Enhancing senior wellness: monitoring and managing heart health with IoT-powered healthcare solutions for the elderly

Abstract

The development of technology across all spheres of society has led to a waste of elders’ desire for efficient
management and monitoring of their cardiac health. Internet of Things (IoT) is a significant and helpful technology
that helps to address the issues that seniors experience on a daily basis. This project’s primary goals include
continuously monitoring the elderly to detect heart problems early and treat them, giving doctors and caregivers
access to the elderly’s status and information to provide real-time alarms, developing a system for routinely
monitoring the elderly with automated reminders, and safeguarding the elderly’s sensitive information. Numerous
health indicators, including body temperature (BT), heart rate (HR), and heartbeat rate (BPM) are used to track the
health of the elderly in real time. The system has two modes of operation: automated and manual. In automated
mode, alerts are generated based on predetermined threshold conditions, and elderly users can manually trigger
emergency notifications if they sense unusual circumstances. Additionally, the device assists in providing the
elders’ GPS location in the event that they experience an emergency. In addition to offering a reliable real-time
monitoring system with accurate senior location tracking in just a few minutes, the system also facilitates effective
communication through short message service (SMS) and phone calls and contributes to a user-friendly design.
Additionally, this technology offers elderly users easy accessibility so they can use it effectively. This IoT-based
healthcare solution gives caregivers peace of mind, improves the safety and well-being of the elderly, and offers a
strong foundation for managing heart health.