Elderly home care requires coordination between two primary groups: family members who care deeply but are not always physically present, and professional caregivers (home care workers or visiting nurses) who provide scheduled support. The Smart Caregiver Dashboard centralizes all IoT health data into a single platform with role-appropriate access for each group.
Data Architecture: The Smart Home IoT layer collects from Radar Presence Sensors, Smart Scale, Bluetooth Blood Pressure Monitor, Pulse Oximeter, Continuous Glucose Monitor (for diabetic residents), Medication Dispenser, Sleep Sensor, and Environmental Sensors (temperature, humidity, CO2, PM2.5). All data flows through Home Assistant into an InfluxDB time-series database, visualized in a Grafana Dashboard with Role-Based Access Control.
Access Tiers by Role: The elderly resident sees simple, non-clinical information—Traffic Light status and Medication Reminders only. Family members receive a Daily Summary Report via LINE OA each morning, displaying Sleep Quality Score, Activity Level, the most recent blood pressure reading, weight trend, and Medication Adherence percentage. Professional caregivers access the full Clinical Dashboard showing 7–30 day trend graphs, Alert History, and a Notes field for recording shift observations. Consulting physicians receive a Monthly Summary PDF export for medication adjustment review.
Home Care Agency Integration: the system supports digital Shift Handover Protocol. When a caregiver ends their shift, they complete a Digital Shift Note recording findings, medications administered, and observations. These notes appear automatically in the incoming caregiver’s dashboard before their shift begins, eliminating verbal handover errors and ensuring care continuity.
Intelligent Alert Triage by Urgency: Immediate Red alerts for BP exceeding 180/110 mmHg, SpO2 below 92%, or no movement detected for more than 20 minutes—notifying all stakeholders simultaneously. Scheduled Amber alerts for slow-developing concerning trends—delivered in the morning report. Daily Green confirmation when all indicators are normal—brief, reassuring, and eliminating the anxiety of not knowing. Thai families are accustomed to the cultural expectation of constant care awareness; the LINE OA morning summary delivers exactly this without requiring physical presence.