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Active and Assisted Living Ecosystem for the Elderly

Authors :
António Pereira
Florentino Fdez-Riverola
Silvana Gómez-Meire
Rosalía Laza
Patricio Domingues
Isabel Marcelino
Source :
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), Sensors, Vol 18, Iss 4, p 1246 (2018), Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Sensors; Volume 18; Issue 4; Pages: 1246
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

A novel ecosystem to promote the physical, emotional and psychic health and well-being of the elderly is presented. Our proposal was designed to add several services developed to meet the needs of the senior population, namely services to improve social inclusion and increase contribution to society. Moreover, the solution monitors the vital signs of elderly individuals, as well as environmental parameters and behavior patterns, in order to seek eminent danger situations and predict potential hazardous issues, acting in accordance with the various alert levels specified for each individual. The platform was tested by seniors in a real scenario. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed ecosystem was well accepted and is easy to use by seniors. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Details

ISSN :
14248220
Volume :
18
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8b05260f35eaf6e535d15bfddc453d52