Recognition of Basic Activities of Daily Living Using Wearable Devices for Older Adults: Scoping Review

Basic ADLs are unevenly covered in the literature; more research is needed for recognizing bathing, dressing, and toileting activities. Despite all studies stating the importance of tracking ADLs in older adults, only 14% (8/58) of the included works involve older adult participants. A commonality between these outcomes is difficulty collecting or obtaining adequate training data for ADL recognition systems. Many works are predominantly concerned with proving system feasibility and do not assess usability or real-world deployment. For these systems to move from academic experiments to actual systems with clinical utility, ADL recognition systems must consider the design requirements of being part of remote health monitoring systems.