Title :
eHealth services for the elderly at home and on the move
Author :
Cabrera-umpiérrez, María F. ; Jiménez, Viveca ; Fernández, María M. ; Salazar, Jesus ; Huerta, Miguel A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
The ageing process involves biological and physiological changes that may influence older persons´ abilities to perform daily living tasks and to interact with their social and physical environments. Normal life or some specific activities could imply certain risks for health or dangerous situations that should be controlled and communicated to alert specific persons or organizations to act accordingly. This paper describes the eHealth services developed for the European co-funded projects REMOTE and OASIS. The eHealth services provide personalized health monitoring, health coaching and alerting and assisting services to assure the well-being of the elderly users during their daily activities.
Keywords :
health care; patient monitoring; OASIS; REMOTE; ageing process; biological-physiological changes; eHealth services; health coaching; personalized health monitoring; social-physical environments; Biomedical measurements; Monitoring; Ontologies; Senior citizens; Sensors; Servers; eHealth; elderly; health monitoring; independent living; ontologies; personalisation;
Conference_Titel :
IST-Africa, 2010
Conference_Location :
Durban
Print_ISBN :
978-1-905824-15-1