TeleCARE Time Bank: A Virtual Community supported by Mobile Agents

The virtual community concept, when supported by adequate ICT and organizational infrastructures, represents a very promising approach for a new philosophy in elderly care and active aging. A mobile agents based approach to implement services to support a Time Bank virtual community in elderly care is introduced and a prototype system developed in the context of the TeleCARE project is presented.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: TELECARE
• Authors: Octavio Castolo, Filipa Ferrada, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
• Keywords: Elderly Care, Healthcare, TELECARE 2004, Virtual Community, Virtual Community Concept