We are interested in improving the quality of life for people with
chronic diseases and their caregivers. One of our projects is building a
patient monitoring system to monitor vital signs of people in wheelchairs
without skin contact. This monitoring system is also designed to monitor
whether wheelchair users have been outside too long and remind them to
return to a more sheltered location.
The Boston Home provides an
excellent environment for testing our patient monitoring system. This
system will allow TBH residents more independence in being outdoors
because the system will let them know when they have been outdoors too
long and prompt them to go inside. It will have a back up system to
alert the staff to help residents go back indoors, when they have been
outside too long.
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