Aware Group Home Enhanced by RFID Technology

Miura, Michi; Ito, Satoshi; Takatsuka, Ryozo; Kunifuji, Susumu

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85565-1_105

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“…Currently, there are many researches regarding the "Digital Home", which include providing health care for seniors [6][7][8][9], they focus on the issues of daily activity tracking [6,7] to avoid accidents or irregular activities and reminders for the seniors by identities [8,9], ex: scheduling for activities and medication, eating/drinking instructions.…”

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Design and Implementation of HEMS Based on RFID and OSGi

Yang

Liao

et al. 2010

Wireless Pers Commun

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RFID is applied to goods management, vehicle management, and medical equipments. The appliances of smart home are very popular today. To apply ICT (Information Communication Technology) to life is a popular study. People sometimes forget to take something away. He may take his laptop away, but forgets the battery or his mouse. Therefore, we proposed the HEMS (Household Effects Management System) which is used to remind family members to take their effects. Because we believe that the size of RFID tags will be smaller enough to be embedded on the household effects, we designed and implemented the HEMS based on RFID and OSGi. OSGi is an open platform based on JVM which supports the resource sharing of applications. We developed the RFID middleware to share the information of RFID tags with other applications.

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Design and Implementation of HEMS Based on RFID and OSGi

Yang

Liao

et al. 2010

Wireless Pers Commun

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“…Miura et al [40] discussed technology for tracking movements of individuals in residential care using 'tagged' slippers and piezoelectric pressure mats. The authors indicated that for safety, pressure mats can only be placed below carpets.…”

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A review of the role of assistive technology for people with dementia in the hours of darkness

Carswell

McCullagh

Augusto

et al. 2009

THC

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Assistive Technology (AT) has been utilized to support people with dementia (PwD) and their carers in the home. Such support can extend the time that PwD can remain safely at home and reduce the burden on the tertiary healthcare sector. Technology can assist people in the hours of darkness as well as during the day. The objective of this literature review is to evaluate reported healthcare technologies appropriate to night time care. This paper summarises and categorises the current evidence base. In all, 131 abstracts were returned from a database search, yielding fifty four relevant papers which were considered in detail. While night-time specific studies identified very few papers (4 papers, 7%), most of the more general AT findings could be adopted to benefit night-time assistance. Studies have used technology for prompting and reminding as loss of time and forgetfulness are major problems; for monitoring daily activities in a sensor enriched environment and utilised location aware technologies to provide information to enhance safety. Technology also supports a range of therapies to alleviate symptoms. Therapies include the delivery of music and familial pictures for reminiscing, the use of light therapy to enhance wellbeing and the provision of mental tasks to stimulate the brain and maintain activity levels.

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“…After considering the requirements and limitations, we chose a simple radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to detect personal activities of elderly persons by embedding tags in their slippers [4]. Our system employs special floor mats with embedded RFID readers that can detect a person's approach to the mat and store the information.…”

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An Empirical Study of an RFID Mat Sensor System in a Group Home

Miura¹,

Ito²,

Takatsuka³

et al. 2009

JNW

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We have been developing an RFID (radio frequency identification) mat system to assist caregivers in a group home. In Japan, the number of group homes offering home-like care for elderly persons suffering from dementia has increased considerably. Even though the smaller number of people residing in a group home makes it suitable for family-like care, the scarcity of caregivers increases the burden, especially during the night. To augment caregiver attention, we developed floor mats with embedded RFID antennae and slippers with RFID tags. These can help caregivers be aware of the activities of persons suffering from dementia by specifying whether an individual has passed over a mat in a particular corridor. This not only helps the caregivers understand such persons by reviewing their activities but also keeps them informed about their current activities. We introduced the floor mats in a real group home and confirmed the feasibility of the system. In this study, we describe the system and lessons learned from our experiment.

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Aware Group Home Enhanced by RFID Technology

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

Design and Implementation of HEMS Based on RFID and OSGi

Design and Implementation of HEMS Based on RFID and OSGi

A review of the role of assistive technology for people with dementia in the hours of darkness

An Empirical Study of an RFID Mat Sensor System in a Group Home

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