A Secure Ubiquitous Computing Approach for Serving Elderly Citizens

Abstract

Health and mobility of elderly people is becoming a more and more important issue in Indian's ageing societies. New communication-based methods to provide health service with personal health care devices and services are considered promising elements of best medical care for everybody. Among all services a system that can help people living with very less support or care takers around them is essential. To achieve this vision, several technological issues have to be solved: (i) body sensors to monitor vital functions like ECG, BP and Body Temperature have to be developed; (ii) the collected sensor data has to be analyzed to detect emergency situations; (iii) relevant data has to be integrated with other information systems in the work environment of medical experts; (iv) information has to be send in secure way using Elliptic Curve Cryptography. These challenges are addressed within the Ubiquitous Health Care System. The goal of the paper is to develop a framework in which health professionals can remotely monitor and diagnose elderly person or patients.