e-CareBand: a connected watch for remote monitoring of older people

People over 65 face greater risk during a pandemic. Their immunity is often weaker, and chronic conditions add a further burden. In such periods, older people need particular care.

The first rule is that they should not leave home: every outing raises the risk of infection. Unfortunately contact with relatives is not safe either, which leaves families unable to check on someone they are worried about.

That is the gap a connected monitoring band fills. Worn like a watch, it reports health indicators to relatives or carers without anyone having to be in the room — and raises an alert when something changes.