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Emotion Recognition in the Wild: Results and Limitations from Active and Healthy Ageing cases in a Living Lab

The work presented in this paper relies on the recognition of emotions during pilot trials with elderly people in an ecologically valid living lab. The emotion recognition is processed by cloud based service and the photos for processing are captured

The diagnostic approach to dementia

Operating for past twelve years the first Geriatric – Gerontological Doctors in the NHS, with more than thirty thousand patients until now, we have started to record our own experience with the Greek Geriatric Patient: weaknesses in the system, unnecessary

Age-related memory decline

Περιγραφή προβλημάτων μνήμης που εμφανίζονται μετά την μέση ηλικία.

A Qualitative Case Study to Evaluate the Organizational Aspects of a Telehealth Service Introduction in a Greek Hospital

Presentation of the evaluation of the organizational aspects of the introduction of tele-health services at the outpatient department of the Regional University Hospital of Larissa, Greece within the context of the Renewing Health Project

The Impact of Caring on Family Carers

Supporting the role of informal carers (family and friends providing mostly unpaid care to frail seniors) is important in providing an adequate continuum of care between informal and formal care. While care giving can be beneficial for carers in terms

Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health (2016-2020)

A framework for coordinated global action by the World Health Organization, Member States, and Partners across the Sustainable Development Goals,

Factors Influencing Inequalities in the Quality of Life

Quality of life (QoL) continues to be an important but contentious issue whether studied in the general population or amongst older people. Objective and subjective factors impact on the QoL of older people. Objective indicators include levels of income and

Policies to Support Family Carers

In most countries, family carers and friends supply the bulk of caring, and the estimated economic value exceeds by far expenditure on formal care. A continuation of caring roles will be essential given future demographic and cost pressures facing long-term

A computer-aided diagnosis system for geriatrics assessment and frailty evaluation.

It is common knowledge that frailty is a condition associated with getting older, and it has been considered as highly prevalent as far as falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality are concerned. At the present time a standardized definition has not

Artificial humanoids for older people

While frailty and other multi-scale factors have to be correlated during geriatric assessment, a few prototype robots have already been developed to measure and provide real-time information, concerning older people’s daily activities. Cognitive impairment and alterations in daily activities should