From AP:
After back-to-back hospital visits for congestive heart failure, Eva
Olweean figured her health was back to normal. But the nurses at her
retirement home knew better: Motion sensors in the 86-year-old's bed
detected too many restless nights.
After back-to-back hospital visits for congestive heart failure, Eva
Olweean figured her health was back to normal. But the nurses at her
retirement home knew better: Motion sensors in the 86-year-old's bed
detected too many restless nights.
Tiny sensors hover
unobtrusively over the toilet, shower and doorways to detect Olweean's
movements inside her apartment. Pneumatic tubes tucked in the mattress
and beneath her easy chair measure weight shifts. Caregivers and
researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia study the data,
noting changes in behavior that could signal medical problems.
Recognizing
the coming "silver tsunami" of graying baby boomers, tech companies are
racing to help aging Americans spend more time living independently
instead of in nursing homes. For the first time earlier this month, the
International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas featured a special
section devoted to high-tech senior living....
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