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Proceeding Paper

Safe Beacon: A Bluetooth Based Solution to Monitor Egress of Dementia Sufferers within a Residential Setting †

by
Joseph Rafferty
1,*,
Jonathan Synnott
1,
Chris Nugent
1,
Ian Cleland
1,
Andrew Ennis
1,
Philip Catherwood
1,
Claire Orr
1,
Andrea Selby
2,
Gary McDonald
3 and
Gareth Morrison
4
1
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Ulster, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, UK
2
Kirk House Care Home, Belfast BT5 7BX, UK
3
Limitless Insight, Belfast BT3 9DT, UK
4
The Lava Group, Belfast BT12 6RD, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient ‪Intelligence (UCAmI 2018), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 4–7 December 2018.‬‬‬‬‬‬
Proceedings 2018, 2(19), 1218; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2191218
Published: 22 October 2018
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of UCAmI 2018)
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Abstract

The global population is ageing, as a consequence of this there will be a greater incidence of ageing related illnesses which cause cognitive impairment–such as Alzheimer’s disease. Within residential care homes, such cognitive impairment can lead to wandering of individuals beyond the boundaries of safety provided. This wandering, particularly in urban areas can be life threatening. This study introduces a novel solution to detect, and alert caregivers of, egress of at-risk inhabitants of a care home. This solution operates through a combination of wearable Bluetooth beacons and beam-formed listening devices. In an evaluation process involving 275 egress events, this solution proved to offer accurate operation with no incidence of false positives. Notably, this solution has been deployed within a real residential care home environment for over 12 months. Proposed future work discusses improvements to this solution.
Keywords: Ambient Assistive Living; dementia; egress detection; smart home; smart environments; ageing care; bluetooth beacons Ambient Assistive Living; dementia; egress detection; smart home; smart environments; ageing care; bluetooth beacons

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Rafferty, J.; Synnott, J.; Nugent, C.; Cleland, I.; Ennis, A.; Catherwood, P.; Orr, C.; Selby, A.; McDonald, G.; Morrison, G. Safe Beacon: A Bluetooth Based Solution to Monitor Egress of Dementia Sufferers within a Residential Setting. Proceedings 2018, 2, 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2191218

AMA Style

Rafferty J, Synnott J, Nugent C, Cleland I, Ennis A, Catherwood P, Orr C, Selby A, McDonald G, Morrison G. Safe Beacon: A Bluetooth Based Solution to Monitor Egress of Dementia Sufferers within a Residential Setting. Proceedings. 2018; 2(19):1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2191218

Chicago/Turabian Style

Rafferty, Joseph, Jonathan Synnott, Chris Nugent, Ian Cleland, Andrew Ennis, Philip Catherwood, Claire Orr, Andrea Selby, Gary McDonald, and Gareth Morrison. 2018. "Safe Beacon: A Bluetooth Based Solution to Monitor Egress of Dementia Sufferers within a Residential Setting" Proceedings 2, no. 19: 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2191218

APA Style

Rafferty, J., Synnott, J., Nugent, C., Cleland, I., Ennis, A., Catherwood, P., Orr, C., Selby, A., McDonald, G., & Morrison, G. (2018). Safe Beacon: A Bluetooth Based Solution to Monitor Egress of Dementia Sufferers within a Residential Setting. Proceedings, 2(19), 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2191218

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