Autonomous Senior Helper System for Enhanced Safety and Well-Being

In today’s society, the proportion of seniors within the population has increased significantly due to advances in healthcare and the decline in the birth rate. According to research conducted by the Pew Research Center, about 27% of adults ages 60 and older live alone in America. With no one to take care of them, seniors who live alone are exposed to many risks such as falls, heart attacks, and overlooked symptoms or illnesses. For seniors who live at home by themselves, it is quite difficult for them to seek help when such incidents happen. Therefore, our goal is to develop a light-weighted computer vision system that can monitor the activities of old adults through cameras and raises an alert to notify their family members, the emergency department, and any other related parties when seniors being monitored fall or have a heart attack, so that they can be helped as soon as possible. We aim to build a reliable system that can be easily deployed and does not rely on advanced hardware like GPUs. It should serve as a guardian that can look out for seniors 24/7. Despite all the great functionalities, it should still be affordable to most seniors in need.