Title :
Challenges in Health Smart Homes
Author :
Bartolomeu, Paulo ; Fonseca, José ; Vasques, Francisco
Author_Institution :
Micro I/O, Aveiro
fDate :
Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
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;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampere
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-15-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571016
