Abstract
Designing a device to manage the medical doses for elderly people is essential in terms of the patient safety and well-being. The device is created in order to regulate medication schedules and deliver doses of medication according to a prescribed time and dose by alerting patients of the scheduled dose through communication means such as mobile phones. The device utilizes mobile technology and communication such as Android and Wi-Fi. This device consists of six basic elements: Arduino Uno board, ESP8266 Wi-Fi module that connects the phone with the device, RTC module (Real Time Clock), GSM module for alarming when the time of medication is reached, Drivers for motors to release the prescribed doses of the medication and Smartphone for control purposes. The device was built and tested and showed promise to be used for serving the local community.
Highlights
Home automation involves the integration of technology and services within the home, with the aim of improving the quality of living using improved security, comfort, communication and management of technology
Palestine is experiencing lifestyle shifts such as an increase in nuclear families living alone instead of in the same home with their extended families and an increase in numbers of women participating in the labor force [12]. This led to increased number of elderly people who are living alone or left alone at homes with limited support systems
This research aims to design a model that increases medical adherence amongst elderly patients, to develop and deploy low cost sensor based system for medical tracking and reminder system, to develop an efficient way to communicate between embedded system and cloud services, and to improve the existing medication reminder system by integrating tracking and cloud functionality
Summary
Home automation involves the integration of technology and services within the home, with the aim of improving the quality of living using improved security, comfort, communication and management of technology. Palestine is experiencing lifestyle shifts such as an increase in nuclear families living alone instead of in the same home with their extended families and an increase in numbers of women participating in the labor force [12] This led to increased number of elderly people who are living alone or left alone at homes with limited support systems. This research aims to design a model that increases medical adherence amongst elderly patients, to develop and deploy low cost sensor based system for medical tracking and reminder system, to develop an efficient way to communicate between embedded system and cloud services, and to improve the existing medication reminder system by integrating tracking and cloud functionality. This paper is organized such as: section 2 talks about the system main components, section 3 presents project’s algorithm and working principles, section 4 presents the results and shows the system as a whole, and section 5 concludes this paper
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