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In this project, a smart elderly home monitoring system (SEHMS) has been designed and developed. The system consists of three modules which are the telecare system, telehealth system and monitoring system. This paper focuses on the discussion on the development of the telecare system and how it is integrated with the monitoring system to monitor elderly or chronically ill patients. The telecare system consists of two types of devices which are the panic buttons and the presence detectors. The panic buttons can be installed in the strategic area in the house which enables the elderly or individual with disability to call for help when communicating an emergency. Presence detectors are installed under or around the bed to detect the presence of the elderly. The monitoring system behaves as the heart of the overall system. When the telecare devices are triggered, it will send the alarm notification to care giver, social contact and/or emergency respond team via sms, emails or/and phone calls. With the developed system, elderly and chronically ill patients could stay independently in their own home with care facilities and secure in the knowledge that they are being monitored.