• DocumentCode
    781218
  • Title

    Innovations in health, wellness, and aging-in-place

  • Author

    Coughlin, Joseph F. ; Pope, James

  • Author_Institution
    MIT AgeLab, Cambridge, MA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses innovations for older people in health and in wellness. This article presents the opportunity for intelligent technologies in the home, identifies today´s apparent innovation gap indicated by the slow diffusion of existing smart technologies, and describes an integrated consumer-centric approach that may offer promise in translating inventions into innovations in people´s lives across the lifespan.
  • Keywords
    Gerontechnology; health care; intelligent materials; patient monitoring; socio-economic effects; telemedicine; aging; consumer-centric approach; health; innovation gap; intelligent technology; smart technology; wellness; Aging; Business; Demography; Diseases; Domestic safety; Educational institutions; Health and safety; Medical services; Senior citizens; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0739-5175
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMB.2008.919493
  • Filename
    4558138