Aging In Place

Continuing to explore the technology to help with aging parents, in home monitoring is becoming more and more visible. 

One of my blog readers recently called my attention to this article from the University of Missouri titled "Health-Monitoring Technology Helps Seniors Live at Home Longer, MU Researchers Find".  Click here to read the article.  Articles like this one are appearing more and more, and research in these areas is on the rise.

That's not a surprising trend given the demographic shifts and the desire for seniors to continue living independently.  The article, in fact, leads off with this premise.

Using sensors, video, and other tools researchers at MU have built an early warning system to help identify problems and alert health care providers before problems escalate to full blown emergencies.  The study examined data collect of two years at an affliated retirement community to identify patterns leading up to adverse events.  Real time data can then be monitored - watching for these patterns.

Systems like this can help to provide peace of mind to families who are caring for aging parents and provide meaningful data to senior health care providers.