The global health and wellness market, valued at over $4 trillion in 2021, highlights rising demand for proactive wellbeing technologies. With preventive healthcare and aging-in-place becoming top priorities, wellness and eldercare monitoring are no longer optional—they’re essential for maintaining quality of life. Once seen as mainly for older adults or those with known health conditions, health monitoring is now recognized as beneficial for everyone, promoting long-term wellness through daily practice. Wi-Fi Sensing advances this approach, using existing Wi-Fi signals to monitor movement and daily patterns without intrusive cameras or wearables. By capturing activity, sleep quality, and lifestyle trends, it empowers users of all ages to establish healthy habits early. Younger adults can develop routines for active living and balanced sleep, while seniors gain a discreet safety net to age in place confidently. Wi-Fi Sensing supports both wellness tracking and eldercare, offering flexible health monitoring tailored to diverse needs. Whether fostering proactive routines for younger users or supporting safe, independent living for seniors, Wi-Fi Sensing makes health tracking a resource for life.
Who Can Benefit from Health Monitoring?
Wellness monitoring is typically geared toward younger to middle-aged adults, ages 20-60, who prioritize health and proactive self-care. This audience is often interested in sleep quality and daily movement to maintain an active and balanced lifestyle. With a focus on tracking daily routines, identifying lifestyle patterns, and even customizing goals, wellness monitoring appeals to individuals who want data-driven control over their health insights.
In contrast, eldercare monitoring is designed primarily for adults aged 65 and older who may face health or mobility challenges. The main goals of eldercare monitoring are to support independent living, enhance quality of life, and provide peace of mind for caregivers and families. It can also help make aging in place a reality by ensuring that seniors can remain in their own space with confidence, while offering caregivers the support they need when necessary. Instead of customizable goal setting, this audience benefits from an automated, easy-to-manage system that alerts caregivers or family members when changes in routine occur, potentially indicating a shift in health status or condition. Eldercare monitoring prioritizes simplicity and reliability, requiring minimal interaction from the user to maintain a stable, dependable source of support.
At its core, WiFi MotionTM—Cognitive’s Wi-Fi Sensing solution, relies on the same motion data for both systems but leverages it differently to align with each system’s unique goals.
Wellness Monitoring: Self-Regulation and Goal-Driven Insights
For wellness users, WiFi Motion provides data that helps in setting and achieving personal health goals, promoting proactive health and lifestyle management. With a focus on self-improvement, wellness monitoring offers tools for tracking daily activity, sleep, and overall lifestyle trends:
- Daily Activity Tracking: Wellness users can monitor their movement levels throughout the day to gauge their physical activity, set activity goals, and receive alerts if prolonged inactivity is detected during typical active hours. This feature helps users maintain energy and reduce sedentary habits.
- Rest Monitoring: WiFi Motion tracks the last motion of the day and the first motion the next morning to identify periods of rest (inactivity), providing valuable insights into rest patterns and sleep quality. For individuals focused on improving sleep hygiene, these insights can help identify patterns of restlessness or sleep disruptions that may affect energy and mood.
- Health Trend Analysis: Aggregated data over time reveals lifestyle trends, such as increased sedentary behavior or changes in sleep patterns. Reviewing weekly or monthly reports allows users to make informed adjustments, fostering healthier routines over the long term. This data can also be valuable for follow-up conversations with a user’s health team, helping to tailor care and support based on real-time insights.
With wellness monitoring, the data supports personal growth and lifestyle optimization, empowering users to establish and adjust health routines based on their evolving goals.
Eldercare Monitoring: Safety and Support for Independent Living
In eldercare applications, motion and activity data serve a supportive role by providing remote monitoring that tracks well-being, facilitates daily routine checks, and alerts caregivers to changes that could be indicative of potential health risks. For seniors who may struggle to monitor their own health, WiFi Motion becomes an invaluable tool for preventive and responsive care:
- Critical Alerts: Motion tracking can detect an unexpected lack of movement. Immediate alerts to caregivers minimize response time, helping to prevent serious health consequences from delayed aid.
- Daily Routine Monitoring: By observing consistent activity patterns, WiFi Motion can flag unusual inactivity—like missing a routine kitchen visit around breakfast time—to alert caregivers.
- Anomaly Detection: The system learns the user’s daily routines, enabling it to detect deviations that may signal health issues. If there’s no movement detected by a certain hour, WiFi Motion alerts family members or caregivers to ensure timely intervention.
- Caregiver Notifications: Caregivers receive timely updates on significant deviations from routine, like unusual sleep hours or extended inactivity. This keeps caregivers informed of any potential health concerns without needing constant supervision.
To learn more about the eldercare applications for WiFi Motion, check out the landing page for our sample application, WiFi Motion for Caregiving.
A New Era of Health Monitoring for All Ages
WiFi Motion redefines health monitoring by using the same foundational data to offer tailored solutions for both wellness monitoring and eldercare. Its adaptability supports younger users in proactively managing their health goals while offering seniors a safe, independent lifestyle with timely alerts for caregivers. This dual-purpose flexibility transforms Wi-Fi Sensing into a proactive lifestyle tool that meets diverse needs, making health monitoring accessible and supportive for all ages. As it adapts seamlessly to varying health priorities, Wi-Fi Sensing sets a new standard for living well across every stage of life.