GENERIC DESCRIPTION:

Through monitoring of usual daily activity, the system could alert the assisted person or their formal or informal caregiver of abnormal activity, intended as any deviation from usual pattern.

EXAMPLES OF SERVICE:

Home sensors monitor eating and drinking habits, alerts if assisted person with dementia hasn't eaten Wearable monitors walking speed, alerts if decrease over time as falls risk Lack of activity on home sensors after a certain time in the morning alerts caregiver to check on assisted person.

USERS AND STAKEHOLDERS:

Assisted person, Caregivers - formal; Caregivers - informal ; Healthcare providers; Housekeeping service providers

EXPECTED ADDED VALUE FOR USERS AND STAKEHOLDERS:

Improved quality of life - confidence that system will alert to any changes (Assisted person) Peace of mind - feel that assisted person doing well unless system alerts otherwise - (Informal caregiver) Efficiency and effectiveness - ability to respond to incidents that assisted person may be unable to articulate, early warning on unfolding incident (Formal caregiver) More personalised services - can use data generated over time to build up an accurate picture of a person's situation, can have additional view on what is happening in the assisted person's home and respond efficiently in an untoward situation(Healthcare providers, Housekeeping service providers )