How bluetooth tech can help elderly people stay independent

How bluetooth tech can help elderly people stay independent

Scientists say it offers a "low-energy, low-cost" method of tracking older adults’ mobility.

Bluetooth-based 'indoor positioning system' could help older adults stay independent

A new Bluetooth-based positioning system could offer health care systems a low-energy, low-cost method of tracking older adults' mobility, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Qiyin Fang of McMaster University, Canada, and colleagues.

The executive led by Ricardo Nascimento reinforced, at the last chamber meeting, the social intervention measures already implemented in previous years in Ribeira Brava, “with a view to improving the living conditions of the most social strata disadvantaged people in the municipality”, the municipality revealed today. At issue is the Municipal Elderly Card, which offers a monetary support for the reimbursement of medications, diapers, and exams …

Bluetooth tracker can keep an eye on older people in their own homes

International researchers have developed a Bluetooth tracker that can monitor a person's location within their home, which they say could be used to keep an eye on the mobility of older people still living in their own homes. The system uses wireless beacons plugged into wall outlets and wearable Bluetooth tags, and the researchers say it was able to correctly identify a person's location 96% of the time when tested in two different suburban hom…