Title
Development Of A Television-Use Telemonitoring System For Elderly Daycare-Recipients Living Alone
Abstract
We have developed a telemonitoring system to follow the activities of elderly daycare-recipients who live alone. After conducting a questionnaire on electrical appliances the elderly use daily as an index of activity, we chose television (TV) for monitoring. We then developed a telemonitoring system of TV use. A feasibility study conducted at the home of an 80-years-old female living alone demonstrated (1) the consistency of daily TV use rhythm and (2) different TV use patterns depending on the day of the week. The accumulation TV time in a day correlated inversely with activity evaluated from a pedometer output by the subject. TV use thus reflects daily activities of the elderly living alone and helps alert caretakers to possible problems those living alone may face.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.20965/jrm.2007.p0683
JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
elderly individuals, telemonitoring, television, Internet, care service
Gerontology,Psychology,The Internet
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
6
0915-3942
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
9