Due to difficulties in performing daily activities many elders seek help in retirement homes. But living in a closed space, being surrounded with equally old, sick or dying people, can lead to a higher rate of morbimortality. Alternative, offering a higher rate of mobility and independence, comes in the form of assisted living. However, in such homes, calling for aid in times of need can present difficulties.
Development in technology brought the solution of Ambient Assisted Living. Collection of data from all sensors on a single platform would allow us to have full view of elder's health.
The purpose of this thesis was an example implementation of such solution. Gathering data on a sensor device, we sent it to a mobile application, that served as a bridge forwarding data to a computer where it was stored in a database. As such, it could be used for further analysis either for diagnostic purposes or to raise alarm in need of urgent medical assistance.
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