The Impact of IoT in Geriatric Disease and COVID-19: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Advances in medicine and technology have resulted in an increase in human life expectancy and aging population across the globe. The growing geriatric population and its medical needs, has a significant impact on the healthcare ecosystem, including higher medical and human costs to manage the upsurge of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's Dementia, Parkinson's, Diabetes Mellitus, frailty, stroke, cardiovascular disease and with the recent COVID-19 pandemic. IoT wearables and devices offer a promising solution to reliably assess, monitor, and support healthy ageing in a remote manner. Objective and holistic patient information made available by IoT technology is very valuable for physicians to manage the chronic ailments and slow down the disease progression in their geriatric patient base. In this study we present a broad overview of ailments pertinent to elders and review of the case studies with IoT applications and its interconnected sensing solutions to manage those ailments.