Health care: smart assisted living solution
ThingsBoard is an IoT platform with all the tools needed to build a comprehensive healthcare monitoring and management solution with ease. ThingsBoard provides an extensive range of built-in features as well as flexible customization options.
Healthcare monitoring systems are designed to track patient health metrics in real time and immediately notify medical professionals of critical changes. ThingsBoard, as a robust IoT platform, provides all the necessary tools for collecting, processing, and visualizing data from devices that use protocols like BLE or LoRaWAN gateways, enabling seamless integration and support for flexible solutions.
Our smart assisted living solution powered by ThingsBoard provides real-time monitoring and management of residents' health in assisted living facilities. Using ThingsBoard’s powerful IoT capabilities, this solution integrates connected devices, data analytics, and automated alerts to create a seamless experience for caregivers and administrators, ensuring timely responses and a higher quality of care.
Solution structure
The solution is designed to be used with BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) or LoRaWAN gateways and devices. The rooms may be equipped with a number of sensors like room temperature, humidity, indoor air quality (IAQ), leak, smoke, and open/close detectors.
The geopositioning of the resident is done via the beacon in the wristband and a set of nearby gateways. The platform deduplicates the incoming message from the beacon and enriches it with the attributes of the nearby gateways. The geopositioning algorithm is relatively simple and based on the payload's RSSI parameter. One may improve the algorithm based on the particular use case.
Smart assisted living benefits
The smart assisted living solution offers a range of benefits for care providers, residents, and facility administrators, supporting safe and efficient management of assisted living facilities:
Efficient monitoring and sesponse
Enables real-time tracking of residents’ health and environmental conditions, allowing caregivers to respond promptly to emergencies.
Automated alerts and notifications
Configurable alerts ensure that caregivers and family members are notified of potential health risks, reducing the likelihood of delayed responses.
Personalized care plans
Customizable alert rules and comprehensive health profiles allow facilities to tailor care based on individual residents' needs, enhancing the quality of care.
Increased safety and comfort
Environmental monitoring maintains optimal room conditions, minimizing risks associated with temperature or noise fluctuations.
Data-driven insights
Collects historical health data for each resident, allowing for trend analysis and proactive management of chronic conditions.
Streamlined administration
A centralized dashboard and intuitive UI simplify the management of resident profiles, health alerts, and facility zones, saving time and reducing administrative burden.
Dashboard structure
The smart assisted living dashboard enables caregivers and administrators to monitor residents’ health data and environmental conditions in real-time, with intuitive interfaces and easily configurable alarm systems.
Resident overview
Provides a detailed profile for each resident, including health metrics such as heart rate, body temperature, and panic button status, allowing caregivers to quickly assess each resident's current health condition.
Resident alarm configuration
Allows administrators to set customized alarm rules for resident health parameters like heart rate and body temperature. Major and critical thresholds can be configured to trigger appropriate alerts in case of abnormalities.
Real-time resident alarms
Displays active alarms for residents, such as panic button presses or irregular vital signs, with real-time updates on each alert's status and severity, enabling quick response by caregivers.
Room alarm configuration
Provides settings to adjust alarm thresholds for environmental factors in rooms, such as temperature, humidity, air quality, and window or door status. This ensures rooms remain within safe and comfortable conditions for residents.
Resident list management
Lists all residents with essential information such as age, gender, assigned room, and floor, allowing caregivers to locate and access each resident’s data efficiently.
Zone and floor management
Enables administrators to organize the facility into zones or floors, allowing for easy navigation and monitoring of different areas within the facility.
Room and device layout
Shows the layout of each floor with room labels and device icons, allowing caregivers and administrators to identify the location of sensors and devices quickly for effective monitoring.
Device addition
Allows the addition of new devices like sensors or gateways to specific rooms, supporting scalability and enabling administrators to expand monitoring capabilities as needed.
Room configuration
Provides a tool to edit room details and positions within the facility layout, enabling accurate mapping and customization of room assignments.
Applications of smart assisted living solution
A similar IoT-based monitoring and management solution, like smart assisted living, can be adapted and applied in various fields and directions. Here are some of them:
Hospitals and healthcare facilities
Real-time monitoring of patients' conditions, tracking vital signs, managing wards and departments, and setting up alerts for timely response by medical staff to any health deterioration.
Rehabilitation
centers
Monitoring the condition of patients undergoing rehabilitation after surgery or injuries. The system can track recovery progress, transmit data to doctors, and set reminders for physical therapy.
Prisons and correctional facilities
Monitoring the health of inmates with vital sign tracking, smoke detectors, and access control systems. The system can also monitor movements and support facility security.
Sports complexes and fitness centers
Maintaining optimal conditions in gyms and locker rooms, monitoring the health of visitors (e.g., heart rate), and setting up emergency alerts if someone’s health deteriorates during workouts.
Factories and industrial sites
Ensuring employee safety by monitoring working conditions (temperature, gas emissions, noise, humidity) and controlling equipment status to respond promptly to emergency situations.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities
Real-time monitoring of patients' conditions, tracking vital signs, managing wards and departments, and setting up alerts for timely response by medical staff to any health deterioration.
Rehabilitation centers
Monitoring the condition of patients undergoing rehabilitation after surgery or injuries. The system can track recovery progress, transmit data to doctors, and set reminders for physical therapy.
Prisons and correctional facilities
Monitoring the health of inmates with vital sign tracking, smoke detectors, and access control systems. The system can also monitor movements and support facility security.
Sports complexes and fitness centers
Maintaining optimal conditions in gyms and locker rooms, monitoring the health of visitors (e.g., heart rate), and setting up emergency alerts if someone’s health deteriorates during workouts.
Factories and industrial sites
Ensuring employee safety by monitoring working conditions (temperature, gas emissions, noise, humidity) and controlling equipment status to respond promptly to emergency situations.
Summary of health care solution
This smart assisted living solution on ThingsBoard provides a comprehensive approach to resident and facility management, with robust monitoring capabilities, intuitive zoning and device management, and customizable alerts for both health and environmental conditions. The solution empowers caregivers and administrators to respond quickly, keep environments safe, and provide the highest standard of care for residents.
ThingsBoard advantages
Security
ThingsBoard protects your data with industry-standard encryption algorithms like RSA and ECDSA. Secure communication is ensured via TLS (TCP) and DTLS (UDP). Role-based access control and audit logs further enhance platform security.
Data visualization
Visualize data with interactive, multi-state dashboards—no coding needed. Use built-in charts, gauges, maps, tables, and control widgets. Customize every detail via advanced settings or custom widget bundles. Real-time, low-latency updates supported via embedded web-sockets.
Connectivity
Connect devices directly to the platform via the following built-in protocols: HTTP, CoAP, MQTT, LwM2M, and SNMP. Connect devices in your local network to the cloud using ThingsBoard Gateway via Modbus, BLE, BACnet, OPC-UA, and other protocols.
Data processing
ThingsBoard allows you to define app logic using a drag-and-drop rule chain designer. Its scalable Rule Engine uses message queues like Kafka or AWS SQS for durable, reliable data processing. You can handle data within the engine or forward it to external systems.
Scalability and high availability
ThingsBoard supports high-availability cloud and on-prem deployments via Kubernetes or bare-metal. Its components scale horizontally and handle 18K+ vehicles and 5K+ devices in prod.
Multi-tenancy
ThingsBoard provides UI and API to manage tenants, customers, users, devices, and assets. Single tenant may have multiple tenant administrators and millions of devices and customers. It also offers out-of-the-box support of OTA updates for your smart meters.
