{"id":1947,"date":"2024-03-16T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T22:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2024-03-16T22:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T22:21:06","slug":"fall-events-in-the-elderly-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/2024\/03\/16\/fall-events-in-the-elderly-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall events in the elderly population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Falls are unpredictable accidental events. Elderly people live on their own or in elderly homes. In the report Fall Prevention in older Age: 30% of people aged 65 experience a fall event in a year. <br>There is a great need for immediate help after a fall event. How to detect a fall event?<br>Fall detection is usually addressed using technological solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prototype:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Measures: 120x120cm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Made of two layers:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Upper layer: standard laminate flooring surface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lower layer: extruded polystyrene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Between layers, a system of 16 force sensors is wired to an Arduino micro-controller.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensors: Force Sensing Resistors (inexpensive).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-14.png 800w, https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-14-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-14-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-15.png 962w, https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-15-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-15-768x415.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falls are unpredictable accidental events. Elderly people live on their own or in elderly homes. In the report Fall Prevention&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1951,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/1951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltlt.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}