Detection of social isolation based on meal-taking activity and mobility of elderly people living alone
Résumé
Social isolation is likely to be one of the most affected health
outcomes for the elderly due to the COVID-19 pandemic
especially for seniors living alone at home. Therefore, we seek
to identify it based on detecting changes in the elderly such as
malnutrition and lack of mobility. In this article we present our
sensor monitoring system that was implemented for 15 days in
the home of a 26-year-old student living alone as a first step to
later deploy in the home of elderly people. Then, we present our
results based on the data collected by sensors during the
experiment. Our study showed the feasibility of automatic
identification of the (1) meal-taking activity (shopping, cooking,
eating and washing dishes) and (2) mobility (inside the home
and the act of going out). These results are an intermediate step
in assessing the social isolation status of the elderly based on
these ADLs
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