Ambient sensors for elderly care and independent living: a survey

MZ Uddin, W Khaksar, J Torresen - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Elderly care at home is a matter of great concern if the elderly live alone, since unforeseen
circumstances might occur that affect their well-being. Technologies that assist the elderly in …

Literature review on monitoring technologies and their outcomes in independently living elderly people

KKB Peetoom, MAS Lexis, M Joore… - Disability and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To obtain insight into what kind of monitoring technologies exist to monitor activity
in-home, what the characteristics and aims of applying these technologies are, what kind of …

Activity recognition for cognitive assistance using body sensors data and deep convolutional neural network

MZ Uddin, MM Hassan - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a robust activity recognition approach for smart healthcare using
body sensors and deep convolutional neural network (CNN). We analyze signals from …

Evaluating the acceptance of ambient assisted living technology (AALT) in rehabilitation: A scoping review

MA Choukou, T Shortly, N Leclerc, D Freier… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Ambient assisted living technologies (AALTs) are being used to help community-
dwelling older adults (OAs) age in place. Although many AALT are available, their …

User needs and preferences on AAL systems that support older adults and their carers

A Cesta, G Cortellessa, F Fracasso… - Journal of Ambient …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
This article describes a systematic investigation on the expectations of potential users of
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies. More specifically it describes the efforts made …

ICT and the future of healthcare: Aspects of pervasive health monitoring

D Haluza, D Jungwirth - Informatics for Health and Social care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Along with the digital revolution, information and communication technology applications are
currently transforming the delivery of health and social care services. This paper investigates …

eHealth services in the near and distant future in Swedish home care nursing

C Rydenfält, J Persson, G Erlingsdottir… - CIN: Computers …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Sweden and other developed countries are putting deliberate efforts into eHealth and
digitalization of home care nursing. eHealth services have big potential in this area because …

Information and communication technologies for promoting and sustaining quality of life, health and self-sufficiency in ageing societies–outcomes of the Lower Saxony …

R Haux, A Hein, G Kolb, H Künemund… - Informatics for Health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Many societies across the world are confronted with demographic changes, usually related
to increased life expectancy and, often, relatively low birth rates. Information and …

Comparison and validation of capacitive accelerometers for health care applications

F Büsching, U Kulau, M Gietzelt, L Wolf - Computer methods and programs …, 2012 - Elsevier
Fall detection, gait analysis and context recognition are examples of applications where
capacitive accelerometers are widely used in health care. In most of the existing work …

Understanding views on everyday use of personal health information: Insights from community dwelling older adults

AL Hartzler, K Osterhage, G Demiris… - Informatics for Health …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Older adults apply various strategies to pursue healthy aging, but we know little
about their views and use of personal health information to accomplish those ends …