Teleassistance outdoor system for the elderly based on Android devices

This article presents a work in progress system for helping people who are suffering from disorientation episodes outside their houses, such as with their family. This is a WIP (Work In Progress). The system is based on modern smartphones and their capacity, using GPS, to locate the user on a map, as well as featuring computing power and Internet connection via 3G. The caregivers also have a web-based application to monitor and configure the alarms that are triggered. The web application contains maps in order to define secure zones, send instant messages to the mobile application, and set events in a calendar and a log with all events that have occurred in the system. Piloting is being undertaken by Osatek and BetiOn, the Basque country teleassistance service.