EdiCare

One of the challenges of the aging population in many countries is the efficient delivery of health and care services, which is further complicated by the increase in neurological conditions among the elderly due to rising life expectancy. Personal care of the elderly is of concern to their relatives, in case they are alone in their homes and unforeseen circumstances occur, affecting their well-being. The alternative; i.e. care in nursing homes or hospitals is costly and increases further if specialized care is mobilized to patients’ place of residence. The aging of the population in America and Europe is steep compared to Africa. Aging in the Middle East is expected to rise rapidly over the next 35 years. In Asia, the Chinese population is aging rapidly, due to the one-child policy that the government enforces and the country’s lower mortality rate. EdiCare is illustrated in Fig. 1 where user behavior is monitored through a distributed home sensor system, which links caregiver and friends/family to the elderly’s home through an assurance system. In some applications, relatives and emergency services are also linked to the system for instant alerting in specific situations. intelligence is gathered through a sensor network and fused together with data in which information and communication technologies and this equipment are introduced in order to assist inhabitants’ daily living activities such as moving furniture, timed medication, eating, dressing, communicating, and etc. EdiCare is concerning with :

• Daily activities and social connectedness Those targeting facilitating social activities, social networking, and identify social efficiencies. Safety enhancement
• Those targeting fall detection, personal emergency, and medication management systems. Health monitoring
• Those targeting managing chronic diseases. It also includes active telehealth allowing remote interaction with the patient and collects continuous Health Records.