IoT-Based Assistant for Alzheimer's Patient with Reminder System and Tracking Using GPS

¹ Computer Science and Engineering Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engineering College Chennai, Tamil Nadu
² Mechanical Engineering Department, PNG University of Technology, Papua New Guinea
³ Tashkent State Pedagogical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
⁴ Mohammed sathak college of Engineering, Ramnad, Tamilnadu, India

¹ Corresponding Author: haridha1772@gmail.com
aezeden.mohamed@pnguot.ac.pg

Abstract

In many nations, there is serious worry over the rising incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). New approaches are therefore needed for preventing, identifying, and helping people with AD. Alzheimer patients are facing difficulties during day-to-day activities in terms of traveling and receiving accurate information from their surroundings. We have proposed a smart belt that overcomes most of the problems of Alzheimer’s patients. The belt genuinely aids in identifying the challenges encountered in daily life. The smart belt is embedded with Arduino UNO and a global positioning system (GPS) that helps in sensing emergency alerts. The proposed smart belt provides continuous information about the location of Alzheimer’s patients to the concerned caretaker at an interval of five minutes. The pulse heart rate sensor installed on the belt monitors the health of the user. This heart rate sensor is used to detect the heart rate, and when the heart rate increases a buzzer makes an alert sound and sends an immediate message to the caretaker about the increased heart rate and location. It also contains a speaker module that tells the phone number and address of the caretaker and also some important help line emergency numbers. Sensors are used for achieving these functions. It supports them in remembering their family member’s numbers. This smart belt is useful for patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease