Although many older adults wish to live independently, remaining in their own homes as long as possible, they may face obstacles such as transportation issues, social isolation, up...
Abstract. Technology to support care at home is a promising alternative to traditional approaches. However, home care systems present significant technical challenges. For example,...
In order to prevent emergencies or critical situations where humans are the origin, a timely provision of information thus obtained for the coordinating services and the on-site st...
Driven by the ongoing demographical, structural, and social changes in all modern, industrialized countries, there is a huge interest in IT-based equipment and services these days...
Growing into old age is a personal privilege and a societal achievement. However, it is also a challenge for both the individuals and societies. The impressive gains in extending a...
Shu-Chen Li, Michael Schellenbach, Ulman Lindenber...
Although the house call a decade ago was declared a vanishing practice, statistics show an upwelling of home visits by physicians, in the developed countries, during the last ten y...
Basile Spyropoulos, Aris Tzavaras, Maria Botsivaly...
Installing and using AAL Smart Home-systems in the homes of older people not only offers a tremendous potential for increasing safety and quality of life but may also evoke relucta...
: The aging demographic being experienced by all western countries has significant impact on health care utilization as well as the ability to remain in independent living situatio...
Today’s tech-savvy boomers will remain comfortable with technology as they age, though they may need different interfaces. They need help with evaluating technical resources, but...
A lot of software infrastructures for distributed device ensembles with quite different approaches have been developed in the past. This article describes the need of a reference a...