The main objective is to develop a wearable light device able to measure specific vital signs of the elder or ill person, to detect falls and to communicate autonomously in real time with his/her caregiver in case of an emergency, wherever they are. The emergency information can be directed to the personal caretaker and/or the 112 Emergency Service. The emergency information will provide the geographic position and health information of the elder in a sensible way for the caretaker or emergency service. The incorporation of largely non-intrusive new sensors for fall detection and highly sensitive geo-positioning is expected to address many of the elderly concerns about adopting technology.

This partner will be provider of medical knowledge to determine what vital signs will be measured, accordingly to project objectives.
This partner should have research and practical expertise in both:

This partner should preferably have experience of previous EU projects.

“To identify which vital signs and patterns are more relevant to determine probable critical states of an elder’s health or psychological state (e.g. anxiety, confusion, being lost, etc).”

Specifically, this partner will carry out following tasks:

Identification of vital signs: Research to identify what vital signs is suitable to identify health and well-being states will be done aiming to average healthy elders. Once they are identified, there is need to identify what threshold levels for those vital signs will raise alerts. A further step will be to identify patterns (instead of levels) of those signals that might raise alerts.

Test: Once devices are available, there is need to contribute to test those devices being used by elders.

Ethical Issues: There is need for this partner to follow ethical issues agreed for the project. He might need an ethics committee approval.