• DocumentCode
    2227464
  • Title

    Challenges in Health Smart Homes

  • Author

    Bartolomeu, Paulo ; Fonseca, José ; Vasques, Francisco

  • Author_Institution
    Micro I/O, Aveiro
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
  • Firstpage
    19
  • Lastpage
    22
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an overview of the challenges in developing health smart homes targeting, in particular, elderly and impaired people. As such, it identifies the current endeavors as well as the main areas of research.
  • Keywords
    geriatrics; health care; home automation; home computing; elderly people; health smart homes; impaired people; Aging; Asia; Biomedical monitoring; Condition monitoring; Demography; Europe; Home automation; Medical services; Senior citizens; Smart homes; assistive technologies; design for all; networking; reliability; security; smart homes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tampere
  • Print_ISBN
    978-963-9799-15-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571016
  • Filename
    4571016