Indepence for older people with an at home exercise companion

Analysis The overall assignment at the start of the project is “Designing a low threshold product for at-home use to maintain and increase the physical fitness of Dutch older people over 70 by increasing their physical movement and thereby increase confidence, mobility and independence”. The project was executed at Springlab, an innovation...

Stimulating elderly in care homes to move using Tovertafel games

As the pressure on elderly care is strong, preventive policy for health care is therefore essential. The goal of prevention for elderly is to keep older adults healthy, autonomous and independent as long as possible, even when they already need daily care. A preventive measure which is increasingly gaining popularity over the past few years is...

Prevention of Falls in Older People: Focus on Illumination

One of the largest challenges in current society is the ageing population (Delft University of Technology, 2016). An important issue that comes with this challenge is the injuries elderly people sustain due to falling. A fall could have serious consequences for people over 65 years old. It could reduce their functionality or even cause death ...

Design of a monitoring system for mobility, health & safety

Companion, a monitoring system for safety, health and mobility, which connects the HCP and the patient. The system is composed of two bands connecting the HCP and the patient, a patch for monitoring and a processing component called Abacus. Companion uses multivariate input, SpO2, RR, HR, acceleration, movement and location to look for several...