A service-oriented system integration framework for community-based independent living spaces

Author

Shen, Weiming ; Xue, Yunjiao ; Hao, Qi ; Xue, Henry ; Yang, Fujun

Author_Institution

Centre for Comput.-assisted Constr. Technol., Nat. Res. Council, London, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

9-12 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

2626

Lastpage

2631

Abstract

Budget constraints, technological advances, and a growing elderly population are calling for major reforms in healthcare systems. The publicly managed and community-based independent living service provided for the elderly outside hospitals or long-term care institutions is a trend all over the world so that the healthcare systems would be sustainable in the future. We have started a long term initiative to integrate and develop innovative ICT solutions and construction technologies to provide quality and yet affordable supports for seniors to live safely and independently at their own homes. This paper presents some preliminary results on the development of a service-oriented system integration framework for community-based independent living spaces.

Keywords

geriatrics; health care; human computer interaction; service-oriented architecture; budget constraints; community-based independent living spaces; growing elderly population; healthcare systems; long-term care institutions; service-oriented system integration framework; technological advances; Biomedical monitoring; Decision making; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Smart homes; Temperature sensors; agents; elderly care; independent living space; service-oriented computing; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0652-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083993

Filename

6083993