Systems and methods for improved assisted or independent living environments

A hardware controller for detecting periled individuals within an independent or assisted living environment, the hardware controller in communication with a set of sensors populated within the independent or assisted living environment, comprising:

• a communication module adapted to interface with the set of sensors populated within the independent or assisted living environment, the set of sensors comprising a wearable device removably secured to an individual and located within the independent or assisted living environment;
• a memory adapted to store non-transitory computer executable instructions;
• and
• a processor adapted to interface with the communication module and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the non-transitory computer executable instructions to cause the processor to:
• receive, via the communication module, sensor data from the wearable device, wherein the sensor data indicates a heart rate of the individual,
• analyze the sensor data to determine that the heart rate of the individual exceeds a threshold rate,
• receive updated sensor data from the wearable device, wherein the updated sensor data indicates (i) an updated heart rate of the individual, and (ii) a type of room of the independent or assisted living environment in which the individual is located,
• analyze the updated sensor data to determine the updated heart rate exceeds the threshold rate,
• in response to determining that the updated heart rate exceeds the threshold rate, determine, based on the type of room in which the individual is located, that the individual is in peril,
• responsive to determining that the individual is in peril, automatically and without user intervention generate a notification indicating that the individual is in peril, and
• communicate, via the communication module, the notification to an electronic device of an additional individual to facilitate alleviating a risk associated with the individual being in peril.