Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment (CAALYX) develops a wearable device to measure specific vital signs of an older person.

CAALYX has a total of eight 8 participants from Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain.

Specifically, CAALYX’ objectives are:

• to identify which vital signs and patterns are more relevant in determining probable critical states of an older person’s health
• to allow for the secure monitoring of individuals organised into groups managed by a caretaker who will decide whether to promote raised events to the emergency service (112)
• to create social tele-assistance services that can be easily operated by users

CAALYX’ system considers three main areas of contribution:

• the Roaming Monitoring System - intends to monitor unobtrusively the older person when carrying out his/her daily activities in an independent way
• the Home Monitoring System - intends to provide a video communication channel for monitoring and service-providing
• the Central Care Service and Monitoring System - will receive alerts from subscribed older persons

Besides this service, video-communication with the home environment will be held to attend the older person’s demands. Other possible services include reminders of pills, visits, activities, etc.