ReDCAD, Centre de Recherche en Numérique de Sfax, Sfax 3021, Tunisia.
Direction de la Recherche, Institut Mines Télécom, 91120 Paris, France.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 29;20(7):1888. doi: 10.3390/s20071888.
The world demography is continuously changing. During the last decade, we noticed a regular variation in the world demography leading to a nearly balanced society share between the young and aging population. This increasing older adult population is facing many problems. In fact, the transition to the aging period is associated with physical, psychological, cognitive, and societal changes. Negative behavior changes are considered as indicators of older adults' frailty. This is why it is important to detect such behavior changes early in order to prevent isolation, sedentary lifestyle, and even diseases, and therefore delay the frailty period. This paper exhibits a proof-of-concept pilot site deployment of an Internet of Thing (IoT) solution for the continuous monitoring and detection of older adults' behavior changes. The objective is to help geriatricians detect sedentary lifestyle and health-related problems at an early stage.
世界人口结构正在不断变化。在过去的十年中，我们注意到世界人口结构的规律性变化，导致年轻人口和老年人口的比例几乎达到平衡。这个不断增长的老年人口面临着许多问题。事实上，向老年期的过渡与身体、心理、认知和社会变化有关。负面的行为变化被认为是老年人脆弱的指标。因此，及早发现这些行为变化非常重要，以防止老年人孤立、久坐不动的生活方式，甚至患上疾病，从而延缓脆弱期的到来。本文展示了一个物联网（IoT）解决方案的概念验证试点站点部署，用于持续监测和检测老年人的行为变化。其目的是帮助老年病学家及早发现久坐不动的生活方式和与健康相关的问题。
