The extent of medical support required by the elders varies from person to person. For some, special care must be taken in monitoring heart rate and some may have special interest in monitoring their blood pressure but a simultaneous measurement of the health parameters could give a comprehensive understanding of the patient's health status and could also be used to predict trends in the health status and apply preventive health care. In most serious cases the patient may have to lay bedridden requiring assistance from their kin most of the time.