Ambient-Assisted-Living
Ludwig W et al, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2011
Background
Services for the elderly based on health-enabling technologies promise to contribute significantly to the efficiency and effectiveness of future health care. Due to this promise, over the last years the scientific community has designed a complex variety of these valuable innovations. A systematic overview of the developed services would help to better understand their opportunities and limitations.
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25 November 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, e-Health, Elderly, Medical Informatics, Telecare, Telemedicine
Laurie Orlov, Aging In Place Technology Watch
“Should video monitoring be required in small assisted living homes? In recent Senate testimony, ALFA president Rick Grimes sounded a bit defensive about the regulatory oversight of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Florida (aka ‘group homes’ in other states).
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10 November 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Digital Homecare, Elderly, Monitoring
bart is cooking healthy tech
“Many platforms and many applications and many users = many end-to-end products/services = ‘The Long Tail’ in assisted living. Going from ‘one size fits all’ to ‘one size fits one’ (quote from openurc).
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14 June 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Belgium | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Interoperability, Open Source
Niederlag W et al, Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschut, 53(8)
The individualization of medicine and healthcare appears to be following a general societal trend. The terms “personalized medicine” and “personal health” are used to describe this process. Here it must be emphasized that personalized medicine is not limited to pharmacogenomics, but that the spectrum of personalized medicine is much broader.
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23 January 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Germany | EHR: EHR | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Biomedicine, Personalised Medicine, Public Health
Neelie Kroes, eGov
“While there is great research and important pilots in place today – the fact remains that technology is not yet empowering most Europeans to manage their health. We cannot afford stagnation in this area. Europe is on the frontline of ageing population issues. With increasing health costs and decreasing number of care workers, any failure to radically improve our use of technology will spell disaster for Europe and individual Europeans.
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20 January 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | EHR: EHR | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, e-Health, Empowerment
eHealthServer.eu
“An increasing ageing population and the associated need for healthcare services have heightened government attention on assisted living technologies, promoting the growth of this market in Europe. Early stages of technological and market development and limited awareness about the advantages of assisted living technologies threaten growth prospects. However, product customisation will help mitigate these challenges.
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19 January 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Elderly
Lola Hanson, EzineMark
“A recent study was made in preparation for the MIT Enterprise Forum which will be held in Seattle this January 19th 2011.
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17 January 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, mHealth
In the digital city of the future there is the vision of seamless virtual and physical access for every home and between each home and the workplace, as well as critical city infrastructure such as the post office, the bank, hospitals, transportation systems, and other entities. This paper provides an overview of technical and other issues in extending at home (@home) assistive technologies for the elderly and the disabled. The paper starts by giving a vision of what this city is supposed to look like and how a human is to act, navigate and function in it. A framework for extending assistive technologies is proposed that considers individuals belonging to special groups of interest and locations other than their home. Technology has already reached the state of ubiquitous and pervasive sensor devices measuring everything, from temperature to human behavior.
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19 September 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Greece | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Assistive Technology, Digital Homecare, disabled, Elderly
Apiscam
“La estrategia incluye acciones concretas, como aplicar el Marco de Interoperabilidad Europea a nivel nacional para el 2013, potenciar los estándares europeos, las pruebas de interoperabilidad y certificación de los sistemas de eSalud para el 2015 a través del diálogo entre los actores
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28 June 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Spain | EHR: EHR, EHR Spain | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Interoperability, Standards
European Commission
“In this report produced for the publication series ICT Research: The Policy Perspective, we explore Europe’s vision for a society where every individual can make a valuable contribution. Investments in pioneering and commercially focused research will produce information and communication technologies (ICTs) that should help everyone – including the elderly, disabled and marginalised – to fulfil their potential.
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14 June 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Report | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, disabled, Elderly, ICT, Robot
CMIO
“The European Commission has proposed large IT investments in a 10-year “Digital Agenda” to deliver sustainable economic and social benefits, as well as assist with transitions occurring with the digital economy, including providing better healthcare.
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2 June 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Health Information Technology, Sustainability, Telemedicine
Telecare Aware
“At 94 pages it is a shortened version of the full report and is notable for…
attempting to list developments in the field in each of the 27 EU member countries. It also has a remarkably extensive listing of relevant companies. However, it suffers from the world-wide lack of an agreed terminology.
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13 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Elderly
Katrin Gaßner, Michael Conrad, VDI/VDE Innovation und Technik GmbH
“We are living in the midst of an unprecedented transition: The European Union is facing a rapid ageing of its societies, accompanied by a diminishing number of young people. This demographic change will have an immense impact on national economies in general and health systems in particular. It is assumed that new information and communication technologies for elderly people will play a decisive role in solving some of these future challenges. This is exactly where Ambient Assisted Living comes into place.
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13 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Report | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Elderly, ICT
HealthTech Wire
“Demographic change is seen as one of the drivers of eHealth worldwide. Professor Alain Franco of the Geriatric Department at Nice University, France, argued the case for a new health paradigm focusing less on disease and more on function and disability.
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18 March 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Elderly, Health Information Technology
Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“French robotics company, Robosoft, has created a robot that can speak, understand what is said to it and find its way around the house in order to assist dependent people at home.
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13 March 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: France | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Digital Homecare, Robot
Neil Versel, e-Health Europe
“Jaakko Aarnio, a project officer in the European Commission’s Information Society and Media directorate, offered an eye-opening revelation about the EC’s mobile healthcare policy recently.
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12 February 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Chronic Diseases, Elderly, mHealth
Process & Control Today
“Mobility scooters could be fitted with tracking technology to help older and vulnerable people leave their homes without fear of getting lost.
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15 December 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: UK | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Cellphone, Devices, Elderly, mobile, Mobility, Telecare, Telemedicine, Tracking
HealthTech Wire
“Continuous monitoring, round the clock emergency services, personalized care and easy-to-use technology: these are the hallmarks of the Caalyx solution. In the wake of a successful development phase, two follow-up projects have now begun to drive the technology another step closer towards a marketable product.
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9 December 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Digital Homecare, GPS, Monitoring, Privacy
eHealthServer
“Researchers in the EU-funded PERSONA (Perceptive spaces promoting independent aging) project are drawing on a range of advanced technologies to empower the elderly and support them in their efforts to maintain both their independence and a good quality of life.
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13 May 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Elderly, Health Information Technology, mHealth
Cordis News
“The aim of the PERSONA project is to further the development of AAL products and services that are affordable, easy to use and commercially viable. Crucially, the project partners are developing an integrated technological platform that seamlessly links up the different products and services.
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8 May 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Europe | Tag(s): Ambient-Assisted-Living, Digital Homecare, Elderly, Health Information Technology
