Home Sensors Enable Seniors to Live Independently
From: Medical Design Technology - 08/19/2013
By: Ann Kellan

People are living longer and they desire to live as independently as possible
in their senior years. But, independent lifestyles come with risks, such as
debilitating falls and deteriorating health resulting from inadequate care.
To address these issues, researchers are developing "smart home" technologies
to enhance the safety of residents and monitor their health conditions using
sensors and other devices.

The unobtrusive monitoring of individuals with in-home sensors offers
enormous potential for detecting early health problems - before they become
big problems -- so timely interventions can be provided to improve the health
trajectory. The result is continued high functional ability, independence and
better health outcomes. Early detection of health changes is the key to this
approach.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:49) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/08/home-sensors-enable-seniors-live-independently
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/eldertech.jsp