Title :
Designing a telecare product for the elderly
Author :
Onyimadu, Obinna ; Harding, Fraser ; Briggs, Jim
Author_Institution :
Passivsystems Ltd. Newbury, Newbury, UK
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe our experience of designing a telecare product for the elderly. This is a collaborative project involving Passivsystems Ltd and the Centre for Healthcare Modelling and Informatics at the University of Portsmouth. The research aims at adapting Passivsystems´ existing in-home hub so that it is capable of providing a telecare service in addition to its energy management service. Our work focuses on designing a user centred product around the recipient´s Activities of Daily Living (ADL). We describe our research over 10 months comprising a description of our product model and the motivations behind the adopted model.
Keywords :
health care; human computer interaction; medical computing; telemedicine; Centre for Healthcare Modelling and Informatics; Passivsystems Ltd; University of Portsmouth; activities of daily living; collaborative project; elderly; energy management service; in-home hub; telecare product; telecare service; user centred product; Artificial intelligence; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Activities of Daily Living (ADL); Activity Index; Knowledge Discovery; Telecare;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-767-2
