Research Status and Development Trend of Smart Clothing for the Elderly
The research status of smart clothing for the elderly was introduced in this paper,which included the health monitoring,physical therapy and health care,anti loss,fall prevention,and auxiliary function.Furthermore,the existing problems such as security risks,high development costs,poor real-time sensing effect,and strong personalized user needs were pointed out.The devel-opment trend of elderly smart clothing had been summarized from the aspects of establishing a safety management system,developing intelligent new materials,optimizing sensor technology,and small-scale customized production.