Psychophysiological aspects of elderly-assist systems

Author

Hoshi, Y. ; Saito, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36495

Firstpage

1154

Abstract

The ratio of the elderly population is increasing in Japan, while the effort available to care for the elderly is decreasing in society. Assist machines are needed to help the elderly in daily life or work, but sometimes the elderly person is reluctant in using these machines. The assist machines must be psychologically acceptable to the elderly. Taking the lift machine as an example, the elderly person is questioned on how he feels when being cared for. The physiological parameters, such as ECG, EMG and eye mark, are examined while the elderly is moved up at down by the lift. After experiencing the lift, the elderly person is again questioned about how he felt. It is seen that the reaction, as well as the change of mind through the use of the machine, are not uniform, and are highly dependent on the personality of the elderly person towards the machine or the environment

Keywords

electrocardiography; electromyography; geriatrics; handicapped aids; psychology; ECG; EMG; Japan; assist machines; elderly-assist systems; environment; lift machine; mind change; personality; physiological parameters; psychophysiological aspects; Electrocardiography; Electromyography; Facial muscles; Heart rate variability; Psychology; Rails; Senior citizens; Signal processing; Stress; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 99. Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Conference

Conference_Location

Cheju Island

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5739-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1999.818630

Filename

818630