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An Effective TeleHealth Assistive System to Support Senior Citizen at Home or Care-Homes
There has been an increase in the percentage of
aging population in the UK, which has implications in all
sectors from workforce, housing and care needs. The aim of
this research work is to improve the healthcare and the quality
of life for senior citizens and helping them live self-sufficiently
at their own accommodation by developing a telehealth system
that effectively communicates and monitors the daily needs of
the senior citizens. In doing so, the burden from the healthcare
system and the care-homes will be eased. This approach has a
user-friendly application for the elderly to notify the carehome
of their daily needs. The details of the senior citizens
profile are stored in a cloud based database, hence the care
coordinator can receive the notification, monitor the details,
book/assign a service and notify the senior citizens with the
date and time of the booked required service. The most
common users’ needs have been identified from the acquired
data in the local community. This data has been used in
meeting the users’ needs and creating an appropriate
applications for them. The developed system has a simple
process that offers human interaction with an assistive
technology created to make the life of senior citizens easy and
independent
Future bathroom: A study of user-centred design principles affecting usability, safety and satisfaction in bathrooms for people living with disabilities
Research and development work relating to assistive technology
2010-11 (Department of Health)
Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 197
Ageing and Technology: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the "human factor" is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective - taking the human being and not technology first - may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens
Strategic Intelligence Monitor on Personal Health Systems (SIMPHS): Report on Typology/Segmentation of the PHS Market
This market segmentation reports for Personal Health Systems (PHS) describes the methodological background and illustrates the principles of classification and typology regarding different fragments forming this market. It discusses different aspects of the market for PHS and highlights challenges towards a stringent and clear-cut typology or defining market segmentation. Based on these findings a preliminary hybrid typology and indications and insights are created in order to be used in the continuation of the SIMPHS project. It concludes with an annex containing examples and cases studies.JRC.DDG.J.4-Information Societ
Sustainable technologies for older adults
: The exponential evolution of technology and the growth of the elderly population are two
phenomena that will inevitably interact with increasing frequency in the future. This paper analyses
scientific literature as a means of furthering progress in sustainable technology for senior living.
We carried out a bibliometric analysis of papers published in this area and compiled by the Web of
Science (WOS) and Scopus, examining the main participants and advances in the field from 2000 to
the first quarter of 2021. The study describes some interesting research projects addressing three
different aspects of older adults’ daily lives—health, daily activities and wellbeing—and policies
to promote healthy aging and improve the sustainability of the healthcare system. It also looks at
lines of research into transversal characteristics of technology. Our analysis showed that publications
mentioning sustainability technologies for older adults have been growing progressively since the
2000s, but that the big increase in the number of research works in this area took place during the
period 2016–2021. These more recent works show a tendency to study those factors that improve
healthy aging, ensure the social inclusion of the elderly through technology and prolong the time in
which they can live independent lives thanks to smart environments. Current research gaps in the
literature are also discussed.: This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, (CSO2017-86747-R) and supported in part by the FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación
y Universidades-Agencia Estatal de Investigación, through the Smartlet and H2O Learn Projects under Grants TIN2017-85179-C3-1-R and PID2020-112584RB-C31, and in part by the Madrid Regional
Government through the e-Madrid-CM Project under Grant S2018/TCS-4307
SHELDON Smart habitat for the elderly.
An insightful document concerning active and assisted living under different perspectives: Furniture and habitat, ICT solutions and Healthcare
Ageing and Technology
The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective – taking the human being and not technology first – may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens
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