel. Biring Romang, Kec Manggala, Makassar City. Method: This research is a quantitative study with a type of research with cross-sectional studies with a sample size of 219 respondents using a computerized application of SPSS 20 Che Square test. The results showed that interaction using social media in the elderly P-value = 0,000, which means there is a significant relationship between quality of life in the elderly in the area of Bangkala Health Center, Kel. Biring Romang, Kec. Manggala, Makassar City. Conclusion: There is a relationship between quality of life in the elderly, therefore it is expected that an elderly person should slowly be acquainted with so that in the process of daily life can do social interaction Keywords: Social Interaction, Quality of Life.

Using a Smartphone as a Track and Fall Detector

2015 ◽  
pp. 272-295
Author(s):  
Chia-Yin Ko ◽  
Fang-Yie Leu ◽  
I-Tsen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Emergency Medical Services ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Fall Detection ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Individual ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
People With Dementia

This chapter proposes a smartphone-based system for both indoor and outdoor monitoring of people with dementia. The whole system comprises wandering detection, safety-zone monitoring, fall detection, communication services, alert notifications, and emergency medical services. To effectively track the elderly, the proposed system uses a smartphone camera to take real-time pictures along the user's path as he or she moves about. Those photos, accompanied with time and GPS signals, are delivered to and stored on the Cloud system. When necessary, family caregivers can download those data to quickly find a way to help the elderly individual. Additionally, this study uses tri-axial accelerometers to examine falls. To assure individuals' data is safeguarded appropriately, an RSA method has been adopted by the system to encrypt stored data. This reliable and minimally intrusive system provides people with dementia with an opportunity to maintain their social networks and to improve their quality of lives.

A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE NON-PARAMETRIC AND FUZZY LOGIC-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS IN RECOGNITION OF HUMAN DAILY ACTIVITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750003
Author(s):  
Hamideh Namdari ◽  
Ehsan Tahami ◽  
Fatimah Hadian Far
Keyword(s):  
Small Body ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Full Description ◽  
The People ◽  
Knn Classifier ◽  
Neuro Fuzzy ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Non Parametric

Appropriate and accurate detection of the people like the elderly and patients suffering from imbalanced-oriented problems is a significant step to implement the necessary actions in order to enhance quality of life and increase their independence during their life. The aim of this paper was to investigate the differences in performance of parametric and non-parametric classifiers in recognition of daily activities of people. As daily affairs of human being can change dynamically, new patterns may emerge as well as an old habit may be forgotten or stopped to be used. It is difficult to build a classifier that will have a full description of all possible ways to perform an activity. In this research, for exact identification of everyday activities, data collected from information of four accelerometers in noteworthy points of body which have the greatest role in the process of identifying and separating activities. This dataset was acquired from UCI Machine Learning database. After extraction of convenient features, different algorithms including KNN and Neuro-fuzzy classifiers were applied to data to check the rate of accuracy in exact recognition of daily activities. The results showed that the KNN classifier as anon-parametric classifier encompasses the highest accuracy rate of about 99.758[Formula: see text]. It is concluded that recognizing activities using multiple small body-worn accelerometers and implementing an optimized unobtrusive approach can lead us to a significant result.

scholarly journals Elderly Muslim Wellbeing: Family Support, Participation in Religious Activities, and Happiness

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Taufik Taufik ◽  
Ajeng N. Dumpratiwi ◽  
Nanik Prihartanti ◽  
Daliman Daliman
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Healthy Elderly

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of family support and participation in religious activities on the happiness of elderly muslims. Background: An increase in the number of older age people should be balanced with the increased quality of their life. The quality of life is influenced by internal factors such as self-quality, as well as external factors such as family support and religious activities. Objective: The objective of this research was to identify differences in the level of happiness of elderly muslims based on several factors: Work, health, salary, Islamic study, and marriage. Methods: Three hundred and ten elderly muslims (133 male, 177 female) participated in this study. Respondents were selected by simple random sampling of the elderly muslim population in seven districts in Central Java province, Indonesia. Results: The results showed 1) there was a correlation between family support and participation in religious activities and the happiness of elderly Muslims, 2) a healthy elderly person has a higher level of happiness than a sick elderly person; elderly who partake in Islamic studies one to two times a week have higher happiness than the elderly who do not; the retired elderly have the highest happiness compared to the elderly who still work and the elderly who do not (the lowest level of happiness), and there was no difference in the level of happiness in terms of salary and marriage. Conclusion: Family support and participation in religious activities are the main predictors of subjective well-being in the muslim elderly. In addition, there are other predictors such as health and participation in Islamic studies.

scholarly journals Comparative study of alexithymia in institutionalized elderly versus senior classroom

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Julia García-Sevilla ◽  
Inmaculada Méndez ◽  
Ana Mª Bermúdez ◽  
Juan P. Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Thought Patterns ◽  
Classroom Study ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Tas 20

Experience and emotion regulation are issues that are increasingly important in order to understand and promote the welfare and quality of life of elderly. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative study of the alexithymia in users in an institutionalized center and students enrolled in a senior classroom. Study participants were 43 people hospitalized and 48 from the senior older with an average age of 69.30 years and a standard deviation of 66.50. The instrument used was the adapted version of the TAS-20. The results showed that institutionalized people scored higher on the difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty in describing feelings and in the pattern of externally-oriented thinking. Sex was indifferent to the difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty in describing feelings as well as externally-oriented pattern. In terms of age, a relationship was found with the difficulty in identifying feelings and externally oriented thought patterns. The study allows us to conclude that alexithymia is influenced by the fact that the elderly person is in an institutionalized center.

scholarly journals Violence against elderly people: characterization of the data reported by the Notification of Injury Information System (SINAN)

10.3823/2387 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Santos de Araújo ◽  
Édina Barreira Campos ◽  
Grazielly Mendes de Sousa ◽  
Anna Nunes Pereira Neta Farias ◽  
Leila Rute Oliveira Gurgel Do Amaral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Forms Of Violence

Introduction: Violence against the elderly person can be any act, single or repetitive, or omission, that causes harm or discomfort and reduces the quality of life of the elderly. Objective: To identify the demographic characteristics of elderly victims of violence, notified by the Notification of Injury Information System (SINAN) in the municipality of Porto Nacional - TO in the year 2014, to characterize the most reported forms of violence, the place of occurrence, the means of aggression and the relationship with the victim. Method: This is an epidemiological, descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach. The survey was conducted through reports issued by SINAN in Porto Nacional. The study population consisted of 130 reports of violence. Data collection took place in April. The data were released with the help of Excel tables and analyzed through BioEstat 5.0. Result: It was possible to identify that the majority of the elderly were males, with a mean age of 78.3 years, of brown color, who had schooling, married/stable union, retired and had no physical or mental disabilities. In relation to the type of violence suffered by the elderly, physical violence had more notifications. The place of occurrence was in the elderly’s own houses and the relation between aggressor and victim was unknown. Conclusion: The results found in this study evidenced the importance of notifying all the cases and it is suggested a protocol of attendance to people in situation of violence for all the professionals that compose the networks of care, among these, primary care, hospitals, social action department and public prosecutor's office, which could facilitate the identification of signs of violence.

scholarly journals Hardware for Recognition of Human Activities: A Review of Smart Home and AAL Related Technologies

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 4227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Sanchez-Comas ◽  
Kåre Synnes ◽  
Josef Hallberg
Keyword(s):  
Activity Recognition ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Fall Detection ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Assistive Robots ◽  
Road Map ◽  
The People

Activity recognition (AR) from an applied perspective of ambient assisted living (AAL) and smart homes (SH) has become a subject of great interest. Promising a better quality of life, AR applied in contexts such as health, security, and energy consumption can lead to solutions capable of reaching even the people most in need. This study was strongly motivated because levels of development, deployment, and technology of AR solutions transferred to society and industry are based on software development, but also depend on the hardware devices used. The current paper identifies contributions to hardware uses for activity recognition through a scientific literature review in the Web of Science (WoS) database. This work found four dominant groups of technologies used for AR in SH and AAL—smartphones, wearables, video, and electronic components—and two emerging technologies: Wi-Fi and assistive robots. Many of these technologies overlap across many research works. Through bibliometric networks analysis, the present review identified some gaps and new potential combinations of technologies for advances in this emerging worldwide field and their uses. The review also relates the use of these six technologies in health conditions, health care, emotion recognition, occupancy, mobility, posture recognition, localization, fall detection, and generic activity recognition applications. The above can serve as a road map that allows readers to execute approachable projects and deploy applications in different socioeconomic contexts, and the possibility to establish networks with the community involved in this topic. This analysis shows that the research field in activity recognition accepts that specific goals cannot be achieved using one single hardware technology, but can be using joint solutions, this paper shows how such technology works in this regard.

Using a Smartphone as a Track and Fall Detector

2016 ◽  
pp. 922-944
Author(s):  
Chia-Yin Ko ◽  
Fang-Yie Leu ◽  
I-Tsen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Emergency Medical Services ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Fall Detection ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Individual ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
People With Dementia

This chapter proposes a smartphone-based system for both indoor and outdoor monitoring of people with dementia. The whole system comprises wandering detection, safety-zone monitoring, fall detection, communication services, alert notifications, and emergency medical services. To effectively track the elderly, the proposed system uses a smartphone camera to take real-time pictures along the user's path as he or she moves about. Those photos, accompanied with time and GPS signals, are delivered to and stored on the Cloud system. When necessary, family caregivers can download those data to quickly find a way to help the elderly individual. Additionally, this study uses tri-axial accelerometers to examine falls. To assure individuals' data is safeguarded appropriately, an RSA method has been adopted by the system to encrypt stored data. This reliable and minimally intrusive system provides people with dementia with an opportunity to maintain their social networks and to improve their quality of lives.

scholarly journals Qualidade da atenção à saúde do idoso atenção primária: uma revisão integrativa

2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 545-589
Author(s):  
Ricardo Saraiva Aguiar ◽  
Henrique Salmazo da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Quality Of Health Care ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Recursos Humanos

Objective: To investigate, through an integrative literature review, the quality of health care for the elderly in primary care. Material and Methods: Integrative literature review conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed, SciELO, LILACS and BDENF databases between April and May 2020, which generated 780 references. After removal of the duplicates and use of inclusion and exclusion criteria, the final sample consisted of 15 articles. Results: The quality of health care for the elderly in primary care was associated with potential and weaknesses that involved the availability and training of human resources, adoption of evaluation protocols, monitoring and follow-up, supply of inputs and structural variables linked to infrastructure and intersectoral support network. The effectiveness of actions to the elderly in primary care was related to the implementation of the Family Health Strategy, combined with the active action of the community health agent in the territory and the participation of the elderly in the decisions. Conclusion: Strengthening the health care of the elderly in primary care involves short, medium and long-term efforts related to education, human and material resources management, networking, and the formation of ties with the territory and the elderly person. Objetivo: Investigar, a través de una revisión integradora de la literatura, la calidad de la atención en salud del adulto mayor en atención primaria.Materiales y Métodos: Revisión bibliográfica integradora realizada en las bases de datos MEDLINE / PubMed, SciELO, LILACS y BDENF entre abril y mayo de 2020, que generó 780 referencias. Después de eliminar los duplicados y utilizar los criterios de inclusión y exclusión, la muestra final fue de 15 artículos.Resultados: La calidad de la atención en salud del adulto mayor en atención primaria se asoció con fortalezas y debilidades que involucraron la disponibilidad y formación de recursos humanos, adopción de protocolos de evaluación, seguimiento y seguimiento, suministro de insumos y variables estructurales vinculadas a la infraestructura y red de apoyo intersectorial. La efectividad de las acciones para el adulto mayor en atención primaria estuvo relacionada con la implementación de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia, combinada con el desempeño activo del agente comunitario de salud en el territorio y la participación del adulto mayor en las decisiones.Conclusión: El fortalecimiento de la atención a la salud del anciano en la atención primaria implica esfuerzos a corto, mediano y largo plazo relacionados con la educación, la gestión de los recursos humanos y materiales, el trabajo en red y la formación de vínculos con el territorio y el anciano. Objetivo: Investigar, por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, a qualidade da atenção à saúde do idoso na atenção primária. Materiais e Métodos: Revisão integrativa da literatura realizada nas bases de dados MEDLINE/PubMed, SciELO, LILACS e BDENF entre os meses de abril e maio de 2020, as quais geraram 780 referências. Após remoção das duplicatas e emprego dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão a amostra final foi composta por 15 artigos. Resultados: A qualidade da atenção à saúde do idoso na atenção primária esteve associada a potencialidades e fragilidades que envolveram a disponibilidade e treinamento dos recursos humanos, adoção de protocolos de avaliação, acompanhamento e monitoramento, oferta de insumos e variáveis estruturais ligadas à infraestrutura e à rede de apoio intersetorial. A efetividade das ações à pessoa idosa na atenção primária esteve relacionada à implantação da Estratégia Saúde da Família, conjugada com a atuação ativa do agente comunitário de saúde no território e a participação do idoso nas decisões. Conclusão: Fortalecer a atenção à saúde do idoso na atenção primária envolve esforços a curto, médio e longo prazo relacionados à educação, gestão de recursos humanos e materiais, atuação em rede e a formação de vínculo com o território e a pessoa idosa.

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