Abstract
Elderly are the world’s largest growing population, categorized over the age of 60 to 65 years. They are the ones who prone to fall due to their old age and low self-efficacy, thus making them vulnerable to different accidents. Even doing daily activities can also expose the elderly to a fall incident. As a result, it has gained the attention of many researchers in conducting studies related to the elderly daily health care, especially in relation to the fall detection system. This paper aims to provide a systematic review on the classification of fall detection systems for the elderly. This systematic review is designed based on the existing and extensive literature review on fall detection systems guided by the prisma statement (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses) review method. Based on this systematic review, four overarching themes that provide in-depth information on fall detection to detect fall events have been identified; classification of fall detection, basis development, type of sensor and detection technique. In a nutshell, the fall detection approach has successfully provided an alternative health care services for elderly who choose to live independently. Therefore, it is important to continue to develop a fall detection system that integrates with technology in order to provide a safe living environment for elderly, and for children, it can offer as an alternative for monitoring systems.
Highlights
Is the most group of large population in every world country
3.1 General findings and characteristics of the study included in the review The analysis produced a total of four themes, three sub-themes related to the classification of the fall detection system
The results provided a comprehensive analysis of the classification of the various fall detection system and the advantages or limitations of the developed fall detection system
Summary
The age of 65 years has accepted to be categorized as ‘elderly’ or older person by the most developed world countries, but this does not adapt well to the situation in Africa compared to the west (Kowal and Dowd, 2001). This elderly definition is somewhat arbitrary; it associated with the age where a person begins to receive pension benefits. Previous studies indicate that falls in older people are at a higher risk when they live alone (Cippitelli et al, 2017; Stone et al, 2014) They become prone to different accidents at old age, so there are high risks for them living alone (Suryadevara& Mukhopadhyay, 2012)
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