Wearable-Sensors-Enabled Real-Time Decision Support in Geriatrics

Purpose Historically, geriatric assessments typically provided only periodic snapshots of patients' condition.This limits the early detection of clinical changes in vital signs, such as brief spikes in blood pressure, irregular heart rates, or drops in oxygen saturation, which can lead to serious complications.The purpose of this work is to design and demonstrate a digital platform that enables continuous physiological monitoring to support real-time data-informed decision-making in geriatric care.The work specifically focuses on smartwatch-based monitoring, as these are the most accessible and widely adopted consumer wearable suitable for continuous data acquisition.Further, smartwatches provide a practical entry point into the broader wearable ecosystem, enabling real-time capture of metrics such as heart rate, (saturation of 𝑆𝑃𝑂