Seniors should be able to continue living an independent lifestyle in the comfort of their own home thanks to new in-home monitoring technology being trialled on selected Illawarra residents.
The system provides vital information on the day to day wellbeing of seniors who choose to remain in their own homes by recording data based on energy consumption in the household. The daily routine of each household will be mapped; with the monitor sending out an alert should an irregularity appear.
Prof Gordon Wallace, Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong