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| + | The infrastructure is based on a retrofitted residential house to develop and test smart technology for long term health monitoring of older adults living in their own homes. | ||
| The motivation behind developing a smart home for health monitoring is centered around two key aspects: (i) cost of care and (ii) quality of care. The public expenditure on health care in Ontario alone surpassed $50 billion in 2014. Our proposed strategy to reduce the growing financial and social pressure is to create a health institution within the home, allowing doctors and other healthcare providers to monitor and analyze the health of their patients remotely using low-cost non-invasive sensor and network technologies that are installed innocuously within the home. The project entails retrofitting the interior of the house to develop and test smart technology that will enable older people to live in their homes longer. The entire project combines a wide variety of sensors and cutting-edge technologies in an innovative manner to monitor the health of seniors. As well as helping older patients to live more safely and independently in their own homes, the research project seeks to relieve the burden on family members and caregivers, and reduce non-emergency visits to the hospital.\\ | The motivation behind developing a smart home for health monitoring is centered around two key aspects: (i) cost of care and (ii) quality of care. The public expenditure on health care in Ontario alone surpassed $50 billion in 2014. Our proposed strategy to reduce the growing financial and social pressure is to create a health institution within the home, allowing doctors and other healthcare providers to monitor and analyze the health of their patients remotely using low-cost non-invasive sensor and network technologies that are installed innocuously within the home. The project entails retrofitting the interior of the house to develop and test smart technology that will enable older people to live in their homes longer. The entire project combines a wide variety of sensors and cutting-edge technologies in an innovative manner to monitor the health of seniors. As well as helping older patients to live more safely and independently in their own homes, the research project seeks to relieve the burden on family members and caregivers, and reduce non-emergency visits to the hospital.\\ | ||
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| * https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/developing-smart-home-technology-to-help-seniors-stay-independent/ | * https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/developing-smart-home-technology-to-help-seniors-stay-independent/ | ||
| * https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2019/07/17/mcmaster-university-testing-new-tech-at-westdale-smart-home-to-help-seniors-live-on-their-own.html | * https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2019/07/17/mcmaster-university-testing-new-tech-at-westdale-smart-home-to-help-seniors-live-on-their-own.html | ||
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