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Design of a Mobile Panic Button for Older Adults for Monitoring through the ECU911 System

Abstract:

In this article we present the design and implementation of an adaptive panic button prototype to the needs of older adults, and monitored through an Integrated Security Service System called ECU911-Ecuador. We carry out a detailed analysis of older adults who suffer from diseases such as Alzheimer's and require the panic button service, in order to generate a warning to immediately find the location of the older adult who has been lost. The prototype uses a NEO-6M module to receive geolocation data and, as a processing unit, a Raspberry PI Zero that allows the user's location data to be sent through a VPN to an ECU-911 management system that interprets the Contact-ID protocol. Finally, we present an analysis of the technical tests performed with older adults in terms of message arrival times, bandwidth and system stability.