An Assisted-Living Home Architecture with Integrated Healthcare Services for Elderly People
Abstract:
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.
Andy MARSHa, Christos BINIARISa, Dimitrios VERGADOSb, Arnold EPPLERc, Christoforos KAVVADIASd, Olaf BIGALKEe, Eric ROBERTf, Boro JERABEKg, Alevizos ALEVIZOSh, Michael CARAGIOZIDISi
aVMW Solutions, Romsey, UK
bUniversity of the Aegean, Samos, Greece
cAlcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany
dTeletel S.A., Athens, Greece
eSiemens, Bocholt, Germany
fThales, Lambersart Cedex, France
gGorenje Group, Velenje, Slovenia
hHealth Center of Vyrona, Athens, Greece
iThoss & Partner GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany
To be published in “Medical and Care Compunetics 5″, IOSPress, 2008.
To be presented at the ICMCC Event 2008.
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