An IoT-Based Smart Home for Elderly Suffering from Dementia

There exists a global challenge related to the boosting number of elderly suffering from chronic diseases like Dementia (EWD). Hence, there is a drastic need for cost-effective disruptive technologies that enable and guarantee the quality of life for EWD via implementing telehealth. The purpose of this paper is to propose a telehealth system based on the Internet of Things for the well-being of the elderly suffering from Dementia in a smart home setting. We propose a smart home solution as a whole and a solution based on an NFC-based working prototype of a pill intake in a box for monitoring and recording the proper intake of prescribed medication for the elderly suffering from chronic diseases. A smart home solution was effectively implemented using the Cisco Packet Tracer simulator 7.3. The proposed IoT-based solution ensures the safe wandering of the elderly in a smart home setting using a Cisco packet tracer simulation tool.