Geriatric Suite of Medical Applications for Android Powered Devices

The rising number of senior citizens is approaching an all time high. With this comes a rising number of common chronic conditions where treatment is costly and time consuming. Frequently these conditions make it unsafe for older adults to live independently. This creates a burden on loved ones because situations arise which require assistance. Slip & falls, wandering, and daily health monitoring are the top burdens loved ones face with an aging adult. Today, however, these burdens can be minimized by using smartphone technology. Modern devices are capable of automatically recognizing, reporting, and remembering these situations. The proposed system is a collection of several applications that enable this functionality for Android powered devices. These applications focus on monitoring falls, wandering, and storing health information in the users daily life. The software achieves these tasks by gathering and analyzing data from various sensors both on and off the device. Several algorithms are applied to monitor and report dangerous events. The algorithms range from learning networks to timing based thresholds. If a dangerous event is detected it can be easily canceled by the user in order to reduce false positives. After confirmation, or lack of, the user's loved ones are promptly notified to further assess the situation. By using Social Monitoring, false positive to costly emergency medical professionals are kept to the bare minimum. Thus eliminating the need for paid monitoring services. The system also provides an API to allow for other developers to integrate with the event analysis. Once in place, a wealth of information can be recorded and used to help identify further problems and solutions.