Affordable fall detection equipment/ portable equipment

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  Antonio Cherubini on: March 23, 2015 at 6:52 am #176454

  I am interested to know which portable device is already available on the market that can be used by older persons to record falls. Carers often ask for this information when they bring their relatives to the geriatric outpatient clinic or to the fall clinic.
  Thank you.
  Antonio

  

  Chris Todd on: March 23, 2015 at 12:43 pm #176683

  FARSEEING have been developing an affordable sensor. See the most recent newsletter http://farseeingresearch.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/FARSEEING-Newsletter-May-2014-Final.pdf and/or contact Sabato Mellone in Bologna [email protected]

  

  Jorunn L. Helbostad on: March 23, 2015 at 12:57 pm #176686

  There are some on the market, but the problem is realiability; most systems give too many false alarms. In the FARSEEING project we are developing falls algorithms by using data from real falls. The work is in progress, but seems promising. So the answer is that, at present no system could be recommended

  

  Carmel Dickinson on: April 3, 2015 at 11:55 am #185852

  The ENOFALLS project is building a repository of ICT solutions for prevention and monitoring of Falls http://www.e-nofalls.eu/ictrepository/. This mainly contains solutions that are already on the market – categorised by whether they are for prevention or detection and within that, categorised as Home systems, smartphone apps and wearable systems.

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