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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

Clinical Decision Support for Active and Healthy Ageing: an intelligent monitoring approach

Decision support concepts such as context awareness and trend analysis are employed in a sensor-enabled environment for monitoring Activities of Daily Living and mobility patterns. Probabilistic Event Calculus is employed for the former; statistical process control techniques are applied for

Internet of Things (IoT)-Enabled Elderly Fall Verification, Exploiting Temporal Inference Models in Smart Homes

Everyday life of the elderly and impaired population living in smart homes is challenging because of possible accidents that may occur due to daily activities. In such activities, persons often lean over (to reach something) and, if they not cautious,

Hands-On Experiences in Deploying Cost-Effective Ambient-Assisted Living Systems

Older adults’ preferences to remain independent in their own homes along with the high costs of nursing home care have motivated the development of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies which aim at improving the safety, health conditions and wellness of

Human Factors and Requirements of People with Cognitive Impairment, Their Caregivers, and Healthcare Professionals for mHealth Apps Including Reminders, Games, and Geolocation Tracking: A Survey-Questionnaire Study

Background: Mobile Health (mHealth) apps can delay the cognitive decline of people with dementia (PwD), by providing both objective assessment and cognitive enhancement. Objective: This patient involvement survey aims to explore human factors, needs and requirements of PwD, their caregivers,

Tablet training at home for people with dementia and their caregivers during pandemic

Technology has provided some wonderful tools both for people with dementia and their caregivers by creating applications that empower seniors to live more actively and independently and remotely connect with family and friends. Since covid‐19 pandemic started, Alzheimer Athens has