Abstract: Population aging makes it particularly urgent to design innovative pension facilities and environment. In view of the particularity of the elderly group and user experience problems such as the lack of humanization of lighting and inconvenience of control in the elderly residence, situational awareness theory is introduced to monitor and identify the living scenes, locations, movement trends and environmental lighting parameters of the elderly. Intelligent lighting system provides timely and active lighting services for the elderly and enhances the dynamic of lighting in the elderly residence.