安養中心監測系統之建置

Designing a sensor-based monitoring system for a health care center

林建良(Lin Jian-Liang)

指導教授 ： 呂克明 ； 許健

亞洲大學/資訊學院/資訊工程學系碩士班/碩士(2006年)

摘要

隨著生活水準與醫療衛生環境的進步，使得我國國人平均壽命逐漸的延長，早在民國82 年邁入高齡化社會 ，老年人口比例持續增加。面對老年化的社會，長者晚年的各種社會福利、醫療成本都是國家社會的負擔，未來高齡者人口持續增加，而青壯年人口遞減，越來越多的高齡者無法藉由家人與家庭獲得妥善充分的照顧，所以更完善地照顧長者的安全，是未來重要的課題。

本論文應用無線監測系統，建置一套長者行動位置，判斷長者在自由空間內的活動範圍，本系統適合用於長期照顧機構、安養之家等等相關集體照顧高齡者的環境之下。本系統分為三個部份：ZigBee節點開發及建置、監測平台設計、網路平台建置。訊號傳送運用最新的無線傳輸機制ZigBee來傳送，ZigBee是屬於無線個人區域網路中的一種應用，其具有低速率、傳輸距離短、低功率、架構較簡單、成本低、體積小等特性。及時傳輸能讓機構執班人員，及時了解長者的行動狀況，網路平台能讓照護人員無論走到哪，只要有行動移動裝置和無線網路就能隨時觀察，增加方便性及工作效率。

關鍵字

無線偵測 ； 安養中心

並列摘要

Taiwan is an aging society, and the elder population will continue to grow at an increasingly faster rate relative to its younger cohorts. With the advancement of medical technologies and improvements in medical facilities, hygiene and basic living standards, the aging population will also face increasingly longer life expectancies. As a result, elder care is an enormous social burden and a critical area of future research and technological development.

This paper describes a potential application of ZigBee the latest wireless sensor network technology, to a communication system that tracks an elder person’s physical movement within a freely moveable space such as an elder care facility. The communication system is composed of three parts: a ZigBee node that transmits signals regarding movements of the elder person, a control and management platform based within a mobile device, and a website that serves as the caretaker interface. The application of ZigBee to elder care provides numerous advantages because of many of ZigBee’s desirable features: short range, low power, low data rate, simple communication protocol, low cost, and small footprints. In light of the aging population and growing need for better and more cost-effective elder care in Taiwan, the communication system described in this paper is a promising application of ZigBee because it provides a convenient and efficient mechanism for nurses within an elder care facility to stay actively informed about elder residents.

並列關鍵字

IEEE 802.15.4 ； ZigBee ； wireless detect ； heath care center

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