Geofencing Technology in Monitoring of Geriatric Patients Suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer

Abstract

In this day and age, many technologies are used to easily track the whereabouts of others, as in this study, Geofencing technology is used to track or monitor the existence of geriatric patients. This is done because geriatric patients who have dementia and Alzheimer’s have impaired brain memory that can potentially get lost somewhere and cannot go home. Therefore, with the Geofencing technology, the movement of patients can be virtually restricted without disturbing real activities by creating boundaries in the patient’s area. By utilizing GPS technology, the signal of a patient’s cellular device can be tracked or monitored. If one day, the patient crosses the Geofencing area, the supervisor will receive a notification from the system and handle the patient so as not to get lost or lost. The patient’s movements can be monitored by the system simply by utilizing the GPS that is on the patient’s device to stay on, and unnoticed by the patient. By utilizing Geofencing technology to monitor patients who are in the room, you can minimize things that can make patients get lost or lost. To fulfill all of that, several things must be done, such as Geofencing area analysis, performing calculations with formula Haversine, and making messages or notifications that are stored on the FCM server. From all of that will produce a system that can supervise patients and get the closest distance between patients and caregiver, as in the results of calculations between patients and caregiver that produce a distance of Ill meters. This system will also receive notifications automatically with the patient out of the Geofencing area. So it can be concluded that by getting the closest distance between the patient and the caregiver, it can speed up the caregiver in handling the patient beyond the Geofencing area boundary and increasing patient safety.