Poor conditions and indifferent society are some of
the main causes that elderly people currently live alone and may
suffer health problems or injuries. Thus, in those cases these
people require an emergency service attention in their homes or
care centers. However, in most cases, they cannot call for help due
to their lack of access to technology, geographical location (rural
areas) or by their
... [Show full abstract] physical limitations. Based on these conditions,
this work presents the implementation of a Home Tele-assistance
system, which can send personal information and geographical
location through the network of elder or disabled people. This
information is stored in a database and is sent to their relatives
and the emergency services, in order to accelerate the time
response in an emergency. The prototype was designed based
on a social project supported by the University in collaboration
with communities in Ecuador.