From Hospital to Home Care: Creating a Domotic Environment for Elderly and Disabled People

Advances in medicine have led to a significant increase in human life expectancy and, therefore, to a growing number of disabled elderly people who need chronic care and assistance [1]. The World Health Organization reports that the world's population over 60 years old will double between 2000...

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Published inIEEE pulse Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 38 - 41
Main Authors Lopez, Natalia M., Ponce, Sergio, Piccinini, David, Perez, Elisa, Roberti, Martin
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.05.2016
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Accidents
Automation
Biomedical Engineering - instrumentation
Computer Communication Networks
Disabled people
Disabled Persons
Elderly people
Health
Home Care Services
Hospitals
Human computer interaction
Humans
Internet
Life expectancy
Mice
Senior citizens
Skin
Software
Strokes
Terrorism
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:Advances in medicine have led to a significant increase in human life expectancy and, therefore, to a growing number of disabled elderly people who need chronic care and assistance [1]. The World Health Organization reports that the world's population over 60 years old will double between 2000 and 2050 and quadruple for seniors older than 80 years, reaching 400 million [2]. In addition, strokes, traffic-related and other accidents, and seemingly endless wars and acts of terrorism contribute to an increasing number of disabled younger people.
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ISSN:2154-2287
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DOI:10.1109/MPUL.2016.2539105