Title :
GerAmi: Improving Healthcare Delivery in Geriatric Residences
Author :
Corchado, Juan M. ; Bajo, Javier ; Abraham, Ajith
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Salamanca, Salamanca
Abstract :
Many countries face an ever-growing need to supply constant care and support for their disabled and elderly populations. In this paper, we´ve developed geriatric ambient intelligence, an intelligent environment that integrates multiagent systems, mobile devices, RFID, and Wi-Fi technologies to facilitate management and control of geriatric residences. At GerAmi´s core is the geriatric agent (GerAg), a deliberative agent that incorporates a case-based planning (CBP) mechanism to optimize work schedules and provide up-to-date patient and facility data. We´ve successfully implemented a system prototype at a care facility for Alzheimer patients.
Keywords :
case-based reasoning; geriatrics; health care; home automation; medical computing; mobile computing; multi-agent systems; patient care; planning (artificial intelligence); radiofrequency identification; wireless LAN; Alzheimer patients; CBP mechanism; GerAg deliberative agent; GerAmi; RFID; Wi-Fi technologies; case-based planning; disabled population; elderly population; geriatric agent; geriatric ambient intelligence environment; geriatric residence control; geriatric residence management; healthcare delivery; mobile devices; multiagent systems; RFID; ambient intelligence; geriatric residences; health monitoring; multiagent systems;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2008.27
