1. Eldercare as a Service
Dr. Marjorie Skubic
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director, Center for Eldercare & Rehab Technology
University of Missouri, Columbia
Collaborators: Dr. Prasad Calyam, Dr. Carmen Abbott,
Dr. Marilyn Rantz, Greg Corpier, Katie Boyer
Students: Anup Mishra, Ronny Bazan Antequera, Dmitrii Chemodanov
www.eldertech.missouri.edu

2. Senior
Housing
Detection of
Falls and Health
Changes
Alert Manager
Web Portal
Internet
Senior
Housing
Integration
and Data
Storage
Early Detection of Health Changes
In-Home Health Monitoring System
Motion
Sensor
s
Bed
Sensor
s
Depth
Sensor
Motion
Sensor
s
Bed
Sensor
s
Depth
Sensor
Care
Coordinator
Health &
Fall Alerts

3. MU Hydraulic Bed Sensor
Captures the ballistocardiogram & respiration
Heise et al., EMBC, 2010, 2011
10 seconds
ECG
BCG

4. Heartbeats
detected with
Km algorithm
Ground truth
finger sensor
Beat to beat
interval
4
HBS GT
Rosales et al, EMBC 2012

5. Capturing Gait in the Home
Two clusters for
two residents
Grandchildren
Stone & Skubic, EMBC 2012; TBE 2013;
EMBC 2014; Gait & Posture, 2015

6. Actual resident fall captured in a TigerPlace apartment

7. Senior
Housing
Detection of
Falls and Health
Changes
Alert Manager
Web Portal
Internet
Senior
Housing
Integration
and Data
Storage
Early Detection of Health Changes
In-Home Health Monitoring System
Motion
Sensor
s
Bed
Sensor
s
Depth
Sensor
Motion
Sensor
s
Bed
Sensor
s
Depth
Sensor
Care
Coordinator
Health &
Fall Alerts
Sensors detect health changes before you do
• Early interventions
• Better health outcomes
• Preventable hospitalizations
• Huge savings in healthcare costs

8. Carmen the Physical Therapist
Dr. Carmen Abbott

9. “Synchronous” HD Video Conferencing with 3D Sensing
Kansas City
Home
Kinect
Physical Therapy
Clinic
Physical
Therapist
Software-
Defined
Networking
Remote Personalized Physical Therapy
Kinect
Senior at Home
In-Home
Interface
PT
Interface
Calyam et al., Pervasive & Mobile Computing, in review.

10. • More than video conferencing; Includes 3D sensing
• User-centered design for interface development
In-home “patient” view
Physical therapist view
Controlled by
voice commands
Home
Home
PT
PT

11. 11
PT Interface Shows Movement Traces:
Single Let Stance

12. 12
PT Interface Shows Movement Traces:
Tandem Walk

13. KC Homes
Rural Homes
Detection of
Falls and Health
Changes
Alert Manager
Web Portal
Internet
KC Homes
Rural Homes
Integration
and Data
Storage
Future Work: Integrate the 2 Systems
Care
Coordinator
Health &
Fall Alerts
Physical
TherapistSensors
Sensors
Sensors
Sensors
Sensors
Sensors
HD Video Conferencing with 3D Sensing
Video Conferencing

14. Acknowledgements:
Funded by the National Science Foundation
Thanks to the Mizzou Eldertech Team
Commercial Partners:
Foresite Healthcare
Keystone Technologies
Telecare Global
www.eldertech.missouri.edu
www.foresitehealthcare.com
www.keystone-technologies.com

15. www.i70aging.net
I-70 Corridor Network on Aging

16. Translational Research
• National Science Foundation
– ITR grant IIS-0428420
– HCC grant IIS-0703692
– CPS grant CNS-0931607
– HCC grant IIS-1017097
– US Ignite grant CNS-1237970
– SHB grant IIS-1115956
– US Ignite grant CNS-1237970
• NIH
– Grant 5R21AG026412-02
– Grant 1R21NR011197-01
– Grant 1R01NR014255
• AHRQ (5R01HS018477-02)
• Admin on Aging (90AM3013)
• RAND/Hartford (9920070003)
• Alzheimer’s Association
Getting it to the
people that need it

17. Even more companies involved…
And they are hiring our students
Sealtech
dms
????

18. How do we repeat this on a larger scale?
And compete for research funding with
big-name schools on the coasts?
• I-70 Corridor Network on Aging

19. www.i70aging.net
I-70 Corridor Network on Aging
Next conference: November 5-6, 2015 in Kansas City
If interested, email SkubicM@missouri.edu