An assisted-living home architecture with integrated healthcare services for elderly people

Since the population of elderly people grows absolutely and in relation to the overall population in the world, the improvement of the quality of life of elderly people at home is of a great importance. This can be achieved through the development of generic technologies for managing their domestic...

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Published inStudies in health technology and informatics Vol. 137; p. 93
Main Authors Marsh, Andy, Biniaris, Christos, Vergados, Dimitrios, Eppler, Arnold, Kavvadias, Christoforos, Bigalke, Olaf, Robert, Eric, Jerabek, Boro, Alevizos, Alevizos, Caragiozidis, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 2008
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Computer Communication Networks
Computer Systems
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Europe
Health Services for the Aged
Home Care Services
Humans
Telemedicine
Telemetry
Europe
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Summary:Since the population of elderly people grows absolutely and in relation to the overall population in the world, the improvement of the quality of life of elderly people at home is of a great importance. This can be achieved through the development of generic technologies for managing their domestic ambient environment consisting of medical sensors, entertainment equipment, home automation systems and white goods, increasing their autonomy and safety. In this context, the provision intelligent interactive healthcare services will improve their daily life and allowing at the same time the continuous monitoring of their health and their effective treatment. This work is supported by the INHOME Project EU IST-045061-STP, http://www.ist-inhome.eu.
ISSN:0926-9630