An Effective TeleHealth Assistive System to Support Senior Citizen at Home or Care-Homes

There has been an increase in the percentage of
aging population in the UK, which has implications in all
sectors from workforce, housing and care needs. The aim of
this research work is to improve the healthcare and the quality
of life for senior citizens and helping them live self-sufficiently
at their own accommodation by developing a telehealth system
that effectively communicates and monitors the daily needs of
the senior citizens. In doing so, the burden from the healthcare
system and the care-homes will be eased. This approach has a
user-friendly application for the elderly to notify the carehome
of their daily needs. The details of the senior citizens
profile are stored in a cloud based database, hence the care
coordinator can receive the notification, monitor the details,
book/assign a service and notify the senior citizens with the
date and time of the booked required service. The most
common users’ needs have been identified from the acquired
data in the local community. This data has been used in
meeting the users’ needs and creating an appropriate
applications for them. The developed system has a simple
process that offers human interaction with an assistive
technology created to make the life of senior citizens easy and
independent.

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