Research on Application of Internet of Things in Nursing Home

Abstract:

With the coming of aging society, a lot of old people choose to spend their old age in nursing home. Some old men are dementia, disability or long-term illness, this is a new challenge to nursing home management. This paper presents an intelligent management system solution of nursing home based on Internet of things; nursing staff can monitor the old man's whereabouts in 24 hours, to protect the safety of the old man. For the sick old man, use a variety of sensors for real-time vital signs data acquisition to realize medical monitoring, and transfer data to central hospital for diagnosis and monitoring by doctors.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 303-306)
• Pages: 2153-2156
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.303-306.2153
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Jian Ming Huang
• Keywords: Health Care, Internet of Things (IOT), Personnel Positioning, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Sensor Network

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