A smart home is a residence equipped with smart technologies aimed at providing tailored
services for users. Smart technologies make it possible to monitor, control and support …

The internet of things (IoT) is one of the growing platforms of the current era that has
encircled a large population into its domain, and life appears to be useless without adopting …

Studies of the everyday uses of technology in family homes have tended to overlook the role
of children and, in particular, young children. A study that was framed by an ecocultural …

People with dementia and their caregivers aging in place have expressed the need for
social, emotional, and recreational interventions at home. Listening to everyday sounds …

This article analyses local practices concerning energy saving in the context of summer
heat. It argues that the analysis of people's thermal regulation activities in a situation of …

The representation of sounds derived from everyday life can be beneficial for people with
dementia by evoking memories and emotional responses. Despite this potential, integrating …

This article explores how people negotiate borders and boundaries within the home, in the
context of health and the introduction of new technologies. We draw on an ethnographic …

There has been an increased interest in researching the beneficial effects of everyday
sounds, other than music on people with dementia. However, to turn this potential into …

Incidences of age-related diseases such as dementia are increasing. Attention is shifting to
living well with dementia, and how non-pharmacological interventions such as technology …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to propose a Living Lab protocol to evaluate
interventions for people with dementia in context. The number of people with dementia is …