Active and Assisted Living Ecosystem for the Elderly
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Published on: April 10, 2018
Isabel Marcelino1,2, Rosalía Laza3,4,5, Patrício Domingues6
1INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO Instituto de Novas Tecnologias-Delegação de Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal. isabel.marcelino@ipleiria.pt.
Abstract:
A novel ecosystem to promote the physical, emotional and psychic health and well-being of the elderly is presented. Our proposal was designed to add several services developed to meet the needs of the senior population, namely services to improve social inclusion and increase contribution to society. Moreover, the solution monitors the vital signs of elderly individuals, as well as environmental parameters and behavior patterns, in order to seek eminent danger situations and predict potential hazardous issues, acting in accordance with the various alert levels specified for each individual. The platform was tested by seniors in a real scenario. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed ecosystem was well accepted and is easy to use by seniors.
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