Title :
Toward a Scalable Home-Care Delivery for Frail Elders and People with Special Needs
Author :
Helal, Abdelsalam ; Abdulrazak, Bessam
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville
Abstract :
This paper discusses a new concept of Scalable Home-Care Delivery for frail People with Special Needs (PwSN1), which we named TeCaRob2. This concept explores the use of robotics inside Smart House to remotely assist frail elders and other PwSN in diverse tasks of daily living. The goal is to provide PwSN with a complete solution for their daily needs. Our objective is to enhance the existing Smart House concept, which have proven successful in supporting PwSN, and which have been challenged when PwSN occupants need physical assistance.
Keywords :
health care; medical robotics; patient care; PwSN occupants; TeCaRob; daily living; diverse tasks; frail elders; physical assistance; robotics; scalable home-care delivery; smart house; special needs; Costs; Economics; Information science; Intelligent robots; Medical services; Pediatrics; Pervasive computing; Rehabilitation robotics; Senior citizens; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2007. ICORR 2007. IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1320-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1320-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428544
