System and Method for Monitoring a Person for Signs of Sickness

A method of monitoring a person to detect the onset of an illness, said method comprising:

• providing a monitoring unit that monitors biometric data, wherein said biometric data is selected from a group consisting of respiration rate and heartrate;
• providing an electronic device that is remote from said monitoring unit and exchanges data with said monitoring unit;
• determining a statistical profile for said biometric data by monitoring said person with said monitoring unit over a prolonged period of time;
• actively monitoring said person with said monitoring unit during a sample period to obtain sampled biometric data, wherein said sample period occurs while said person is sleeping;
• averaging said sampled biometric data to obtain a statistical value;
• comparing said statistical value to said statistical profile to determine if said sampled biometric data falls outside said statistical profile;
• and
• producing a warning on said electronic device should said statistical value fall outside said statistical profile.